Critical Education for Work: Multidisciplinary Approaches

by Richard D. Lakes

Overview

This book expands the meaning of today's education for work by offering five multidisciplinary approaches- school-to-work transitions, gender equity, labor education, economic democracy, and vocational education-revealing the complexities of personal, social, and cultural transformation. Education for work is analyzed from critical perspectives, bringing to attention the need for individuals to recognize their civic responsibilities when entering the workforce: to understand frameworks from establishing industrial and economic democracy and to acquire actions for maintaining principles of equality and social justice. Examples are drawn from original research and applications in schools and in non-school settings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567501094
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1994
Series:	Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Education: The David C. Anch
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Critical Education for Work, Richard D. Lakes
School-to-Work Transitions: The Social Context of "First Jobs", Richard D. Lakes and Kathryn M. Borman
The "Literacy Myth" at Work: The Role of Print Literacy in School-to-Work Transitions, Sheryl G. Gowen
Gender Equity and Empowerment in Vocational Education, Penny L. Burge and Steven M. Culver
Women's Workplace Equity: A Feminist View, Patricia A. Carter
The Right to Organize: Implications for Preparing Students for Work, Dennis R. Herschbach
Work Education for the Next Century: Beyond Skills Training, Maria-Luz D. Samper and Richard D. Lakes
Is This Workplace Democracy? Education and Labor in Postindustrial America, Richard D. Lakes
Business and Democracy: Implications for Education, Frank T. Adams and Gary B. Hansen
Critical Pedagogy and Vocational Education: A Search for New Metaphors, Marsha L. Rehm
From Critical Theory to Critical Practice: Transformative Vocational Classrooms, James A. Gregson
Afterword Education for Democratic Community and Work: An Interview with Len Krimerman, Richard D. Lakes