The Social Production of Hierarchy and What We Can Do about It.
Institutionalized education in most part of the human society seems intrinsically hierarchical. One is supposed to progress from a ‘lower’ level of learning to the ‘higher’; ‘average’ kids study in mediocre schools, and the ‘outstanding’ go to top colleges; and, finally, ‘degree’ is by definition hi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Association Espaces Temps
2010-07-01
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Series: | EspacesTemps.net |
Online Access: | http://www.espacestemps.net/document8294.html |
Summary: | Institutionalized education in most part of the human society seems intrinsically hierarchical. One is supposed to progress from a ‘lower’ level of learning to the ‘higher’; ‘average’ kids study in mediocre schools, and the ‘outstanding’ go to top colleges; and, finally, ‘degree’ is by definition hierarchical. Recent discussions on higher education have focused on the governmentalization/corporatization (roughly meaning tightened administrative management in order to make ... |
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ISSN: | 1777-5477 |