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Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language
Alice Koller,John R. Searle +1 more
TL;DR: A theory of speech acts is proposed in this paper. But it is not a theory of language, it is a theory about the structure of illocutionary speech acts and not of language.
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Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language
John R. Searle
- 01 Jan 1969
TL;DR: A theory of speech acts is proposed in this article. But it is not a theory of language, it is a theory about the structure of illocutionary speech acts and not of language.
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Does Education Matter?: Myths About Education and Economic Growth
Alison Wolf
- 30 May 2002
TL;DR: In this paper, a critical look at successive governments' education policy and challenges many of the tenets of received wisdom: there are no economic reasons for spending more on higher education in order to stimulate growth, and a large proportion of the billions poured into vocational training and university provision might be better spent on teaching the basics at primary school.
Does education matter? myths about education and economic growth
TL;DR: The Routledge International Handbook of Student-Centered Learning and Teaching in Higher Education as mentioned in this paper The First Year at University: Teaching Students In TransitionInternational Handbook of Education for the Changing World of WorkInternationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen wissenschaftlicher LiteraturDebates in Mathematics EducationLearning, Curriculum and Employability in higher educationVocational EducationEducation and International DevelopmentEducation Policy UnravelledRetention And Student Success In Higher EducationHow Do You Know?Perspectives on Legal EducationEncyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance14-19
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