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Informationen zum Autor Richard D. Lakes Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
