Emigration, Employability and Higher Education in the Philippines

Informationen zum Autor Yasmin Y. Ortiga is a Lecturer at the College of Alice and Peter Tan, National University of Singapore. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the dilemma of educating students for future work in the context of the Philippines, one of the top sources of migrant labor in the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Schooling in the Migrant-sending Country • Education and Emigration • The Case of the Philippines • Sites for Convergence: A Reflection on Method • Overview of Chapters 2. The Making of Export-oriented Education • From Excess to Employability • Private Enterprise and the ‘School Business’ • Staying Ahead of the Competition • Addressing Employer Needs • Education Problems for the Labour-exporting State 3. The Flexible University • Within the Migrant Labour Commodity Chain • Flexible Faculty • Flexible Spaces • Coping and Adjusting 4. The Burden of Producing the Global Filipino Nurse • Making Sense of Nurse Migration • Knowledge, Autonomy, and Professional Values • Professional Problems • Global Market, Local Burdens 5. Learning to Labor for Low Wage Hotel Work • Migrants without Class • Defining Class • Setting Students Apart • Learning to Start from the Bottom • Maintaining Class Hierarchies 6. The Migration Trap • Investing in Employability • Caught in the Migration Trap • Stuck in an Opportunity Trap • The Purpose of Higher Education 7. Conclusion • Education in Flux • What are schools for?

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• Authors: Yasmin Ortiga, Yasmin (National University of Singapore Ortiga, Yasmin Y. Ortiga, Yasmin Y. (National University of Singapor Ortiga, Yasmin Y. (National University of Singapore Ortiga
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780367375744
• ISBN: 978-0-367-37574-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Comparative, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philippines, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher