Human Capital and the Labor of Learning: A Case of Mistaken Identity

Autor/in	Sidorkin, Alexander M
Titel	Human Capital and the Labor of Learning: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Quelle	In: Educational Theory, 57 (2007) 2, S.159-170 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-2004
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-5446.2007.00254.x
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; School Restructuring; Labor; Human Capital; Educational Change; Theories; Educational Philosophy; Criticism; Elementary Secondary Education; Educational Principles; Education Work Relationship; Compensation (Remuneration); Learning; Costs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Humankapital; Bildungsreform; Theory; Theorie; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Kritik; Bildungsprinzip; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Lernen; Cost; Kosten
Abstract	In this essay, Alexander Sidorkin offers a conceptual critique of the human capital theory that makes erroneous assumptions about the nature of student work and the private cost of schooling. Specifically, human capital theorists underestimate the private cost of schooling by taking low-level manual labor as the basis for estimating students' forgone earnings. This does not take into consideration the nature of students' labor of learning. In the essay, Sidorkin describes student work as a form of labor, not an investment activity, and considers the implications such an understanding of student work has for school reform. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10