The Right to Learn: Alternatives for a Learning Society
- ISBN-10
- 0415231655
- ISBN-13
- 9780415231657
- Series
- The Right to Learn
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 201
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Author
- Ken Brown
Description
This volume raises questions about the future of the learning society. It claims that recent UN Conventions about the rights of children and parents are not being addressed by the UK Government's concentration on a highly centralized education system.
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