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Title Cultural and social diversity and the transition from education to work / Guy Tchibozo, editor
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2013

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Series Technical and vocational education and training: Issues, concerns and prospects, 1871-3041 ; v. 17
UNESCO-UNEVOC book series ; v. 17.
Contents Part 1. Introduction -- Leveraging Diversity to Promote Successful Transition from Education to Work / Guy Tchibozo -- Part 2. The Demand for Cultural and Social Diversity -- Cultural and Social Diversity in the United States: A Compelling National Interest / Charles E. Mitchell -- Perceptions of the Demand for Cultural Diversity in the Omani Workplace and Its Availability Among Secondary School Students / Aisha Salim Al-Harthi and Hamood Khalfan Al-Harthi -- Cultural Diversity and the School-To-Work Transition: A Relational Perspective / William G. Feighery -- Workforce Diversity in Malaysia: Current and Future Demand of Persons with Disabilities / Rosly Othman -- Part 3. Responses from the school-to-work transition systems -- A Capability Approach to Cultural Diversity in School-to-Work Transitions: Amartya Sen and Young Adults' Diversely Different Education and Work Communities / Roberta (Bobby) Harreveld, Michael Singh and Bingyi Li -- Ranciere and Leadership for Reforms to School-to-Work Transition: The Presupposition of Equality of Theoretical Assets from Diverse Educational Cultures / Michael Singh, Roberta (Bobby) Harreveld and Xiafang Chen -- Empowering Teacher Students for Diversity in Schools: Mentorship Model as a Mediator in Sweden / Ayse Kizildag and Anita Eriksson -- Embracing Diversity by Bridging the School-to-Work Transition of Students with Disabilities in Malaysia / Melissa Ng Lee Yen Abdullah -- Walking in Multiple Worlds: Successful School-to-Work Transitions for Aboriginal and Cultural Minority Youth / E. Anne Marshall, Suzanne L. Stewart, Natalee E. Popadiuk and Breanna C. Lawrence -- Cultural Diversity in a School-to-Work Transition Programme for Undergraduate Students / Liton Weili Xu -- Part 4. Conclusion -- Some Research Directions Ahead / Guy Tchibozo
Summary This edited volume provides multidisciplinary and international insights into the policy, managerial and educational aspects of diverse students' transitions from education to employment. As employers require increasing global competence on the part of those leaving education, this research asks whether increasing multiculturalism in developed societies, often seen as a challenge to their cohesion, is in fact a potential advantage in an evolving employment sector. This is a vital and under-researched field, and this new publication in Springer's Technical and Vocational Education and Training series provides analysis both of theory and empirical data, submitted by researchers from nine nations including the USA, Oman, Malaysia, and countries in the European Union. The papers trace the origins of business demand for diversity in their workforce's skill set, including national, local and institutional contexts. They also consider how social, demographic, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity inform the attitudes of those seeking work--and those seeking workers. With clear suggestions for future research, this work on a topic of rising profile will be read with interest by educators, policy makers, employers and careers advisors
Analysis Education
Labor economics
Professional & Vocational Education
Educational Policy and Politics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
SUBJECT Lyzeum Frankenhausen gnd
Subject School-to-work transition.
Multicultural education.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
Droit.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Multicultural education
School-to-work transition
Aufsatzsammlung
Berufsbildung
Übergang Sozialwissenschaften
Övergång från skola till arbetsliv.
Interkulturell pedagogik.
Kulturell mångfald.
Arbetsmarknad.
Kompetens.
Form Electronic book
Author Tchibozo, Guy
ISBN 9789400751071
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9400751060
9789400751064