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Brighouse, Harry, Ladd, Helen F. , Loeb, Susanna and Swift, Adam (2016) Educational goods and values : a framework for decision-makers. Theory and Research in Education, 14 (1). pp. 3-25. doi:10.1177/1477878515620887 ISSN 1477-8785.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477878515620887
Abstract
This paper articulates a framework suitable for use when making decisions about education policy. Decision-makers should establish what the feasible options are, and evaluate them in terms of their contribution to the development, and distribution, of educational goods in children, balanced against the negative effect of policies on important independent values. The paper articulates a theory of educational goods by reference to six capacities that children should develop – economic productivity, autonomy, democratic competence, healthy personal relationships, treating others as equals, and personal fulfilment. It demarcates three distributive values – adequacy, equality, and benefitting the less advantaged. And it distinguishes several independent values – childhood goods, parents’s interests, respect for democratic processes, and freedom of residence and occupation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Theory and Research in Education | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1477-8785 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | March 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 14 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 24 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 3-25 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/1477878515620887 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 December 2015 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 June 2016 |
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