The SAGE Handbook of Learning and Work

The SAGE Handbook of Learning and Work

Author: Margaret Malloch

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2021-10-13

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13: 1529762065

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The first two decades of the 21st century have contributed a growing body of research, theorisation and empirical studies on learning and work. This Handbook takes the consideration of this topic into a new realm, moving beyond the singular linking of identity, learning and work to embrace a more holistic appreciation of learners and their life-long learning. Across 40 chapters, learners, learning and work are situated within educational, organisational, social, economic and political contexts. Taken together, these contributions paint a picture of evolving perspectives of how scholars from around the world view developments in both theory and practice, and map the shifts in learning and work over the past two decades. Part 1: Theoretical perspectives of learning and work Part 2: Intersections of learning and work in organisations and beyond Part 3: Learning throughout working lives and beyond Part 4: Issues and challenges to learning and work


At a Crossroads

At a Crossroads

Author: María Marta Ferreyra

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2017-05-18

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 146481015X

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"Higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean has expanded dramatically in the past 15 years, as the average gross enrollment rate has more than doubled, and many new institutions and programs have been opened. Although higher education access has become more equitable, and higher education supply has become more varied, many of the 'new' students in the system are, on average, less academically ready than are their more advantaged counterparts. Furthermore, only half of higher education students, on average, complete their degree, and labor market returns to higher education vary greatly across institutions and programs. Thus, higher education is at a crossroads today. Given the region's urgency to raise productivity in a low-growth, fiscally constrained environment, going past this crossroads requires the formation of skilled human capital fast and efficiently. 'At a Crossroads: Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean' contributes to the discussion by studying quality, variety, and equity of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean. The book presents comprehensive evidence on the recent higher education expansion and evolution of higher education labor market returns. Using novel data and state-of-the-art methods, it studies demand and supply drivers of the recent expansion. It investigates the behavior of institutions and students and explores the unintended consequences of large-scale higher education policies. Framing the analysis are the singular characteristics of the higher education market and the market segmentation induced by the variety of students and institutions in the system. At this crossroads, a role emerges for incentives, information, accountability, and choice."


Migrating to Opportunity

Migrating to Opportunity

Author: Mauro Testaverde

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781464811067

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Acknowledgements -- Overview -- Workers in southeast Asia are on the move -- Migration in ASEAN -- The determinants of migration in ASEAN and the importance of labor mobility costs -- The impacts of migration in ASEAN -- Trade integration and labor mobility in the ASEAN economic community -- Migration policy in the ASEAN region -- Reducing migration costs in ASEAN -- List of figures


Global Considerations in Entrepreneurship Education and Training

Global Considerations in Entrepreneurship Education and Training

Author: Carvalho, Luísa Cagica

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-03-29

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1522576762

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Entrepreneurship education has gained considerable interest in the last decade, both in the political and academic arenas, because it fosters innovation and plays a crucial role in developing the business landscape. However, instructors are faced with challenges related to creating successful learning objectives, suitable methodologies, and measuring the impact of these programs. Global Considerations in Entrepreneurship Education and Training provides an interdisciplinary approach to foster and support entrepreneurship and the development of entrepreneurial competences in students. Providing insights from developed and developing countries, it features coverage on a broad range of topics such as learning environments, blended learning approaches, learning methodologies, and teacher education. This book is ideally designed for academics, university teachers, researchers, post-graduate students, and developers and researchers.


Social and Solidarity Economy

Social and Solidarity Economy

Author: Peter Utting

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2015-04-09

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 178360347X

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As economic crises, growing inequality and climate change prompt a global debate on the meaning and trajectory of development, increasing attention is focusing on 'social and solidarity economy' as a distinctive approach to sustainable and rights-based development. While we are beginning to understand what social and solidarity economy is, what it promises and how it differs from 'business as usual', we know far less about whether it can really move beyond its fringe status in many countries and regions. Under what conditions can social and solidarity economy scale up and scale out - that is, expand in terms of the growth of social and solidarity economy organizations and enterprises, or spread horizontally within given territories? Bringing together leading researchers, blending theoretical and empirical analysis, and drawing on experiences and case studies from multiple countries and regions, this volume addresses these questions. In so doing, it aims to inform a broad constituency of development actors, including scholars, practitioners, activists and policy makers.


International Community Psychology

International Community Psychology

Author: Stephanie Reich

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-07-03

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 0387495002

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This is the first in-depth guide to global community psychology research and practice, history and development, theories and innovations, presented in one field-defining volume. This book will serve to promote international collaboration, enhance theory utilization and development, identify biases and barriers in the field, accrue critical mass for a discipline that is often marginalized, and to minimize the pervasive US-centric view of the field.


The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible

The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible

Author: Michael Lieb

Publisher: Oxford Handbooks Online

Published: 2011-01-13

Total Pages: 742

ISBN-13: 0199204543

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This wide-ranging volume looks at the reception history of the Bible's many texts; Part I surveys the outline, form, and content of twelve key biblical books that have been influential in the history of interpretation. Part II offers a series of in-depth case studies of the interpretation of particular biblical passages or books.


Enhancing Synergies in a Collaborative Environment

Enhancing Synergies in a Collaborative Environment

Author: Pablo Cortés

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-02-04

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 3319140787

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This volume contains a selection of the best papers presented at the 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management, XX International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, and International IIE Conference 2014, hosted by ADINGOR, ABEPRO and the IIE, whose mission is to promote links between researchers and practitioners from different branches, to enhance an interdisciplinary perspective of industrial engineering and management. The conference topics covered: operations research, modelling and simulation, computer and information systems, operations research, scheduling and sequencing, logistics, production and information systems, supply chain and logistics, transportation, lean management, production planning and control, production system design, reliability and maintenance, quality management, sustainability and eco-efficiency, marketing and consumer behavior, business administration and strategic management, economic and financial management, technological and organizational innovation, strategy and entrepreneurship, economics engineering, enterprise engineering, global operations and cultural factors, operations strategy and performance, management social responsibility, environment and sustainability. This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners working in any of the fields mentioned above.


Career Guidance for Social Justice

Career Guidance for Social Justice

Author: Tristram Hooley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-22

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1351616285

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This edited collection examines the intersections between career guidance, social justice and neo-liberalism. Contributors offer an original and global discussion of the role of career guidance in the struggle for social justice and evaluate the field from a diverse range of theoretical positions. Through a series of chapters that positions career guidance within a neoliberal context and presents theories to inform an emancipatory direction for the field, this book raises questions, offers resources and provides some glimpses of an alternative future for work. Drawing on education, sociology, and political science, this book addresses the theoretical basis of career guidance’s involvement in social justice as well as the methodological consequences in relation to career guidance research.