Winch Education, Work and Social Capital

Towards a New Conception of Vocational Training
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-1-134-62920-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

This book provides an integrated treatment of the relationship between political economy and vocational education at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Approaching the subject from a philosophical perspective the author engages with debates about
* the work-related aims of education
* the moral and spiritual significance of work
* the conceptualisation of political economy
* high-skill economies and vocational education
* the 'end of work' thesis
* the relationship between education and training in vocational education
* future work patterns
* the educational consequences of the economic theories of influential economists such as Smith, Mill, Marx, Marshall and Keynes.
This is an essential and ground-breaking study for academics and students of business studies, economics, political economy, and the sociology of work. It will equally be of interest to policy makers concerned with the future development of vocational education and training.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winch, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Education, Work and Social Capital: Introduction

2. Necessity, Work, Effort and Leisure

3. The Economic and Work Related Aims of Education

4. Conceptualising Economic Life: Part One, The Consumptionist Tradition

5. Conceptualising Economic Life: Part Two, Listian Political Economy

6. Education, Moral Education and Work

7. Vocational Education and Vocational Training

8. Learning in the Workplace

9. Two Rival Conceptions of Vocational Education

10. Education and Labour Markets

11. Education, Well-being and Economic Growth

12. The Social Value of Work

13. Education and the 'End of Work' Thesis

14. Education and Work in a Social Capital Perspective

15. Policy Issues: Schooling, Qualifications and the Transition to Work

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Winch is Professor of Philosophy of Education at University College Northampton. His recent publications include The Philosophy of Human Learning and co-author of Key Concepts in the Philosophy of Education, both published by Routledge.