| Amartya Sen's Capability Approach and Social Justice in Education 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Walker, Melanie (Author), Unterhalter, Elaine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403975043 ISBN-13: 9781403975041 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: This compelling book introduces Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen's, capability approach, and explores its significance for theory, policy and practice in education. The capability approach has attracted attention across disciplinary boundaries in recent years contributing to debates in economics, political philosophy, health and social policy. This book complements these discussions by considering the potential of the approach for work in education, showing how the capability approach challenges some of the key assumptions of human capital theory and how it can provide substance for policy and practice in education concerned with social justice. The book looks particularly at questions concerning the education of children, gender equality, and higher education.Contributors hail from the UK, USA, Australia, Italy and Mexico. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Curricula |
| Dewey: 370.115 |
| LCCN: 2007060032 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 8.51" W x 5.77" (0.97 lbs) 277 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This compelling book introduces Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's capability approach and explores its significance for theory, policy and practice in education. The book looks particularly at questions concerning the education of children, gender equality, and higher education. Contributors hail from the UK, USA, Australia, Italy and Mexico. |