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Work, Learning and Sustainable Development

Opportunities and Challenges

  • 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

  • Showcases a wide range of international initiatives in integrating issues of sustainable development into TVET, thus appeals to a wide international audience

  • Covers a wide range of theoretical and practical issues of concern, including the place of gender, intercultural understanding, environmental management and productive enterprises in the TVET curriculum

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXXV
  2. New Thinking on Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Rethinking Development: As if the Planet and its People Really Mattered

      • John Fien, David Goldney, Tom Murphy
      Pages 19-33
    3. Towards Sustainable Human Development

      • Parmanand Varma
      Pages 59-70
    4. Towards a Synthesis

      • Annette Gough
      Pages 71-74

About this book

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.

Keywords

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Integration
  • Management
  • Strategie
  • education systems
  • skills development
  • social sustainability
  • sustainable development

Editors and Affiliations

  • RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    John Fien

  • UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Education, 53113 Bonn, Germany

    Rupert Maclean

  • PuKyong National University, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea

    Man-Gon Park

Bibliographic Information

Buying options

eBook USD 219.00
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  • ISBN: 978-1-4020-8194-1
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
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  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book USD 279.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Hardcover Book USD 279.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)