Education, Policy and Social Justice: Learning and Skills - Couverture rigide

Avis, James

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0826486932 ISBN 13 : 9780826486936

Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2007

Synopsis

Professor 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 of social justice are to be addressed, an economically driven model of education should be rejected in favour of one that is politically engaged and utilises an expansive model of practice, extending into the wider society.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James Avis is Professor of Post-compulsory Education & Training at the University of Huddersfield. He has edited books with Cassell and Unwin Hyman and contributed to books with OUP, Paul Chapman, and Trentham. He has had dozens of articles published in academic and professional journals, such as in the Sociological Review, Journal of Further & Higher Education.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826486932
• ISBN 13: 9780826486936
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible