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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170980803321

Autore

Winch Christopher

Titolo

Education, work, and social capital : towards a new conception of vocational training / / Christopher Winch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-62919-2

0-429-22931-3

1-134-62920-6

1-280-32630-1

0-203-18327-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education ; ; 11

Disciplina

370.11301

Soggetti

Vocational education - Philosophy

Vocational education - Economic aspects

Infrastructure (Economics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Necessity, work, effort and leisure; The economic and work-related aims of education; Conceptualising economic life: Part one, the consumptionist tradition; Conceptualising economic life: Part two, Listian political economy; Moral education and work; Vocational education and vocational training; Learning in the workplace; Two rival conceptions of vocational education; Education and labour markets; Education, well-being and economic growth; The social value of work; Education and the 'end-of-work' thesis

Education and work in a social capital perspective Policy issues: Schooling, qualifications and the transition to work; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an integrated treatment of the relationship between political economy and vocational education at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Approaching the subject from a philosophical perspective the author engages with debates about* the work-related aims of education * the moral and spiritual significance of work * the conceptualisation of political economy * high-skill economies and



vocational education* the 'end of work' thesis* the relationship between education and training in vocational education * future work patterns * the education