Schooling as Violence: How Schools Harm Pupils and Societies
Author:   Clive Harber
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415344333


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   02 September 2004
Format:   Hardback
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Schooling as Violence: How Schools Harm Pupils and Societies


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Author:   Clive Harber
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780415344333


ISBN 10:   0415344336
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   02 September 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Is Formal Education Always Good for You? 2. Authoritarian Schooling 3. Schooling and Violence 4. Control, Surveillance, Reproduction and Perpetration : Inhuman Capital Theory 5. Schooling as Terrorism : Physical punishment 6. Schooling and Learning to Hate the 'Other' 7. Schooling as Sexual Abuse 8. Schooling Can make You Ill : Stress, Anxiety and Examinations 9. Learning to Kill : Schooling and Militarisation 10. Education for Democracy and Peace

Reviews

Times Educational Supplement Book of the Week 'For anyone interested in school systems, this book is essential reading ... [It] is stirring stuff for those who believe that the current mass-schooling system is fundamentally damaging to children's human rights.' - Terri Dowty, 0-19 'Throughout the volume, Harber adopts a world-encompassing perspective, citing examples from a wide variety of nations to illustrate the ubiquitous nature of schooling violence.' - Educational Review


Times Educational Supplement Book of the Week 'For anyone interested in school systems, this book is essential reading ... [It] is stirring stuff for those who believe that the current mass-schooling system is fundamentally damaging to children's human rights.' - Terri Dowty, 0-19 'Throughout the volume, Harber adopts a world-encompassing perspective, citing examples from a wide variety of nations to illustrate the ubiquitous nature of schooling violence.' - Educational Review


Author Information

Clive Harber is Head of the School of Education at the University of Birmingham. He has had a distinguished career in education and written very many papers, chapters and books in the field.

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