Work, Learning and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges [Paperback]

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.

This book is the first to provide 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. It also focuses on ways of moving forward.

1. Introduction  Work, Learning and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges John Fien and Rupert Maclean Section 1 New Thinking on Development 2. Global Trends and their Implications for Sustainable Human Resource Development through TVET Man-Gon Park 3. Rethinking Development: As If the Planet and Its People Really Mattered John Fien, David Goldney and Tom Murphy 4. Productivism and Ecologism: ChanlĂL