This volume will introduce the readers to an alternative nexus of
education, equity and economy, pointing to economies and educations that
promote a less stratified and exploitive world, and as the chapter
authors demonstrate, this view has a wide range of applications, from
technology, mathematics, to environmental catastrophes and indigenous
cultures.
This first volume in the new book series not only introduces the series
itself, but also several authors whose chapters that appear here presage
the in-depth analysis that will be offered by their volumes in the
series.
Education is invoked repeatedly in the 'class warfare' that pits the
population against the elites as the investment that makes the
difference, in terms of both policy and individual commitment, in the
economy. The economy in this scenario is competitive, accumulative,
exploitive and stratifying, implying education should mirror this and
prepare people to fit this economy. However, education has other
historic goals of developing common cultures, national identities, and
civic engagement that belie this form of economic determinism. This
volume and the series will explore this new nexus of economy and
education with equity.