Entry to Employment: Discourses of Inclusion and Employability in Work-Based Learning for Young People

Autor/in	Simmons, Robin
Titel	Entry to Employment: Discourses of Inclusion and Employability in Work-Based Learning for Young People
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 22 (2009) 2, S.137-151 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Job Skills; Late Adolescents; Disadvantaged Youth; Job Training; Socialization; Socioeconomic Influences; Educational History; Employment Qualifications; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Halbstarker; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation
Abstract	Entry to Employment (E2E) is a work-based learning programme aimed at 16-19 year-olds in England deemed not yet ready for employment, an apprenticeship or further education and training. Taking into account educational, social and personal circumstances which are often severely disadvantaged, it aspires to provide these young people with training experiences aimed at improving their "employability". This paper places E2E within its social and economic context and uses Bernstein's work on pedagogic discourses to problematise its curriculum. It is argued that, however laudable its aims, by concentrating largely on occupational socialisation and generic skills, E2E may serve to promote an impoverished form of employability and reinforce the class-based divisions of labour that continue to characterise the English economy. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10