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  2. Fighting the commercialisation of education 3 March 2017

    Market Obscurantism

    By Jim Baker, Education International Adam Smith and generations of free market, liberal, or classical economists who followed him saw the market as an efficient, workable way for the economy to function. It was based on self-interest. Smith argued, “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer,...

    Market Obscurantism
  4. Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 February 2017

    South Africa: The Bait and Switch of School Privatisation

    By Salim Vally, University of Johannesburg The Economist’s recent editorial on South Africa’s schooling system recycles tired arguments but more insidiously, its shallow causal narrative feeds into proposals for the privatisation of education. In essence, it is a classic bait-and-switch maneuver applied to schooling.

    South Africa: The Bait and Switch of School Privatisation
  6. Fighting the commercialisation of education 20 February 2017

    There is no such thing as society

    By Jim Baker, Education International In 1987, Margaret Thatcher was quoted as saying: “—There is no such thing as society.”

    There is no such thing as society
  7. Fighting the commercialisation of education 20 February 2017

    There is no such thing as society

    By Jim Baker, Education International In 1987, Margaret Thatcher was quoted as saying: “—There is no such thing as society.”

    There is no such thing as society
  11. Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2017

    The teacher of the future: robots versus humans

    By Angelo Gavrielatos, Education International  At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a side event featured a debate on the future of the teaching profession. The topic was: The teacher of the future: robots vs. humans. EI’s response delivered by Angelo Gavrielatos.

    The teacher of the future: robots versus humans
  12. Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2017

    The teacher of the future: robots versus humans

    By Angelo Gavrielatos, Education International  At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a side event featured a debate on the future of the teaching profession. The topic was: The teacher of the future: robots vs. humans. EI’s response delivered by Angelo Gavrielatos.

    The teacher of the future: robots versus humans
  14. Fighting the commercialisation of education 23 January 2017

    Profiting from public education’s digital nervous system

    By Sam Sellar, Manchester Metropolitan University While 2016 was a tumultuous year in global politics, it also came with a number of surprises in the world of technology. Google’s AlphaGo triumphed over professional Go player, Lee Sedol, signaling a major advance in the development of artificial intelligence. Facebook found itself...

    Profiting from public education’s digital nervous system
  15. Fighting the commercialisation of education 23 January 2017

    Profiting from public education’s digital nervous system

    By Sam Sellar, Manchester Metropolitan University While 2016 was a tumultuous year in global politics, it also came with a number of surprises in the world of technology. Google’s AlphaGo triumphed over professional Go player, Lee Sedol, signaling a major advance in the development of artificial intelligence. Facebook found itself...

    Profiting from public education’s digital nervous system
  17. Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 January 2017

    Schooling, privatisation and post-truth politics

    By Bob Lingard, University of Queensland Usually each New Year begins with optimistic hopes for something better than what has gone before. Sadly and worryingly, 2017 seems ominous in negative ways rather than inspiring a sense of hope.

    Schooling, privatisation and post-truth politics