Is schooling good for the development of society? The case of South Africa

This paper is concerned with three possible theoretical relationships, between education and social, economic and political development, that - (a) education improves society, (b) education reproduces society as it is and (c) education actually makes society worse. The paper then uses South Africa a...

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Main Authors: Clive Harber, Vusi Mncube
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Education Association of South Africa 2011-01-01
Series:South African Journal of Education
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002011000200007