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The Social Production of Merit: Education, Psychology & Politics in Australia, 1900SH1950 (Deakin Studies in Education Series)
The Social Production of Merit Education Psychology Politics in Australia 1900SH1950 - Deakin Studies in Education Series Author:David Mccallum Australian education, like the society which it serves, is characterized by fundamental social differences and inequalities. This book confronts the more mundane practices and theories which produced modern systems of education. Rather than looking at the grand informing values of liberalism which were supposed to have guided education planners,... more » the book focuses on the practical administration of the school population and its attempts to produce an efficient and outwardly fair structure of educational provision for all sections of the population.« less