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Qualifications

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What should be taught, to whom, how, and who should foot the bill? These questions underpin much debate and research in education, and my work is no exception. My particular interests are in the curriculum (what should be taught?); the organization of education (what kinds of institutions should offer what kinds of education, who should pay, and how?); and in the role of education in society (why do we need education?).

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Allais, S. (2014). Qualifications. In: Selling Out Education. The Knowledge Economy and Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-578-6_1

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