School Choice and Student Well-Being
Opportunity and Capability in Education
Published on 1. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
XV, 247 pages
978-1-349-36170-0 (ISBN)
Description
This review of research in school choice adapts Sen's theory of Capability developing a more complex theoretical framework for understanding education markets. This gives those most affected by the perceived failure of public education a better explication of the tension between the rhetoric of public good and the reality of everyday disadvantage.
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Edition
1st ed. 2007
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XV, 247 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-36170-0 (9781349361700)
DOI
10.1057/9780230590281
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
ANTHONY KELLY is Professor in the School of Education, University of Southampton, UK, and is editor of
Education, Knowledge and Economy
. He specialises in developing theory in the areas of school improvement, effectiveness, leadership and policy analysis. His most recent books are
Benchmarking for School Improvement
,
Decision Making Using Game Theory
and
The Intellectual Capital of Schools
.
Content
List of Tables and Figures Preface: PART 1: SCHOOL CHOICE, GLOBALIZATION AND THE COMMODIFICATION OF EDUCATION: CHOOSERS AND LOSERS School Choice: An Overview School Choice and Transition School Choice and Globalization School Choice and Marketisation School Choice, Competition and Performance Actualising Choice in Schools and Communities PART 2: ADAPTING SEN'S THEORY OF CAPABILITY TO EDUCATION Well-Being and Capability Utility and Functionings Aggregation and Evaluation Asset-Mapping Bibliography and Further Reading Index