1st Edition
Education Versus Qualifications? A Study of Relationships Between Education, Selection for Employment & Productivity of Labour
Originally published in 1984, this book investigates the validity of educational qualifications: how they are determined, what justifications exist for them and how they change. It examines the assumption linking education and productivity and explores the belief that the ways in which scholastic qualifications are acquired distort education. In the investigations, the labour market, the school and community are not treated as ‘black boxes’ with no questions asked of their contents. Each is opened and placed under the microscope. Human resource personnel are asked to explain qualifications and selection for jobs. Supervisors are asked to estimate the quality of their workers. Teachers are observed in classrooms. Parents are asked what they hope for when they send their children to school. Simultaneously, research from a wide range of countries and cultures is explored.
Part 1: Interactions Between Employment and Education: The Impulse From Employers 1. Educational Reform and Selection for Employment – An Overview Ronald Dore and John Oxenham 2. Employers, Jobs and Qualifications John Oxenham 3. Education, Earnings and Productivity – The Eternal Triangle Angela Little Part 2: The Effects of Selections on Education 4. Selection and Curriculum Reform Keith Lewin 5. The Influence of Certification and Selection on Teaching and Learning Nigel Brooke and John Oxenham 6. Severing the Links Between education and Careers: The Sobering Experience of China’s Urban Schools Jonathan Unger Part 3: Reconciling Efficient Selection with Good Education and Equity 7. Combating the Diploma Disease Angela Little.
Biography
John Oxenham
Original Review of Education Versus Qualifications?
‘…thoroughly researched and wide-ranging…’ Gary McCulloch, Access: Contemporary Issues in Education, Vol 3, No. 2 (1984)
