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Amartya Sen's Capability Approach and Social Justice in Education

By Elaine Unterhalter , Melanie Walker

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
1403975043, 9781403975041
LCC
LC191 .A56 2007
Open Library ID
OL18520139M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1331083 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
296\292
Topic
Education
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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