Education scolaire, performance et equite sociale: des relations problematiques

Using critical theory, this paper first confronts critically the relationship between education and performance in light of globalisation and its underlying neo‑‑ liberal ideology. This comparison reveals that there is a definite compatibility between them, but it is fully slanted towards efficiency...

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Main Author: Yves Lenoir
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Language:English
Published: Universidade do Porto 2012-01-01
Series:Linguarum Arena
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description Using critical theory, this paper first confronts critically the relationship between education and performance in light of globalisation and its underlying neo‑‑ liberal ideology. This comparison reveals that there is a definite compatibility between them, but it is fully slanted towards efficiency logic and human capital production. Then, adopting a critical attitude, the paper questions this direction, in the name of the emancipation and citizenship prospects, which brought the school system reorganisation by democratic nation‑‑ states. The current choices have distorted these objectives and have redirected them towards utilitarian learnings and an increasingly therapeutic socialisation. Finally, the paper stresses the inseparability between the performance issue, the social equity issue and the education/teaching effectiveness issue in order to highlight the need for taking into account qualitative dimensions, which stem from the background and the pupils, so as to focus much more on learning processes, rather than on learning outcomes themselves.
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Education scolaire, performance et equite sociale: des relations problematiques
Linguarum Arena
education system
performance
effectiveness
equity
globalisation
neo‑‑ liberal ideology
therapeutic education
emancipation
civic education
title Education scolaire, performance et equite sociale: des relations problematiques
title_full Education scolaire, performance et equite sociale: des relations problematiques
title_fullStr Education scolaire, performance et equite sociale: des relations problematiques
title_full_unstemmed Education scolaire, performance et equite sociale: des relations problematiques
title_short Education scolaire, performance et equite sociale: des relations problematiques
title_sort education scolaire performance et equite sociale des relations problematiques
topic education system
performance
effectiveness
equity
globalisation
neo‑‑ liberal ideology
therapeutic education
emancipation
civic education
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