Globalization Article
Globalisation, the Learning Society and Comparative Education
Author(s): Peter Jarvis
Source: Comparative Education, Vol. 36, No. 3, Special Number (23): Comparative Education for the Twenty-First Century, (Aug., 2000), pp. 343-355
Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
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Comparative Education Volume 36 No. 3 2000 pp. 343-355
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Extending the logic of industrialism thesis, it is argued here that the world now has a global infrastructure,information technology empowered by those who control capital. Globalisation has resulted in the development of learning societies as a superstructural phenomenon. Four
Author(s): Peter Jarvis
Source: Comparative Education, Vol. 36, No. 3, Special Number (23): Comparative Education for the Twenty-First Century, (Aug., 2000), pp. 343-355
Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3099622
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Comparative Education Volume 36 No. 3 2000 pp. 343-355
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Globalisation, Learning
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Extending the logic of industrialism thesis, it is argued here that the world now has a global infrastructure,information technology empowered by those who control capital. Globalisation has resulted in the development of learning societies as a superstructural phenomenon. Four
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