Teaching Students About the World of Work: A Challenge to Postsecondary Educators - Couverture souple

 
9781682534946: Teaching Students About the World of Work: A Challenge to Postsecondary Educators
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ISBN 10 : 1682534944 ISBN 13 : 9781682534946
Editeur : Harvard Educational Publishing Group, 2020

Synopsis

Teaching Students About the World of Work argues that educational institutions--especially two-year and four-year public institutions serving low-income students--need to make the topic of employment a central element in their educational offerings. Indeed, the book demonstrates that a far greater emphasis on teaching students about the work world will be necessary if colleges are to give disadvantaged students a realistic chance for professional and economic success. The recommendation is a reconfiguration of postsecondary education that represents a paradigm shift in career preparation and learning.

Editors Nancy Hoffman and Michael Lawrence Collins and their authors provide a rich and comprehensive view of both today's work world and the challenges facing many young people who are determined to find a place within it. The book offers detailed accounts of how several community colleges have put employment at the center of the curriculum; provides practical insights into the twenty-first century labor market and ways to improve the choices and outcomes for low-income job seekers; and explores the daunting structural barriers to securing successful and satisfying employment.

Throughout all its chapters, the book highlights increasing inequalities--in both opportunities and outcomes--within our society. In order to redress those disparities, it argues, postsecondary educators will need to offer enhanced insights and sophistication to disadvantaged young people preparing to enter and navigate the work world. An urgent but unfailingly reasonable book for our times, Teaching Students About the World of Work will be required reading for educators determined to create practical opportunities for young people in search of good employment and better lives.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nancy Hoffman is vice president and senior advisor at JFF.

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Éditeur
Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1682534944
ISBN 13 
9781682534946
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
232
Éditeur
Hoffman Nancy, Collins Michael Lawrence
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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