Combating Poverty: The Third World within the First World

Autor/in	Wallis, John
Titel	Combating Poverty: The Third World within the First World
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 52 (2006) 3-4, S.247-259 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-006-0007-8
Schlagwörter	Developing Nations; Developed Nations; Equal Education; Human Capital; Role of Education; Lifelong Learning; Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Strategic Planning; Poverty; Educational Strategies; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Humankapital; Bildungsauftrag; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Armut; Lehrstrategie; Großbritannien
Abstract	This study addresses issues related to international strategies of lifelong education. The case of the United Kingdom is used to explore the degree to which approaches based on human-capital strategies can contribute to resolving inequalities. It is argued that claims made for the role of education as a means of protecting individual and national economic welfare have become almost hegemonic in nature. Yet these claims conceal stark internal contradictions. New work in the future may actually require less skills than at present; massive high-skill and high-income employment is unlikely. This study takes the view that most current forms of education employ a utilitarian discourse that depoliticises learning and individualises achievement. The author contends that a more appropriate way forward in lifelong education lies in developing a critical consciousness--a feature of education for the dispossessed in all contexts. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10