{"product_id":"schooling-in-the-workplace-how-six-of-the-worlds-best-vocational-education-systems-prepare-young-people-for-jobs-and-life-hardback-9781612501123","title":"Schooling in the Workplace; How Six of the World's Best Vocational Education Systems Prepare Young People for Jobs and Life (Hardback) 9781612501123","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSchooling in the Workplace\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Six of the World's Best Vocational Education Systems Prepare Young People for Jobs and Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNancy Hoffman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781612501123\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.479 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhich non-American education systems best prepare young people for fulfilling jobs and successful adult lives?\u003c\/b\u003e And what can the United States—where far too many young people currently enter adulthood without adequate preparation for the twenty-first-century job market—learn, adopt, and adapt from these other systems?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSchooling in the Workplace\u003c\/i\u003e, Nancy Hoffman addresses these questions head on, arguing that “the smartest and quickest route to a wide variety of occupations for the majority of young people in the successful countries—not a default for failing students—is a vocational program that integrates work and learning.” As she notes, the programs that successfully integrate work and learning all share a fundamental commitment to helping young people find successful careers: “The purpose is not ‘college for all,’ as in the United States today, but rather to provide the education and training young people need to prepare for a career or calling.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchooling in the Workplace\u003c\/i\u003e explores the vocational education programs in a wide range of countries, focusing in rich and useful detail on six in particular: Australia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland. Framing these discussions, however, is a persistent focus on American circumstances and challenges. Far more than a survey of six “foreign” programs, this is a book prompted by and organized around the policy and practical challenges facing the United States.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Harvard Education Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52621452312856,"sku":"9781612501123","price":34.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/schooling-in-the-workplace-how-six-of-the-worlds-best-vocational-education-systems-prepare-young-people-for-jobs-and-life-hardback-9781612501123","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}