Educating for profit, educating global citizenship

• Authors: Larry Hickman
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

After reviewing current proposals for standardized testing in K-12 education (United States) and for imposition of free-market economic and business models on higher education (Texas, Florida, and the United Kingdom), I argue that both types of proposals rest on flawed pedagogical assumptions and tend to undermine educational practices that promote the development of global citizens. I suggest that John Dewey was aware of the type of challenges now faced by educators and that he provided tools for blunting the force of these proposals and moving educational practice toward more desirable ends.

Keywords

EN

testing; higher education; K-12; John Dewey; global citizenship; business model; NCLB

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 11-16

Dates

published

2012-01-01

online

2012-01-13

Contributors

author

Larry Hickman

• Southern Illinois University

References

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• [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Phoenix, Accessed 19 October 2011.
• [6] Ravitch, D. (2011). School Reform: A Failing Grade. New York Review of Books (September 29, 2011), 32–35.

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-012-0002-7