Education, work, and social capital : towards a new conception of vocational education

Education, work, and social capital : towards a new conception of vocational education / Christopher Winch.

This book is a major study of the nature, aims and context of vocational education at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It provides a comprehensive treatment of the relationship between the aims of economics and education.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winch, Christopher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Series:Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education ; 11.
Subjects:
Vocational education > Philosophy.
Vocational education > Economic aspects.
Human capital.
EDUCATION > Aims & Objectives.
Human capital
Vocational education > Economic aspects
Vocational education > Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Necessity, work, effort and leisure; The economic and work-related aims of education; Conceptualising economic life: Part one, the consumptionist tradition; Conceptualising economic life: Part two, Listian political economy; Moral education and work; Vocational education and vocational training; Learning in the workplace; Two rival conceptions of vocational education; Education and labour markets; Education, well-being and economic growth; The social value of work; Education and the 'end-of-work' thesis.

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