Cultural and Social Diversity and the Transition from Education to Work

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tchibozo, Guy (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 17
• Θέματα: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Labor economics.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Labor Economics.

This edited volume provides multidisciplinary and international insights into the policy, managerial and educational aspects of diverse students’ transitions from education to employment. As employers require increasing global competence on the part of those leaving education, this research asks whe...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I – Introduction
• Chapter 1. Leveraging diversity to promote successful transition from education to work
• Part II. The Demand for Cultural and Social Diversity
• Chapter 2. Cultural and Social Diversity in the United States: A Compelling National Interest
• Chapter 3. Perceptions of the Demand for Cultural Diversity in the Omani Workplace and Its Availability among Secondary School Students
• Chapter 4. Cultural diversity and the school-to-work transition:  a relational perspective
• Chapter 5. Workforce Diversity in Malaysia: Current and Future Demand of Persons With Disabilities
• Part III. Responses from the school-to-work transition systems
• Chapter 6. A capability approach to cultural diversity in school to work transitions: Amartya Sen and young adult’s diversely different education and work communities
• Chapter 7. Ranciere and leadership for reforms to school-to-work transition: The presupposition of equality of theoretical assets from diverse educational cultures
• Chapter 8. Empowering Teacher Students for diversity in schools: Mentorship Model as a Mediator in Sweden
• Chapter 9. Embracing diversity by bridging the school-to-work transition of students with disabilities in Malaysia
• Chapter 10. Walking in multiple worlds. Successful school-to-work transitions for Aboriginal and cultural minority youth
• Chapter 11. Cultural Diversity in a School-to-work Transition Program for Undergraduate Students
• Conclusion.