Lifelong Learning Policies for Young Adults in Europe. Navigating between Knowledge and Economy

Fachbuch (Herausgegebenes Buch)

Zusammenfassung

The book discusses issues related to Lifelong Learning (LLL) policies, namely how they succeed in supporting young people in their life courses, rather than one-sidedly fostering human capital for the economy. Most current European LLL policies for young adults have been designed and implemented in the framework of overall strategies to meet the challenges of creating and improving economic growth and at the same time to guarantee social inclusion. While these objectives are complementary, they are, however, not linearly nor causally related and, due to distinct orientations and different objectives and temporal horizons, conflicts and ambiguities may arise, which raises questions as to the role of education in bringing about equity. The collection examines how current European education policies construct the target groups of young adults and whether they account for the fact that young adults are a highly dynamic and heterogeneous target group in terms of socio-economic stratification and living conditions and in terms of life projects, interest and possibilities. In this regard, the book looks into relevant social developments affecting young adults such as life course de-standardisation processes and into the emergence of a new political economy of skills. Particularly, one of the main original contributions is the book's exploration of the issues from a regional perspective. The book presents findings from the YOUNG_ADULLLT project that conducted research in eighteen so-called Functional Regions in nine EU member states.

Details zur Publikation

Herausgeber*innen: Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo; Kovacheva, Siyka; Rambla, Xavier
Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020
Verlag: Policy Press
ISBN: 978-1447350361
Sprache, in der die Publikation verfasst ist: Englisch
Veranstaltung: Bristol
Link zum Volltext: http://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=1006666