The role of education in development: an educationalist’s response to some recent work in development economics
This paper delves beneath the widespread belief that education (often repackaged as human capital) is important in development to consider the role that the discipline of education plays in shaping the wider discourses of development. In particular, it will explore recent texts by important figures...
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| description | This paper delves beneath the widespread belief that education (often repackaged as human capital) is important in development to consider the role that the discipline
of education plays in shaping the wider discourses of development. In particular, it will explore recent texts by important figures in development economics (Collier,
Easterly, Sachs and Stiglitz) to see what they say (and don’t say) about education’s role in development and to contrast this with educationalists’ accounts. This will
lead on to a consideration of what the implications of such a reading are for the field of international and comparative education. The paper concludes that the
relative marginalisation of educational accounts in mainstream development thinking is a major challenge to which international and comparative education needs to respond. |
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| spelling | nottingham-16912020-05-04T20:25:38Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1691/ The role of education in development: an educationalist’s response to some recent work in development economics McGrath, Simon This paper delves beneath the widespread belief that education (often repackaged as human capital) is important in development to consider the role that the discipline of education plays in shaping the wider discourses of development. In particular, it will explore recent texts by important figures in development economics (Collier, Easterly, Sachs and Stiglitz) to see what they say (and don’t say) about education’s role in development and to contrast this with educationalists’ accounts. This will lead on to a consideration of what the implications of such a reading are for the field of international and comparative education. The paper concludes that the relative marginalisation of educational accounts in mainstream development thinking is a major challenge to which international and comparative education needs to respond. Taylor & Francis 2010 Article PeerReviewed McGrath, Simon (2010) The role of education in development: an educationalist’s response to some recent work in development economics. Comparative Education, 46 (2). pp. 237-253. ISSN 0305-0068 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050061003775553 doi:10.1080/03050061003775553 doi:10.1080/03050061003775553 |
| spellingShingle | McGrath, Simon The role of education in development: an educationalist’s response to some recent work in development economics |
| title | The role of education in development: an educationalist’s response to some recent work in development economics |
| title_full | The role of education in development: an educationalist’s response to some recent work in development economics |
| title_fullStr | The role of education in development: an educationalist’s response to some recent work in development economics |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of education in development: an educationalist’s response to some recent work in development economics |
| title_short | The role of education in development: an educationalist’s response to some recent work in development economics |
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