Education, Skills and Social Justice in a Polarising World: Between Technical Elites and Welfare Vocationalism...

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Bill Esmond Liz Atkins

Education, Skills and Social Justice in a Polarising World

Between Technical Elites and Welfare Vocationalism

Bill Esmond, Liz Atkins

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English

Routledge
25 September 2023

Educational strategies & policy; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Adult education, continuous learning

Series: Routledge Research in Vocational Education

This book explains how education policies offering improved transitions to work and higher-level study can widen the gaps between successful and disadvantaged groups of young people.

Centred on an original study of ongoing further education and apprenticeship reforms in England, the book traces the emergence of distinctive patterns of transition that magnify existing societal inequalities. It illustrates the distinction between mainly male ‘technical elites’ on STEM-based courses and the preparation for low-level service roles described as ‘welfare vocationalism’, whilst digital and creative fields ill-suited to industry learning head for a ‘new economy precariat’. Yet the authors argue that social justice can nevertheless be advanced in the spaces between learning and work.

The book provides essential insights for academics and postgraduate students researching technical, vocational and higher education. It will also appeal to professionals with interests in contemporary educational policy and emerging practice.

By: Bill Esmond, Liz Atkins
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367503345
ISBN 10: 0367503344
Series: Routledge Research in Vocational Education
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Technical and further education after COVID: New opportunities or new inequalities? 2. Lessons of European VET? National systems and international prescriptions. 3. Shifting but impermeable? Higher-vocational barriers and diversions. 4. Further education and skills in England: From ‘craft’ education to polarisation. 5. Enter the technical elites: Fragmentation or a new mobility myth? 6. Welfare Vocationalism: Preparing for service and caring occupations. 7. Beyond the divide:Learning for work in the post-industrial economy? 8. The polarisation of professionalism. 9. Conclusions.

Bill Esmond is Associate Professor in the Institute of Education at the University of Derby, UK. His research interests focus on comparative VET and its intersection with employment and higher education. His publications span higher-level vocational studies, workplace learning and apprenticeship. Liz Atkins is Professor of Vocational Education and Social Justice in the Institute of Education at the University of Derby, UK. Her research interests focus on vocational education policy and practice. She is the UK’s foremost authority on education for low-attaining young people.