Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education: Reworking Vocational Education: Policies, Practices and Concepts (Volume 7)

Keikkinen, A. and Kraus, K. (eds)

ISBN 10: 3039116037 / ISBN 13: 9783039116034

Published by Peter Lang, 2009

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Volume 7. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9783039116034.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education: Reworking Vocational Education: Policies, Practices and Concepts (Volume 7)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3039116037
• ISBN 13: 9783039116034
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 450 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Sciences

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Synopsis

A new political order is transforming the nature of work in advanced industrialised countries. What does this mean for the nexus of education and work? How does it affect the idea of vocation, the reality of lifelong learning, the concept of employability, and the future of vocational education and training?
This volume analyses the foundations of this transformation featuring globalisation and individualisation. It offers an analysis of the shifting terrain of governance and policy and their impact on the field of vocational education. With contributions from scholars located in Europe as well as in Australia and the USA, it provides an understanding of a number of important educational policy topics, including changing social and cultural conditions of labour, migration, an aging populace and the spread of cross-national discourses. Additional chapters tackle the concepts of «employability», «gender», «earning» and «lifelong learning» and examine their relation to policies, practices, theory and research in vocational education.

About the Author

The Editors: Anja Heikkinen is a professor of lifelong learning and education at the University of Tampere, Finland. Her research interests include: the relationship between education, work and politics; the history and philosophy of vocational education; the impact of culture and gender on vocational education; and cross-cultural collaboration and practice.
Katrin Kraus is a senior research associate and lecturer at the Institute of Upper Secondary and Vocational Education at the University of Zurich. Her research interests include: vocational education, social change and Europeanization; theories and concepts of earning oriented pedagogy, e.g. vocation/Beruf, employability, competence; theory of social space; and comparative, discourse and policy analyses.