`With wit and simplicity, insight and passion, Allen and Ainley Illuminate how the promise of "education, education, education" has come to this miserable end - and what can be done to get us out of it.' `A thought provoking critique of the education system at a critical time f…
Education faces its own credibility crunch as overschooling combines with undereducation to leave young people overqualified and underemployed. This book reveals what has gone wrong in schools, colleges and universities and how this relates to the changing relationship between y…
"Ẁith wit and simplicity, insight and passion, Allen and Ainley Illuminate how the promise of "education, education, education" has come to this miserable end - and what can be done to get us out of it.'" "À thought provoking critique of the education system at a critical time f…
Transitions and learning through the lifecourse
' Transition' has numerous everyday and conceptual meanings yet, while certain transitions are unsettling and difficult for some people, risk, challenge and even difficulty might also be important factors in successful transitions for others.
Like many ideas that inform policy, practice and research, 'transition' has many meanings. Children make a transition to adulthood, pupils move from primary to secondary school, and there is then a movement from school to work, training or further education. Transitions can lead…
Transition has numerous everyday and conceptual meanings yet, while certain transitions are unsettling and difficult for some people, risk, challenge and even difficulty might also be important factors in successful transitions for others.
Like many ideas that inform policy, practice and research, 'transition' has many meanings. Children make a transition to adulthood, pupils move from primary to secondary school, and there is then a movement from school to work, training or further education. Transitions can lead…
