| Careers Education: Contesting Policy and Practice Contributor(s): Harris, Suzy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1853963909 ISBN-13: 9781853963902 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $72.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Counseling - Academic Development - Education | Aims & Objectives |
| Dewey: 331.702 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.53 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Careers Education takes a critical look at policy and practice in the context of the new role of the privatized Careers, Education and Guidance Service. Suzy Harris places the present situation within the context of subordination to market principles; delineates the changing and uncertain relationship between schools and the Careers Service; shows how the politics of curriculum relevance marginalizes careers teaching; describes the downward path to complete exclusion from The National Curriculum and points the way for policymakers to eschew rhetoric and rebuild the Careers Service This book will be an essential resource to help careers and guidance practitioners make sense of their situation, for students and researc |
