In this publication, the author aims to examine the relationship between education and work, exploring the linkages between the various social practices referred to as education, e.g. schooling, learning, training, etc., and those referred to as work, e.g. the workplace, employment, labour, jobs, and how these have developed over time and what broad social trends are changing them in contemporary times. In addition, some empirically-based projections about how these relationships could develop in the future are proposed. Although adopting a sociological perspective, the author draws on other d... Show more
In this publication, the author aims to examine the relationship between education and work, exploring the linkages between the various social practices referred to as education, e.g. schooling, learning, training, etc., and those referred to as work, e.g. the workplace, employment, labour, jobs, and how these have developed over time and what broad social trends are changing them in contemporary times. In addition, some empirically-based projections about how these relationships could develop in the future are proposed. Although adopting a sociological perspective, the author draws on other disciplines, including history, economics, demography, and policy analysis, to present several concepts and models, e.g. meritocracy, credentialism, postindustrial society, and the new economy. The chapters are as follows: Education and work: establishing the terrain; Schooling and socioeconomic success: establishing their relationship; Two models of the relationships between education and work; Is the United States a meritocratic or a credentialist society?; Education and work in the postindustrial society; Demographic booms and busts, aging, and the new cultural diversity; The transformation of the high school, the coming of mass higher education, and the youth labor market; The possibilities of a learning society; The future of education and work; References.
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