A] useful and well-done collection, serving to outline the nature of an evolving critical pedagogy, while also clearly demonstrating its roots in actual practice and experience. "Contemporary Sociology"
An excellent example of the progress--both conceptual and political--that has been made in our understanding of how education works in an unequal society. . . . An exceptionally valuable book. "Michael Apple"
All readers who are interested in the possibilities of radical discourse in a conservative time will find relevance in the text and in the excellent, extensive bibliography....
A] useful and well-done collection, serving to outline the nature of an evolving critical pedagogy, while also clearly demonstrating its roots in ...
This title examines contemporary debates on the relationship between class structure and working-class consciousness. It is intended for all students involved in proletariat and sociological study, and academics.
This title examines contemporary debates on the relationship between class structure and working-class consciousness. It is intended for all students ...
From the Preface: "The education-jobs gap refers to the discrepancy between our work-related knowledge and our opportunities to use this knowledge in interesting and fairly compensated work. This text's] basic argument is that our knowledge generally far exceeds our job opportunities. We are wasting large human learning capacities and achievements through our failure to recognize the existence of a massive 'knowledge society' in a vast array of formally organized and informal learning practices...
"Most of this book is devoted to documenting the unprecedented amount of present...
From the Preface: "The education-jobs gap refers to the discrepancy between our work-related knowledge and our opportunities to use this knowledge ...
A] useful and well-done collection, serving to outline the nature of an evolving critical pedagogy, while also clearly demonstrating its roots in actual practice and experience. "Contemporary Sociology"
An excellent example of the progress--both conceptual and political--that has been made in our understanding of how education works in an unequal society. . . . An exceptionally valuable book. "Michael Apple"
All readers who are interested in the possibilities of radical discourse in a conservative time will find relevance in the text and in the excellent, extensive bibliography....
A] useful and well-done collection, serving to outline the nature of an evolving critical pedagogy, while also clearly demonstrating its roots in ...
Lifelong Learning is essential to all individuals and in recent years has become a guiding principle for policy initiatives, ranging from national economic competition to issues of social cohesion and personal fulfilment. However, despite the importance of lifelong learning there is a critical absence of direct, international evidence on its extent, content and outcomes.
Lifelong Learning in Paid and Unpaid Work provides a new paradigm for understanding work and learning, documenting the active contribution of workers to their development and their adaptation to paid and...
Lifelong Learning is essential to all individuals and in recent years has become a guiding principle for policy initiatives, ranging from national ...
Shortly after Canadian confederation, Thomas D'Arcy McGee proclaimed that education was "an essential condition of our political independence" and that its role was to form citizens for the new regime. Comparing this idea of education for citizenship, or civic education, to the modern goals of education, Liberal Education, Civic Education, and the Canadian Regime explores the founders' principles, their sources, and the challenges that threaten their vision for Canada. The collection's first essays analyze the political thought of early Canadians such as Brown, McGee, Ryerson, and Bourinot,...
Shortly after Canadian confederation, Thomas D'Arcy McGee proclaimed that education was "an essential condition of our political independence" and tha...
Shortly after Canadian confederation, Thomas D'Arcy McGee proclaimed that education was "an essential condition of our political independence" and that its role was to form citizens for the new regime. Comparing this idea of education for citizenship, or civic education, to the modern goals of education, Liberal Education, Civic Education, and the Canadian Regime explores the founders' principles, their sources, and the challenges that threaten their vision for Canada. The collection's first essays analyze the political thought of early Canadians such as Brown, McGee, Ryerson, and Bourinot,...
Shortly after Canadian confederation, Thomas D'Arcy McGee proclaimed that education was "an essential condition of our political independence" and tha...
