Liberalizing Vocational Study

Democratic Approaches to Career Education

Emery J. Hyslop-Margison (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

124 Seiten

2005
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3085-6 (ISBN)

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This book addresses a critically important question regarding human capital learning in our present neo-liberal schooling context: How can contemporary career education programs be integrated into public school curricula without impacting negatively on the liberal learning, intellectual autonomy, and democratic citizenship of students?

To alleviate the enduring curriculum tension between liberal and vocational study, the book recommends adopting Aristotelian and Deweyan approaches to career education. While Aristotle offers a philosophy of education whose ultimate aim remains sensitive to the critical emphasis of liberal study, its content and practice must also address production objectives. Dewey was an ardent supporter of vocational education, but he rejected the social efficiency view that students should be prepared to meet the narrow human capital requirements of industry. He believed that vocational education must respect principles of democratic learning and broaden future occupational opportunities for students. Ultimately, this book suggests that the choice is not the traditional bifurcated one between liberal and vocational education, but between vocational education that is liberal and democratic, and that which is not.

Emery J. Hyslop-Margison is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at Ball State University. Professor Hyslop-Margison holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum Theory and Implementation from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C. He received his M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, N.B., and holds an M.A. in Philosophy from Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 The Liberal/Vocational Divide
Chapter 5 Historical Debates and the Cognitive Division of Labor
Chapter 6 The Intellectual Virtues and Liberal Education
Chapter 7 Autonomy and Democratic Citizenship
Chapter 8 Policy and Program Critique
Chapter 9 Recommendations and Conclusions
Chapter 10 References
Chapter 11 Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.3.2005
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Gewicht	195 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	0-7618-3085-5 / 0761830855
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-3085-6 / 9780761830856
Zustand	Neuware