Understanding Employer Engagement in Education

Theories and Evidence
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-415-82345-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

This collection focuses on employer engagement in education, how it is delivered and the differentiated impact it has on young people in their progression through schooling and higher education into the labour market. The focus is not narrowly on vocational or technical education or work-related learning, but on how employer engagement (eg, work experience, internships, careers education, workplace visits, mentoring, enterprise education etc) influences the experiences and outcomes of the broad range of young people across mainstream academic learning programmes. The essays explore the different ways in which education can support or constrain social mobility and, in particular, how employer engagement in education can have significant impact upon social mobility – both positive and negative.

Leading international contributors examine issues surrounding employer engagement and social mobility: conceptualisations of employer engagement; trends in social mobility; employer engagement and social class; access and management of work experience; social capital and aspiration; access to employment.

The book makes employer engagement an innovative focus in relation to the well established fields of social mobility and school to work transition. By examining what difference employer engagement makes, the essays raise questions about conventional models and show how research drawing on different fields and disciplines can be brought together to provide a more coherent and convincing account. Building on new theorisations and combining existing and new data, the collection offers a systematic exploration of the influence of socio-economic status on school-to-work transitions, and addresses how educational policy can shape more efficient labour market outcomes. In doing so, it draws on, and speaks to, existing literature which has considered such questions from the perspectives of gender, ethnicity and social disadvantage.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mann, Anthony

Stanley, Julian

Archer, Louise

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Introductory Essay Part 1 -Conceptualising employer engagement in social mobility 1. What Difference Does it Make? – Building a Theoretical Understanding of What Employer Interventions Do 2. College and Career Ready - A Conceptual Framework for the American Labour Market: Engagement, Achievement and Transition Part 2 -Trends in social mobility 3. Origin, Education and Destination: An Analysis of Social Mobility in Britain (1991-2005) 4. Room at the Top – and the Bottom, Too: The Winners and Losers in the "Hourglass" Economy 5. Employer engagement and social class 6. Looking Back, Moving On: The Views of Young Britons (aged 19-24) on Their Teenage Experiences of School- Mediated Employer Engagement and Correlations with Subsequent Labour Market Outcomes 7. Perhaps You are a Barrister and Can Help a Current Wykehamist Discover Something About Chamber Life? - Employer Engagement in High Performing English Independent Schools Part 3 - Access to work experience and internships 8. What a Person Can Be They Must Be - An Exploration of the Efforts of One School in the West Midlands, England to Raise Aspirations and Widen Horizons for their Students Through Their Work Experience Programme. 9. Social Mobility and Unpaid Work Experience in Higher Education: Lessons from a HEFCE Funded Undergraduate Internships Scheme 10. Social capital and aspiration 11. Knowing Their Place: How Location Makes a Difference in Young People’s Aspirations: A Report on a Longitudinal Study of Three British Communities 12. Not Enough Capital? Exploring education and employment progression in Further Education Part 4 Access to employment 13. High School Apprenticeships in Alberta: Exploring Social Mobility 14. Ensuring the Future Workforce - A Royal Air Force Perspective: The Exploration of a Strategic Response to the Under-Representation of Females in Technical Occupations 15. Employer Engagement: A Strategic Human Resource Management Perspective Afterword

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Mann is Director of Policy and Research at the Education and Employers Taskforce.

Julian Stanley is Head of Centre, Centre for Education and Industry, University of Warwick, UK.

Louise Archer is Professor of Sociology of Education at King’s College London, UK.