HSE Publishing House

The book explores the three interrelated areas for unfolding competition in training and education: the competition of educational paradigms, aspiring for greater conformity and effectiveness in modern circumstances; competition of means of diagnostics of the evolutive effect of learning (exemplified in the competition of cognitive development tests); competition of parties to educational process. Special attention is paid to the challenge of predatory competition: deliberate opposition to competitor’s learning process, as well as the problem of Trojan learning (learning which conflicts with learners” interests). Different theoretical approaches to problems of competition and results of empirical studies are presented. Ethical issues and moral risks of competition in education are discussed, as well as the cognitive and evolutive aspects of competition.

Addressed to psychologists, pedagogues, experts in conflicts and adjacent disciplines.