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Title Globalizing education for work : comparative perspectives on gender and the new economy / edited by Richard D. Lakes, Patricia A. Carter
Published Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages) : illustrations
Series Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education
Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.
Contents Preface; Contributors; 1 Globalizing Education for Work: An Introduction; 2 Education and Work as Human Rights for Women: A Feminist Analysis; 3 Working-Class Masculinities and Schooling: New Considerations for Vocational Education; 4 Defying the Grip of Globalization: Brazilian Women's Employment and Education for Work; 5 Preparation for (In)equality: Women in South Korean Vocational Education; 6 Poverty and Powerlessness in Ethiopia: Shaping Gender Equity Through Technical, Vocational Education, and Training
Summary Explores how changes in the new world economy are affecting the education of male and female worker. and examines the current efforts of a number of nations around the world to transform vocational education and training (VET) programs into gender equitable institutions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Women -- Vocational education -- Case studies
Sex discrimination in education -- Case studies
Education and globalization.
EDUCATION -- Adult & Continuing Education.
EDUCATION -- Non-Formal Education.
Education and globalization
Sex discrimination in education
Women -- Vocational education
Genre/Form Electronic book
Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Lakes, Richard D.
Carter, Patricia Anne.
LC no. 2003064202
ISBN 1410610497
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