Education and Elitism

Education and Elitism discusses polemical debates around privilege, private schools, elitist universities, equal access to education and underlying notions of fairness.

"A thoughtful exploration of the ethics of contemporary education, that provides, on the way, a great deal of fascinating information about the state of education in a range of English-speaking countries around the world today." Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University

Autorentext

Conrad Hughes is Campus and Secondary Principal at the International School of Geneva, La Grande Boissière, Switzerland. He is also a member of the advisory board for the University of the People and Research Assistant at the University of Geneva's department of psychology and education.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction to education & elitism

Chapter 2: philosophies of elitism and anti-elitism

Chapter 3: A short history of access to schooling

Chapter 4: A short history of selective schools

Chapter 5: Massification

Chapter 6: International schools and elitism

Chapter 7: Universities and elitism

Chapter 8: 2020 as a turning point for education and elitism

Chapter 9: Reconciling egalitarianism and elitism