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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821162603321

Autore

Allen Martin <1955->

Titolo

Lost generation? : new strategies for youth and education / / Martin Allen and Patrick Ainley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Continuum, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-282-87101-3

9786612871016

1-4411-0549-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/7370941

Soggetti

Education - Economic aspects - Great Britain

Youth - Employment - Great Britain

Labor supply - Effect of education on - 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

From jobs without education to education without jobs -- Overtested and undereducated -- Overqualified and underemployed -- Lost in transition or transition lost? -- New directions for youth and education.

Sommario/riassunto

Education faces its own credibility crunch as overschooling combines with undereducation to leave young people overqualified and underemployed. This book reveals what has gone wrong in schools, colleges and universities and how this relates to the changing relationship between young people, educational qualifications and employment in the early 21st century. Combining their experience across sectors, the authors present a comprehensive review of education and training from primary to postgraduate schools. Meeting the crisis in policy and theory, they suggest new pedagogical principles are need