Re-imagining education

FORUM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 2-6
Author(s):  
Patrick Yarker
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Education System ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Comprehensive Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Selective System ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Do So

FORUM is part of the movement for instituting a system of comprehensive education. Such a system would, among other things, prevent selection of young people for different types of education in different types of schools. It would do so principally on the grounds that a selective system educationally damages all young people in it. Commitment to a system of comprehensive education entails a particular conception of human educability: that it is limitless. Such a view is radically at odds with the conception of human educability which informs arguments in support of educational selection between types of school and also within schools of any type. It poses a host of questions which adherents of comprehensive education must continue to address, related to all aspects of an education system: the nature of learning and teaching, how those who learn are to be regarded and how their learning might best be assessed, what is to be taught, how those who are taught may be grouped and organised in school, how education and democracy, school and community entwine, and more broadly, the social purposes of education. To envisage a comprehensive system is to re-imagine education thoroughly.

scholarly journals Comprehensive School and Vocational Training in Spain. A Longitudinal Approach from the Transition from Lower to Upper Secondary Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Rafael Merino ◽  
Ona Valls ◽  
Albert Sánchez-Gelabert
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Education System ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Social Bias ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Upper Secondary Education ◽  
Academic Track ◽  
The Social

Fitting vocational training into the Spanish education system has been challenging and problematic because two objectives are trying to be fulfilled; the first to supply skills for the productive system and the second to be an alternative option for the young people who do not follow the academic track. Moreover, the political vicissitudes of recent decades have added to the difficulties involved in balancing these requirements. In Spain, both the economic agents and the education system itself with its academic inertia have relegated vocational training to a subordinate position, able to attract mainly young people with lower academic achievement and largely rejected by families with a higher educational level. The assumption was that the introduction of a comprehensive secondary education in the 1990s would provide parity between the academic and the vocational tracks. However, the comprehensive nature of this system was not fully applied, with students in many schools separated by ability levels, and in fact having little impact on the social bias of the students choosing vocational training. The empirical contribution of this study is based on a survey carried out among 2056 students from Barcelona in their last year of compulsory secondary education in 2013–14 and who continued in full-time education, be it baccalaureate or vocational training. The main result shows that comprehensive education improves school success and decreases the vocational orientation of students from low social backgrounds.

scholarly journals COOPERATION OF ENTERPRISES WITH SECONDARY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 91-97
Author(s):  
Michal Hanák ◽  
Katarína Ižová ◽  
Kateřina Bočková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Education System ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Vocational Schools ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Social Partnership ◽  
The Social ◽  
Selection Of

: The presented paper deals with the mutual cooperation of secondary vocational schools and enterprises within the framework of the dual education system, respectively of the social partnership in the conditions of Czech Republic and Slovakia. It has a theoretically - empirical character. In the theoretical part we focused on defining the terms we work with and the empirical part focuses on the questionnaire survey, in which we find out the views of pupils, teachers and enterprise representatives on the real possibilities and possible benefits of cooperation between schools and business sector. In the framework of the questionnaire survey we focused on the Zlín region in the Czech Republic and the Žilina region in Slovakia, while the selection of the area was random. Using two self-designed questionnaires, we found out what pupils, teachers and enterprise representatives consider to be beneficial for the cooperation and what is necessary to be improved. Based on the findings, we have drawn conclusions and suggested measures to improve the current situation. We found that the social partnership in the Czech Republic is at a higher level and more secondary vocational schools are involved than the dual education system in Slovakia.

scholarly journals The role of family in the formation of students’ labor values

2021 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 03049
Author(s):  
Veronika Viktorovna Retivina
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Work Attitudes ◽  
Value System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Selection Of

The article discusses issues related to the influence of family on the formation of work attitudes of students. According to the data of the social research conducted by the author in 2020, the coincidence of the structures of basic values among students and their parents was exposed. An increase in the degree of influence of family on the selection of a profession by young people has been established. The results of the survey revealed the similarities and differences in the work attitudes of the two generations. For both students and their parents, the content aspect appeared to be a priority in the work. For the older generation, as compared with children, the social component of labor is more important. For young people, the opportunities for personal self-realization and the material side of working career are more important than for their parents. The analysis of the research findings allows for the conclusion that nowadays the importance of the educational influence of family on the formation of the value system of young people, as well as in the labor sphere, is still high.

scholarly journals Educational Jobs: Youth and Employability in the Social Economy

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanna Boffo ◽  
Paolo Federighi ◽  
Francesca Torlone
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Young People ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Training System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
University Training

In Europe the social economy employs almost 15 million workers. During the crisis years, unlike other sectors, it has often generated an increase in jobs. The aim of this comparative study is to investigate how to allow the supply and demand for young people to meet in the different types of social economy bodies. In particular, it concentrates on the problem of how to bring into line initial university training and the skills required by these organizations. The focus is placed on the varied family of training workers present in at least 75% of the organizations, whose professionalism is nevertheless rarely acknowledged. The papers proposed in this book try to identify the most suitable solutions at the level of curriculum, career development and accompanying measures, while drawing solutions from objective findings and not from training system needs or convictions.

Traditional Leaders and Development in Africa

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Honig
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Elites ◽  
National Community ◽  
Traditional Leaders ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
Do So

Traditional leaders have a significant role in the social, political, and economic lives of citizens in countries throughout Africa. They are defined as local elites who derive legitimacy from custom, tradition, and spirituality. While their claims to authority are local, traditional leaders, or “chiefs,” are also integrated into the modern state in a variety of ways. The position of traditional leaders between state and local communities allows them to function as development intermediaries. They do so by influencing the distribution of national public goods and the representation of citizen demands to the state. Further, traditional leaders can impact development by coordinating local collective action, adjudicating conflicts, and overseeing land rights. In the role of development intermediaries, traditional leaders shape who benefits from different types of development outcomes within the local and national community. Identifying the positive and negative developmental impacts of traditional leaders requires attention to the different implications of their roles as lobbyists, local governments, political patrons, and land authorities.

What’sAlterGot to Do with It? A Consideration of Network Content and the Social Ties That Provide It

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Weak Ties ◽  
Nascent Entrepreneurship ◽  
Resource Provider ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Strength Of Weak Ties ◽  
Startup Process ◽  
Do So

The strength of weak ties is among the most important theories in the social sciences. One paradoxical element of the theory has been widely understood and valued—that weak ties connect disparate regions of social structure. Less appreciated, however, is the arguably more paradoxical implication that someone only weakly connected to another would provide value beyond that which is provided by the recipient’s (ego’s) strong ties. Once this paradoxical feature of the theory and associated empirical literatures is acknowledged, the interests of the resource provider (alter) demand consideration. To do so faithfully requires first, the concession that different types of content can be transmitted across ties (e.g., financial, informational, physical, social) and content varies in important ways that relate to alter’s interests and concerns. This article considers social network content and the strength of ties that provide different forms of it. The case of startups is used as a fruitful strategic research site because of the varied resources required at various stages of the startup process. Novel insights are proposed concerning what content flows across different types of social relationships in the context of “nascent” entrepreneurship. Examples from other contexts such as job search are also discussed to exemplify scope. Importantly, this article takes the perspective of the resource provider, alter, and considers her concerns about trust, misuse, and unauthorized transfer in dyadic exchange. In the process, a second paradoxical feature of the theory is identified and theorized, which usefully reveals the boundaries of exchange.

scholarly journals Rola kultury hip-hop w kształtowaniu się tożsamości młodzieży – wybrane konteksty

2018 ◽  
pp. 457-467
Author(s):  
Monika Bieńkowska
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Black Americans ◽  
Hip Hop Culture ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Master's Thesis ◽  
Youth Subculture

This article was developed on the basis of my master’s thesis on hip-hop culture as a factor shaping young people’s identity. In today’s world, young people are increasingly looking for ways to express themselves and their values, which may be associated with belonging to different types of subcultures. Growing individuals manifest their independence by disagreeing with the surrounding reality and defying the prevailing social principles. It seems appropriate to belong to a chosen youth subculture. I will devote my attention to the subculture originating among the black Americans, namely the hip-hop subculture. The rap environment is very often associated with a pejorative phenomenon, vulgarisms, blockers derived from the social margin. In today’s times, in the era of ubiquitous openness and availability of mass media, in the consumer-oriented environment, hip-hop has become a part of the lives of most young, adolescent audiences. The article will also present the development of hip-hop culture in Poland and around the world, as well as the effects that it brought in the process of shaping the identity of young people.

scholarly journals Visual methods and voice in disabled childhoods research: troubling narrative authenticity

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice McLaughlin ◽  
Edmund Coleman-Fountain
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Visual Methods ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Do So

Visual methods are a popular way of engaging children and young people in research. Their growth comes out of a desire to make research practice more appropriate and meaningful to them. The auteur approach emphasises the need to explore with young participants why they produce the images they do, so that adult researchers do not impose their own readings. This article, while recognising the value of such visual techniques, argues that their benefit is not that they are more age appropriate, or that they are more authentic. Instead it lies in their capacity to display the social influences on how participants, of any age, represent themselves. The article does so through discussion of an Economic and Social Research Council research project, which made use of visual and other creative methods, undertaken in the UK with disabled young people. The research involved narrative and photo elicitation interviews, the production of photo journals, and creative practice workshops aimed at making representational artefacts. Through analysing the photography, the journals and interviews the article examines what it was research participants sought to capture and also what influenced the types of photographs they gathered and the type of person they wanted to represent. We argue that they aimed to counter negative representations of disability by presenting themselves as happy, active and independent, in doing so they drew from broader visual iconography that values certain kinds of disabled subject, while disvaluing others.

scholarly journals Crowd-sourced Text Analysis: Reproducible and Agile Production of Political Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
KENNETH BENOIT ◽  
DREW CONWAY ◽  
BENJAMIN E. LAUDERDALE ◽  
MICHAEL LAVER ◽  
SLAVA MIKHAYLOV
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Crowd Sourcing ◽  
Scientific Objective ◽  
Political Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Empirical Social Science ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Do So

Empirical social science often relies on data that are not observed in the field, but are transformed into quantitative variables by expert researchers who analyze and interpret qualitative raw sources. While generally considered the most valid way to produce data, this expert-driven process is inherently difficult to replicate or to assess on grounds of reliability. Using crowd-sourcing to distribute text for reading and interpretation by massive numbers of nonexperts, we generate results comparable to those using experts to read and interpret the same texts, but do so far more quickly and flexibly. Crucially, the data we collect can be reproduced and extended transparently, making crowd-sourced datasets intrinsically reproducible. This focuses researchers’ attention on the fundamental scientific objective of specifying reliable and replicable methods for collecting the data needed, rather than on the content of any particular dataset. We also show that our approach works straightforwardly with different types of political text, written in different languages. While findings reported here concern text analysis, they have far-reaching implications for expert-generated data in the social sciences.

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