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Subject: The Learning Society and people with learning difficulties
Members of the list may be interested in the following book published
this month by The Policy Press:
THE LEARNING SOCIETY AND PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES
By Sheila Riddell, Stephen Baron and Alastair Wilson
There is growing concern about the social exclusion of a range of
minority groups, including people with learning difficulties. Lifelong
learning is seen as one of the central means of challenging the
exclusion of this group and of enhancing their economic status. This
book demonstrates that policy based on human capital premises has
produced forms of lifelong learning which exacerbate the
marginalisation of people with learning difficulties.
The Learning Society and people with learning difficulties:
* reviews the range of policy fields which increasingly intervene
in the lifelong learning arena;
* maps the agencies involved in service delivery and describes
their (sometimes conflicting) ethos;
* using case studies, provides in-depth accounts of the lived
experiences of individuals with learning difficulties as they navigate
lifelong learning options.
Its exploration of the links between community care, education,
training, employment, housing and benefits policies in the context of
lifelong learning is unique.
Contents: Competing perspectives on lifelong learning and their
implications for people with learning difficulties; Policy discourses
and lifelong learning; Social justice and post-school education and
training for people with learning difficulties; Lifelong learning for
people with learning difficulties; Access to the open labour market by
people with learning difficulties; Participation in supported
employment; Community care, employment and benefits; Social capital,
lifelong learning and people with learning difficulties; Regulated
lives; Conclusion: Implications of different versions of the Learning
Society for people with learning difficulties.
Paperback £17.99 (US$32.50, CDN$46.80)
ISBN 1 86134 223 3
260 pages
This book is available from: Marston Book Services, PO Box 269,
Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4YN. Tel: +44 (0)1235 465500 Fax: +44 (0)1235 465556
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USA and Canada: from University of Toronto Press
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The Policy Press
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Tel: +44 (0)117 954 6802/6800
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http://www.policypress.org.uk
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