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Globalizing Education for Work - Comparative Perspectives on Gender and the New Economy (Paperback)
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Globalizing Education for Work - Comparative Perspectives on Gender and the New Economy (Paperback)
Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
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This book explores how changes in the new world economy are
affecting the education of male and female workers. Authors from
Australia, Africa, Brazil, Europe, North America, and South Korea
use methodologies--such as literature reviews, case studies,
legislative analysis, evaluations of model delivery systems, and
demographic profiles--to examine the current efforts of a number of
nations around the world to transform vocational education and
training (VET) programs into gender equitable institutions where
female students are able to obtain skills necessary for successful
and economically viable lives. The cross-national perspectives in
this volume illuminate the meaning of VET equity theory and
practice in the new economy. Gender equity in education is
constructed differently from place to place depending on a variety
of factors, including economic development and cultural traditions.
Starting from this understanding that gender and culture are
multifaceted, historically situated, and constructed around
dominant economic and institutional structures, class identities,
and social positions, as well as discursive practices, the book
addresses central questions, such as: *What roles do schools play
in the global economy? *Is there a parallel between an increasingly
globalized economy and a viable universal concept of education for
work? *What is the effect of a nation's financial condition,
political system, and global economic posture on its training
policies? *Are educational equity issues heightened or submerged in
the new economy? The comparative perspective helps readers to more
clearly analyze both tensions that arise as capitalist changes in
the new economy are contested, resisted, or accommodated--and the
impact upon education. In the Afterword, the editors identify
overarching themes emerging from the volume and illuminate various
comparative perspectives on gender and the new economy. Globalizing
Education for Work: Comparative Perspectives on Gender and the New
Economy brings together important information and analysis for
researchers, students, and teachers in education, women's studies,
and sociology; for vocational education and training professionals;
and for policymakers and policy analysts in governmental and
nongovernmental organizations. It is well suited as a text for a
range of graduate courses in the fields of comparative and
international education, politics of education, vocational
educational policy, gender and education, and sociology of
education.
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