Recognition of Prior Learning as a Practice for Differential Inclusion and Exclusion of Immigrants in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Andersson, Per; Osman, Ali
Titel	Recognition of Prior Learning as a Practice for Differential Inclusion and Exclusion of Immigrants in Sweden
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 59 (2008) 1, S.42-60 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713608325173
Schlagwörter	Pilot Projects; Labor Market; Prior Learning; Qualitative Research; Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Urban Areas; Interviews; Employment Qualifications; Swedish; Language Skills; Employment Level; Observation; Evaluation Methods; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Vorkenntnisse; Qualitative Forschung; Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Urban area; Stadtregion; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Schwedisch; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Beschäftigungsgrad; Beobachtung; Schweden
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to describe and analyze how recognition of prior learning acts as a dividing practice and a technique for inclusion/exclusion of immigrants in their vocations in Swedish working life. It is a qualitative study of three pilot programs in Swedish urban centers, and the data consist of interviews and documents pertaining to these programs. The theoretical starting point of the analysis is three Foucauldian concepts: order of discourse, dividing practice, and technology of power. The results show how recognition of prior learning acts as a dividing practice; in the process of recognition, the targeting of certain vocations for assessment, the degrading of competence in the process, and the differing opportunities vis-a-vis further training and the labor market are part of the process of inclusion/exclusion in/from the orders of the labor market. Technologies of power--surveillance, observation, and examination--are part of this process. (Contains 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10