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The essays in this book criticise the new positivism in education policy, whereby education is systematically reduced to those things that can be measured by so-called ''objective'' tests. School curricula have been narrowed with an emphasis on measurable results in the 3 R''s and the ''quality' of university departments is now assessed by managerial exercises based on commercial audit practice. As a result, the traditional notion of liberal arts education has been replaced by utilitarian productivity indices.

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    A Paperback / softback by Stephen Prickett, Patricia Erskine-Hill

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      Publisher: Imprint Academic
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/05/2002
      ISBN13: 9780907845362, 978-0907845362
      ISBN10: 907845363

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      Book Synopsis

      The essays in this book criticise the new positivism in education policy, whereby education is systematically reduced to those things that can be measured by so-called ''objective'' tests. School curricula have been narrowed with an emphasis on measurable results in the 3 R''s and the ''quality' of university departments is now assessed by managerial exercises based on commercial audit practice. As a result, the traditional notion of liberal arts education has been replaced by utilitarian productivity indices.

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