The Capability Approach and Education
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The capability approach provides a general normative framework for the assessment of human development. Yet it is also possible to consider what it has to offer to evaluations of specific areas of social policy, such as education. In recent years there has been growing international interest from people working in diverse sectors and fields of formal, informal and non-formal education in the potential of the capability approach to contribute ideas, policies and practices. This introductory article is concerned with how the capability approach might be used in educational settings and thinking about educational inequalities.
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