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Jones, Chris 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0825-5860
(2021)
‘Society gets the education it deserves’.
PRACTICE Contemporary Issues in Practitioner Education.
doi:10.1080/25783858.2020.1831733
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Abstract
Education has the potential to be influenced by society but can also be utilised as a mechanism to enable societal change. Considering the question ‘does society get the education it deserves’, I utilise Bauman’s concept of liquid modernity when exploring the impact of neoliberalist values on the UK education system. These values encourage a consumerist approach to be taken by those entering and within the system and drive competition between providers, which I argue is not conducive to an equality of opportunity for all in society. Without a greater societal response however this paper concludes that the education currently received is one that is deserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Article Type: | Article |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Society; Liquid Modernity; Education; Neoliberalism |
| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education and Science |
| Research Priority Areas: | Society and Learning |
| Depositing User: | Anne Pengelly |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2020 11:52 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2024 17:00 |
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/8849 |
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