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Hartley, David – Oxford Review of Education, 1995
Identifies the components of the current social trend, "McDonaldization", as efficiency, calculability, predictability, and the substitution of nonhuman technology for human technology (or control). Contends that market forces and mass production have imposed "McDonaldization," on the British educational system. Considers…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy