Education Is Never For Its Own Sake, It’s Much More Important Than That

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  • Patrick Ainley School of Education

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https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v4i7.97

Author Biography

Patrick Ainley, School of Education

Patrick Ainley is professor of Training and Education at the University of Greenwich School of Education and Training (as was).  His latest books are: Lost Generation? New strategies for youth and education, Continuum: 2010 and a forthcoming e-book The Great Reversal, Young people, learning and employment in a declining economy. Patrick blogs at http://radicaled.wordpress.com/

References

BIS, (Department of Business, Innovation and Skills) (2011) Higher education: students at the heart of the system, London: BIS.

Collini, S. (2012) What Are Universities For? Harmondsworth: Penguin.

McArdle-Clinton, D. (2008) The Consumer Experience of Higher Education, The Rise of Capsule Education, London: Continuum.

Polanyi, M. (1958) Personal Knowledge, Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy, London: Routledge.

UNESCO (1997) Resolution adopted on the report of Commission II at the 26th plenary meeting, Paris: UNESCO.

Compass: The Journal of Learning and Teaching

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06/06/2013

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Vol. 4 No. 7 (2013): Compass: The Journal of Learning and Teaching

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Opinion Pieces

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