David P. Baker
Teoksen National Differences, Global Similarities: World Culture and the Future of Schooling (Stanford Social Sciences) tekijä
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- 1952-01-05
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- University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Albion, Michigan, USA
Washington D.C., USA - Koulutus
- Ph.D. Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland, 1982
M.S. Communication Research, Boston University, Boston Massachusetts, 1975
B.A. Psychology, Albion College, Albion Michigan, 1974 - Organisaatiot
- Professor of Education (Educational Theory & Policy) and Sociology, Department of Education Policy Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
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This notion of education as a primary institution allows Baker to draw out problems with and contradictions inherent to other theories of education as a secondary institution, which asserts education's essential function is re-productive, rather than primarily productive as Baker argues.
The weakest part of the book is probably the chapter on education and religion, as it relies on the American context, and generalises to the rest of the world from that (when it comes to the sociology of religion, a good rule of thumb is never to generalise from the USA to the rest of the world). Another issue with the book itself (rather than its content) is the index, which is dreadful. Still, best book on education I have read in years.… (lisätietoja)