Education and Work [microform] / Kjell Eide
- Bib ID:
- 5355270
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Eide, Kjell
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.]] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1978
- 20 p.
- Summary:
-
In this speech the author examines the contact points between education and the world of work and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the relation of the two systems. He identifies and evaluates the following major areas of contact: (1) pre-school education, which is growing for children as both parents increasingly choose to work, but whose value is unclear and requires more research; (2) basic education, which often stresses ranking children according to their performance so that the outside world may judge them as potential employees, rather than giving them the orientation they need towards their living environment; (3) lower secondary level, which often divides students into vocational or theoretical training and thus unfairly determines their future; (4) upper secondary and higher education, in which many students try out their career interests and capabilities while in school by working during vacation or at part-time jobs, but which suffers from the same classification problem as earlier schooling; and (5) adult education, which of all the types of education is least influenced by the distinction between general and vocational education and should be defined in terms of the student's own preferences. The author concludes that both schools and work life are undergoing periods of change during which the role of education as a disseminator of knowledge and in social selection is weakening and society's attitudes toward work is turning from negative to positive. His vision for the future pictures the conscious development of the two systems in a way that each may contribute to the desirable development of the other. (ELG)
- Notes:
-
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Educational Research Symposium "School and after" (Peebles, Scotland, 26 February - 3 March 1978).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
-
- Academic Achievement
- Adult Education
- Cooperative Planning
- Educational Change
- Educational Development
- Educational Needs
- Educational Trends
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Employment
- Employment Patterns
- Employment Potential
- Employment Practices
- General Education
- Interaction
- Preschool Education
- Research Needs
- School Business Relationship
- School Role
- Social Attitudes
- Social Change
- Socioeconomic Influences
- Student Employment
- Vocational Education
- Work Attitudes
- World of Work Economic Education Project
- Other authors/contributors:
- Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France)
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1978
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Struktur pekerjaan, sektor informal, dan kemiskinan di kota : sebuah studi kasus di Diraprajan, Yogyakarta / Chris Manning, Tadjuddin Noer Effendi, Tukiran
- Competency-Based Education and the World of Work [microform] / Sheila M. Huff
- Career Education and the Handicapped Person [microform] / Kenneth B. Hoyt
- Occupational Manpower and Training Needs [microform] : Information for Planning Training Programs for the 1970's / Gerard C. Smith and Michael F. Crowley
- Vocational Education in the Future [microform] / Marvin Feldman