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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816854703321

Autore

Avis James

Titolo

Education, policy, and social justice : learning and skills / / James Avis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Continuum, , 2009

©2007

ISBN

0-8264-8693-2

1-283-20613-7

9786613206138

1-4411-4904-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in lifelong learning

Disciplina

379.41

Soggetti

Post-compulsory education - Great Britain

Vocational education - Great Britain

Labor supply - Effect of education on - Great Britain

Social justice - Great Britain

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

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Fordism, post-Fordism and beyond; Chapter 3 Work-based learning and social justice: 'Learning to Labour' and the new vocationalism; Chapter 4 Learner dispositions: continuity and change; Chapter 5 Teachers and the transformation of practice; Chapter 6 Knowledge, curriculum and power; Chapter 7 Social justice, post-compulsory education and practice; Chapter 8 Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

James Avis develops an important argument in this wide-ranging book, in which questions of social justice play a central role. He explores the socio-economic and policy context of education in advanced capitalist societies, and indicates the manner in which the rhetoric of policy-makers distorts the way in which skill is marshalled in the economy. The result is that oppressive and exploitative features of paid labour are underplayed in this rhetoric. He examines the lived experiences of teachers and students in post-compulsory education and explores their contradictory positions. If questions