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Growing gaps [electronic resource] : educational inequality around the world / edited by Paul Attewell, Katherine S. Newman.
Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (x, 344 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199866182 (ebook) :; 019986618X (ebook) :.Subject(s): Critical pedagogy
| Comparative education -- Philosophy | Educational equalization -- Cross-cultural studies | Education and globalizationAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199732180DDC classification: 306.4'32 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Outlining the world-wide race for educational advantage, this book takes a comparative approach. Covering almost every continent, this book provides an overarching examination of who is actually able to benefit from economic growth and who, because of the educational demands it brings about, it shuts out.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Outlining the world-wide race for educational advantage, this book takes a comparative approach. Covering almost every continent, this book provides an overarching examination of who is actually able to benefit from economic growth and who, because of the educational demands it brings about, it shuts out.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.