E-grāmata: Understanding Employer Engagement in Education: Theories and evidence

"This book explores 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. Rather than narrowly focusing on vocationalor technical education or work-related learning, it investigates how employer engagement (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 chapters 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"--

"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 ofyoung 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"--

This volume contains 16 essays that examine employer engagement in education and its impact on young people. Education, sociology, and other researchers from the UK and North America consider how employers can introduce young people to the world of work and influence their educational achievement, engagement, and progression out of education into employment, focusing mostly on UK examples. They begin with theoretical perspectives, including the concept of aspiration and its use to explain and enhance social mobility; developing theoretical tools to explain engagement drawing on human, social, and cultural capital as well as the idea of the life course; the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed in the modern labor market; and the current crisis of youth unemployment in OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. Subsequent sections address the social and economic contexts of employer engagement, including the character of social mobility, the nature of young people's occupational ambitions and the relationship between place and aspiration, and the cultural, financial, and institutional barriers to the progression of young people attending further education colleges; equity and access issues, including employer engagement and school-to-work transitions, the character and purpose of employment engagement in high-performing independent schools, the university applications of young people attending state and private schools and the nature of their workplace experiences and access to resources for university admission, and how work experience placements are distributed to students in a small number of schools; and the impacts of school-based employer engagement on young people as they progress into the labor market, including correlations between the extent of school-mediated workplace exposure and later earnings and employment outcomes, the impact on employment and achievement for students in an apprenticeship scheme, and employer attitudes towards school-age work experience in the context of structural changes to the youth labor market. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

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.