Between Conformity and Contestation: South Asian Immigrant Women Negotiating Soft-Skill Training in Canada

Autor/in	Maitra, Srabani
Titel	Between Conformity and Contestation: South Asian Immigrant Women Negotiating Soft-Skill Training in Canada
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 27 (2015) 2, S.64-78 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0835-4944
Schlagwörter	Asians; Immigrants; Labor Market; Females; Acculturation; Neoliberalism; Foreign Countries; Job Skills; Workshops; Criticism; Clothing; Cultural Awareness; Learning Experience; Skilled Workers; Self Concept; Professional Identity; Teaching Methods; Socialization; Work Environment; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Weibliches Geschlecht; Akkulturation; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Ausland; Produktive Fertigkeit; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Kritik; Kleidung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Lernerfahrung; Facharbeiter; Selbstkonzept; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Arbeitsmilieu; Kanada
Abstract	In the current Canadian neo-liberal labour market work-related learning and training are considered key strategies for developing workers' economic productivity and expediting their integration to the labour market. An important aspect of such training and learning now consists of soft-skills. Yet, some scholars are ambivalent about the nature of such soft-skill training as their curricula are often suffused with cultural and racial values geared towards assimilating immigrants of colour to the dominant and normative national culture of the country. This paper further problematizes soft skill training by examining the training/learning experiences of highly educated South Asian women trying to enter the Canadian labour market after immigration. In particular, it highlights these women's engagement with such soft skill training and their negotiation processes, thereby analyzing their agency in the context of work-related learning. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Mount Saint Vincent University. e-mail: cjsaerceea@gmail.com; Web site: https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/index.php/cjsae
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01