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Liberalizing Vocational Study: Democratic Approaches to Career Education
This book addresses a critically important question regarding human capital learning in our present neo-liberal schooling context: How can contemporary career education programs be integrated into public school curricula without impacting negatively on the liberal learning, intellectual autonomy, and democratic citizenship of students?

To alleviate the enduring curriculum tension between liberal and vocational study, the book recommends adopting Aristotelian and Deweyan approaches to career education. While Aristotle offers a philosophy of education whose ultimate aim remains sensitive to the critical emphasis of liberal study, its content and practice must also address production objectives. Dewey was an ardent supporter of vocational education, but he rejected the social efficiency view that students should be prepared to meet the narrow human capital requirements of industry. He believed that vocational education must respect principles of democratic learning and broaden future occupational opportunities for students. Ultimately, this book suggests that the choice is not the traditional bifurcated one between liberal and vocational education, but between vocational education that is liberal and democratic, and that which is not.
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Liberalizing Vocational Study: Democratic Approaches to Career Education
This book addresses a critically important question regarding human capital learning in our present neo-liberal schooling context: How can contemporary career education programs be integrated into public school curricula without impacting negatively on the liberal learning, intellectual autonomy, and democratic citizenship of students?

To alleviate the enduring curriculum tension between liberal and vocational study, the book recommends adopting Aristotelian and Deweyan approaches to career education. While Aristotle offers a philosophy of education whose ultimate aim remains sensitive to the critical emphasis of liberal study, its content and practice must also address production objectives. Dewey was an ardent supporter of vocational education, but he rejected the social efficiency view that students should be prepared to meet the narrow human capital requirements of industry. He believed that vocational education must respect principles of democratic learning and broaden future occupational opportunities for students. Ultimately, this book suggests that the choice is not the traditional bifurcated one between liberal and vocational education, but between vocational education that is liberal and democratic, and that which is not.
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Liberalizing Vocational Study: Democratic Approaches to Career Education

Liberalizing Vocational Study: Democratic Approaches to Career Education

by Emery J. Hyslop-Margison
Liberalizing Vocational Study: Democratic Approaches to Career Education

Liberalizing Vocational Study: Democratic Approaches to Career Education

by Emery J. Hyslop-Margison

Overview

This book addresses a critically important question regarding human capital learning in our present neo-liberal schooling context: How can contemporary career education programs be integrated into public school curricula without impacting negatively on the liberal learning, intellectual autonomy, and democratic citizenship of students?

To alleviate the enduring curriculum tension between liberal and vocational study, the book recommends adopting Aristotelian and Deweyan approaches to career education. While Aristotle offers a philosophy of education whose ultimate aim remains sensitive to the critical emphasis of liberal study, its content and practice must also address production objectives. Dewey was an ardent supporter of vocational education, but he rejected the social efficiency view that students should be prepared to meet the narrow human capital requirements of industry. He believed that vocational education must respect principles of democratic learning and broaden future occupational opportunities for students. Ultimately, this book suggests that the choice is not the traditional bifurcated one between liberal and vocational education, but between vocational education that is liberal and democratic, and that which is not.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780761830856
Publisher: University Press of America
Publication date: 01/27/2005
Pages: 124
Product dimensions: 6.04(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Emery J. Hyslop-Margison is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at Ball State University. Professor Hyslop-Margison holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum Theory and Implementation from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C. He received his M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, N.B., and holds an M.A. in Philosophy from Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 The Liberal/Vocational Divide Chapter 5 Historical Debates and the Cognitive Division of Labor Chapter 6 The Intellectual Virtues and Liberal Education Chapter 7 Autonomy and Democratic Citizenship Chapter 8 Policy and Program Critique Chapter 9 Recommendations and Conclusions Chapter 10 References Chapter 11 Index
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