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Technology and Vocational Education for Sustainable Development

Empowering Individuals for the Future

Margarita Pavlova (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

206 Seiten

2009 | 2009 ed.
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-5278-1 (ISBN)

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Empowerment is the overarching idea used in this book. The term has a variety of meanings in different sociocultural and political contexts, including “self-strength, control, self-power, self-reliance, own choice, life of dignity in accordance with one’s values, capable of fighting for one’s rights, independence, own decision making, being free, awakening, and capability” (The World Bank, 2002, p. 10). However, the World Bank report observed that most definitions focus on issues of “gaining power and control over decisions and resources that determine the quality of one’s life” (p. 10). This interpretation of empowerment provides a useful starting point for the development of the series of interconnected arguments explored here. Establishment of the basis for understanding, identifying and developing strategies through education necessary for individuals to be able to make choices that inf- ence the quality of their lives is the main aim of this book. There are a number of assumptions and boundaries that frame this analysis. First, the book focuses on “agents”; however, empowerment is often conceptualised in terms of relationships between agency and structure (e. g. , Alsop, Bertelsen, & H- land, 2006). Agency could be defined as “an actor’s or group’s ability to make purposeful choices – that is, the actor is able to envisage and purposively choose options” (p. 11).

Technology Education as an Effective Way of Providing Vocational Education Within Secondary Schooling.- Conceptualising Values in Technology Education and Formulating Bases for Empowerment Strategies.- Sustainable Development and Education.- Technology Education and ESD.- Curriculum Development for ESD Through Technology and Vocational Education.- Teachers’ Capacity Building.- Modernisation of Russian Education.- Sustainable Development, the Russian Way.- Education for Sustainable Development in Russia.

Reihe/Serie	Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ; 10
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 206 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
ISBN-10	1-4020-5278-2 / 1402052782
ISBN-13	978-1-4020-5278-1 / 9781402052781
Zustand	Neuware