Cosmopolitanism and the Age of School Reform: Science, Education, and Making Society by Making the Child

by Thomas S. Popkewitz

Book Overview

In Cosmopolitanism and the Age of School Reform, noted educationalist Thomas Popkewitz explores turn-of-the-century and contemporary pedagogical reforms while illuminating their complex relation to cosmopolitanism. Popkewitz highlights how policies that include "all children" and leave "no child behind" are rooted in a philosophy of cosmopolitanism-not just in salvation themes of human agency, freedom, and empowerment, but also in the processes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415958156
• ISBN13: 9780415958158
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.8"