Résumé :
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Furedi (sociology, U. of Kent at Canterbury, UK) examines what education is and what has gone wrong with it, and the responsibilities of adult society for the socialization of children. He challenges the low expectations that influence pedagogic thinking and creates a culture of schooling that is narrow-minded and anti-intellectual, focusing on the paradox that the more society invests and expects of education, the less schools and universities demand of students and value education for its own sake, rather than for economic or societal gains. Addressing aspects in the UK, he critiques education policies and the current obsession with change, the concept of adult authority, how young people can also socialize adults, the politicization of the school and how it impacts the curriculum, the loss of faith in education, and the over concern with the happiness and well-being of the child
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