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The Resource Educating Generation Next : Young People, Teachers and Schooling in Transition, by Lucas Walsh, (electronic resource)

Educating Generation Next : Young People, Teachers and Schooling in Transition, by Lucas Walsh, (electronic resource)

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Is the current industrial model of schooling capable of preparing young people for modern working life? This book provides an unsettling picture of the challenges young people face following the uncertainty of the Global Financial Crisis. It asks whether teachers and schooling are able to provide the skills needed in a contemporary global economy
Language
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed. 2016.
Extent
1 online resource (218 p.)
Note
Description based upon print version of record
Contents
  • Cover; Educating Generation Next; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Introduction; The structure of this book; A brief note about data; Defining young people; Use of the term 'soft skills'; A final note about context; Part I: Navigating Seas of Uncertainty: The Impact of the GFC and Beyond on Young People; 1: Young People, Precarity and a Workforce in Transition; The aftermath of the GFC: 2008 to present; Declining full-time work; Increasing part-time and casual work; Unemployment; Underemployment, underutilisation and involuntary part-time work; Conclusion
  • 2: The Big Four: Structural Marginalisation, Globalisation, Demographic Change and TechnologyIntroduction; Who is most at risk of marginalisation?; Socio-economic and geographic factors; Indigenous young people; The impact of globalisation; Global flows of work; Demographic change; Young people in the Asian century; Technology; Political change; Financescapes; Conclusion; 3: Neoliberal Policy and Precarity; Introduction; Preparing for precarity; Policy responses to precarity; A brief overview of neoliberalism; Neoliberal responses to young Australians in and out of work
  • A view from business: employer perceptions of young peopleThe preparedness of young people to participate in a changing workforce; Conclusion; Part II: Young People, Teaching and Schooling in Transition; 4: Adversity Capital; Introduction; A return to foundational and soft skills; Soft skills in the Australian Curriculum; Adversity capital; Adversity capital, neoliberalism and resilience; Conclusion; 5: Teachers in Transition: Current Challenges; Introduction; Teaching at front and centre; The current policy environment; Initial teacher education; Professional learning and collaboration
  • Teaching for diversityCurriculum; Insecurity in the teaching workforce; Conclusion; 6: Beyond the School Gates: Are Our Education Institutions Obsolete?; Reappraising where learning takes place; Opening the school gates; The vertical misalignment of policy and practice; Opening up the business of schooling; The third sector; Parents; Getting young people more involved; Mobility, demography and technological access in the 21st century; Conclusion; Conclusion: Where to for Young People?; Perception 1: schools are the default sites for learning; Perception 2: young people are reluctant to work
  • Perception 3: secure work is available if young people want itPerception 4: young people should just go to where the work is; Perception 5: getting young people into a job - any job - will improve their prospects; Perception 6: Work for the Dole improves young people's chances of finding work; Perception 7: working life becomes more stable and secure as one gets older; Perception 8: responding to the challenges of the contemporary workforce is a matter of individual choice; Perception 9: the market can solve some key problems in youth transitions
  • Perception 10: young people are optimistic about the future
Isbn
9781137526403
Instance
Label
Educating Generation Next : Young People, Teachers and Schooling in Transition
Title
Educating Generation Next
Title remainder
Young People, Teachers and Schooling in Transition
Statement of responsibility
by Lucas Walsh
Creator
Author
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Is the current industrial model of schooling capable of preparing young people for modern working life? This book provides an unsettling picture of the challenges young people face following the uncertainty of the Global Financial Crisis. It asks whether teachers and schooling are able to provide the skills needed in a contemporary global economy
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Walsh, Lucas
Dewey number
370.113
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Language note
English
LC call number
LC189-214.53
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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  • Macroeconomics
  • Sociology of Education
  • Sociology of Education
  • Educational Policy and Politics
  • Childhood, Adolescence and Society
  • Administration, Organization and Leadership
  • Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
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Educating Generation Next : Young People, Teachers and Schooling in Transition, by Lucas Walsh, (electronic resource)
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Publication
Note
Description based upon print version of record
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Contents
  • Cover; Educating Generation Next; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Introduction; The structure of this book; A brief note about data; Defining young people; Use of the term 'soft skills'; A final note about context; Part I: Navigating Seas of Uncertainty: The Impact of the GFC and Beyond on Young People; 1: Young People, Precarity and a Workforce in Transition; The aftermath of the GFC: 2008 to present; Declining full-time work; Increasing part-time and casual work; Unemployment; Underemployment, underutilisation and involuntary part-time work; Conclusion
  • 2: The Big Four: Structural Marginalisation, Globalisation, Demographic Change and TechnologyIntroduction; Who is most at risk of marginalisation?; Socio-economic and geographic factors; Indigenous young people; The impact of globalisation; Global flows of work; Demographic change; Young people in the Asian century; Technology; Political change; Financescapes; Conclusion; 3: Neoliberal Policy and Precarity; Introduction; Preparing for precarity; Policy responses to precarity; A brief overview of neoliberalism; Neoliberal responses to young Australians in and out of work
  • A view from business: employer perceptions of young peopleThe preparedness of young people to participate in a changing workforce; Conclusion; Part II: Young People, Teaching and Schooling in Transition; 4: Adversity Capital; Introduction; A return to foundational and soft skills; Soft skills in the Australian Curriculum; Adversity capital; Adversity capital, neoliberalism and resilience; Conclusion; 5: Teachers in Transition: Current Challenges; Introduction; Teaching at front and centre; The current policy environment; Initial teacher education; Professional learning and collaboration
  • Teaching for diversityCurriculum; Insecurity in the teaching workforce; Conclusion; 6: Beyond the School Gates: Are Our Education Institutions Obsolete?; Reappraising where learning takes place; Opening the school gates; The vertical misalignment of policy and practice; Opening up the business of schooling; The third sector; Parents; Getting young people more involved; Mobility, demography and technological access in the 21st century; Conclusion; Conclusion: Where to for Young People?; Perception 1: schools are the default sites for learning; Perception 2: young people are reluctant to work
  • Perception 3: secure work is available if young people want itPerception 4: young people should just go to where the work is; Perception 5: getting young people into a job - any job - will improve their prospects; Perception 6: Work for the Dole improves young people's chances of finding work; Perception 7: working life becomes more stable and secure as one gets older; Perception 8: responding to the challenges of the contemporary workforce is a matter of individual choice; Perception 9: the market can solve some key problems in youth transitions
  • Perception 10: young people are optimistic about the future
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st ed. 2016.
Extent
1 online resource (218 p.)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781137526403
Media category
computer
Media type code
c
Other control number
10.1057/9781137526403
Specific material designation
remote
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Label
Educating Generation Next : Young People, Teachers and Schooling in Transition, by Lucas Walsh, (electronic resource)
Publication
Note
Description based upon print version of record
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Contents
  • Cover; Educating Generation Next; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Introduction; The structure of this book; A brief note about data; Defining young people; Use of the term 'soft skills'; A final note about context; Part I: Navigating Seas of Uncertainty: The Impact of the GFC and Beyond on Young People; 1: Young People, Precarity and a Workforce in Transition; The aftermath of the GFC: 2008 to present; Declining full-time work; Increasing part-time and casual work; Unemployment; Underemployment, underutilisation and involuntary part-time work; Conclusion
  • 2: The Big Four: Structural Marginalisation, Globalisation, Demographic Change and TechnologyIntroduction; Who is most at risk of marginalisation?; Socio-economic and geographic factors; Indigenous young people; The impact of globalisation; Global flows of work; Demographic change; Young people in the Asian century; Technology; Political change; Financescapes; Conclusion; 3: Neoliberal Policy and Precarity; Introduction; Preparing for precarity; Policy responses to precarity; A brief overview of neoliberalism; Neoliberal responses to young Australians in and out of work
  • A view from business: employer perceptions of young peopleThe preparedness of young people to participate in a changing workforce; Conclusion; Part II: Young People, Teaching and Schooling in Transition; 4: Adversity Capital; Introduction; A return to foundational and soft skills; Soft skills in the Australian Curriculum; Adversity capital; Adversity capital, neoliberalism and resilience; Conclusion; 5: Teachers in Transition: Current Challenges; Introduction; Teaching at front and centre; The current policy environment; Initial teacher education; Professional learning and collaboration
  • Teaching for diversityCurriculum; Insecurity in the teaching workforce; Conclusion; 6: Beyond the School Gates: Are Our Education Institutions Obsolete?; Reappraising where learning takes place; Opening the school gates; The vertical misalignment of policy and practice; Opening up the business of schooling; The third sector; Parents; Getting young people more involved; Mobility, demography and technological access in the 21st century; Conclusion; Conclusion: Where to for Young People?; Perception 1: schools are the default sites for learning; Perception 2: young people are reluctant to work
  • Perception 3: secure work is available if young people want itPerception 4: young people should just go to where the work is; Perception 5: getting young people into a job - any job - will improve their prospects; Perception 6: Work for the Dole improves young people's chances of finding work; Perception 7: working life becomes more stable and secure as one gets older; Perception 8: responding to the challenges of the contemporary workforce is a matter of individual choice; Perception 9: the market can solve some key problems in youth transitions
  • Perception 10: young people are optimistic about the future
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st ed. 2016.
Extent
1 online resource (218 p.)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781137526403
Media category
computer
Media type code
c
Other control number
10.1057/9781137526403
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (CKB)3710000000517093
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  • (PQKB)10278053
  • (SSID)ssj0001580205
  • (PQKBManifestationID)16260020
  • (PQKBTitleCode)TC0001580205
  • (PQKBWorkID)14808107
  • (PQKB)10710635
  • (DE-He213)978-1-137-52640-3
  • (MiAaPQ)EBC4096852
  • (EXLCZ)993710000000517093

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