Personalization and de-schooling: Uncommon trajectories in contemporary education policy

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 374-397

  Pykett, Jessica ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Learning; Moralization; Neo liberalism; Person centred policy

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; LABOR POLICY; LEARNING; NEOLIBERALISM; WELFARE PROVISION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349338772     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018309105176     Document Type: Article

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