Work, Learning and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges

by John Fien (Editor), Rupert Maclean (Editor), Man-Gon Park (Editor)

Overview

This book is the first that provides a comprehensive overview of the way countries, education systems and institutions have responded to the call for an integration of learning for work, citizenship and sustainability at the Second International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education which was held in Seoul in 1999. Discussions on the central theme of the Seoul Conference - lifelong learning and training for all, a bridge to the future – led to the conclusion that a new paradigm of both development and Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) was needed.

This book showcases the wide range of international initiatives that have sought to put such exhortations into practice. It includes: case studies of national TVET policy reforms, reoriented curricula, sustainable campus management programs, and examples of innovative approaches to integrating learning in TVET with on-the-job training and in community service. It also focuses on the issues and challenges being faced and ways of moving forward.

Case studies feature initiatives in a wide range of world regions and countries, and include authors from: UK, Germany, Finland, Canada, USA, Australia, South Africa, China, Republic of Korea, India, Pakistan and the Philippines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402081934
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	11/14/2008
Series:	Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects , #8
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	516
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.50(d)

Table of Contents

New Thinking on Development.- Global Trends and their Implications for Sustainable Human Resource Development through TVET.- Rethinking Development: As if the Planet and its People Really Mattered.- Productivism and Ecologism: Changing Dis/courses in TVET.- Towards Sustainable Human Development.- Towards a Synthesis.- The TVET Response to the Challenges of Sustainable Development.- Sustainable Development: The Challenges and Prospects for a Sustainability Curriculum.- Technology Education and the Search for Truth, Beauty and Love.- TVET as Sustainable Investment.- Technacy Education: Understanding Cross-cultural Technological Practice.- Education for All and TVET: The Creative Synergy.- TVET and Ecologism: Charting New Terrain.- Basic Education for Sustainable Livelihoods: The Right Question?.- Adult and Vocational Education for Social Sustainability: A New Concept for TVET for Sustainable Development.- Intercultural Education: Promoting Sustainability in Education and Training.- Developing Entrepreneurship for Rural Youth and Women.- Sustainable Development Through a Skilled, Knowledge-Based Workforce.- The TVET Response to the Challenges of Sustainable Development: Towards a Synthesis.- Country Experiences in Integrating Sustainable Development into TVET.- UK: Developing the Strategy for Sustainable Development in TVET.- Germany: Policy-making Strategies and Project Experiences.- Australia: The Role of Partnerships, Industry Skills Councils and Training Packages.- Canada: Generic Sustainable Development Skills for the Workforce.- South Africa: Applied Competence as the Guiding Framework for Environmental and Sustainability Education.- South Africa: Strengthening Responses to Sustainable Development Policy and Legislation.- Azerbaijan: TVET and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Caucasus.- India: Policy Perspectives and Challenges Ahead.- China: Skills for Displaced People in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area of Chongqing.- Country Experiences in Integrating SustainableDevelopment into TVET: Towards a Synthesis.- Enhancing and Supporting TVET for Sustainable Development.- Eight Principles for Promoting Sustainable Education.- School Enterprises Revisited: Combining Vocational Learning with Production.- School-based Enterprises and Environmental Sustainability.- Sustainability Covenants: A Case Study of a Government–College Partnership.- A Framework for Developing Teaching Approaches and Resources for Education for Sustainable Development.- Learning to Do: An ESD Resource for TVET.- Evaluating TVET Programmes through Appreciative Inquiry.- Enhancing and Supporting TVET for Sustainable Development: Towards a Synthesis.- Conclusion.- TVET and Sustainable Development: A Cautionary Note.