The Discourse of Commercialization: A Multi-Perspectived Analysis

by Jonathan Crichton

Book Overview

An examination of how the commercialization of professional practice is implicated in its organizational discourses. Drawing on a study of ELT colleges, the book explores how teaching practices are permeated and challenged by a 'discourse of commercialization' through which market priorities become normative in teachers' professional lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349367761
• ISBN13: 9781349367764
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"