Building knowledge cultures
Subtitle: education and development in the age of knowledge capitalism
By: Michael A. Peters with A.C. (Tina) Besley.
Contributors: Besley, Tina, 1950-
Series: Critical education policy and politics
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780742517905; 9780742517912
Subjects: Education -- Economic aspects.; Knowledge management -- Economic aspects.; Knowledge, Sociology of.; Postmodernism and education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultural knowledge economy: education, the new economy and the communicative turn; title: The politics of postmodernity and the promise of education; title: Education policy in the age of knowledge capitalism; title: National policy constructions of the 'knowledge economy': towards a critique; title: Classical political economy and the role of universities in the new knowledge economy; title: The theatre of fast knowledge: performative epistemologies; title: The new pedagogy and social learning: current pedagogic research and practice; title: Theorising educational practices: the politico-ethical choices; title: Knowledge networks, innovation and development: education after modernization; title: Educational policy futures.