Education, Policy and Social Justice: Learning and Skills

Avis (post-compulsory education and training, U. of Huddersfield, UK) examines the connections between education, the economy and social justice favored by policy makers, in particular the role played by post-compulsory education and training (PCET) in the ongoing development of national competitiveness in the global market. Coverage includes how employment and education are conceived in education policy, based on the notion of settlement, Fordism and post-Fordism, and constructions of the knowledge/information society; work-based learning and notions of knowledge and social capital; the learner's experience in PCET; the social and economic context of teaching within PCET; the construction of knowledge and the curriculum in PCET, and their relation to power; tensions between social justice and the ongoing improvement of practice in PCET; and recommendations for change in PCET. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

James Avis is Professor of Post-compulsory Education and Training at the University of Huddersfield, UK.