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ERIC Number: EJ615536
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
The Market Economy Discourse on Education: Interpretation, Impact, and Resistance.
Hyslop-Margison, Emery J.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v46 n3 p203-13 Fall 2000
Explores the impact on Canadian schools of the market economy discourse on education that emerges from international organizations and Canadian business and government agencies. Argues that market economy policies have a deleterious effect on curriculum theory and development, and suggests that educators use critical thinking tools to resist this threat. (Contains 26 references.) (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System, Higher Education, Human Capital, Ideology, Resistance (Psychology), Role of Education
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; Discourse; Global Economy; Government Industry Relationship; Organisation for Economic Cooperation Development