1st Edition

Education, Work and Leisure (Routledge Revivals)

By Harold Entwistle Copyright 1970
130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1970, this book considers the alleged distinction between ‘education for life’ and ‘education for work’ and exposes the fallacies on which this and other similar distinctions are based. It shows that ideas on this subject are inextricably intertwined with wider views on the nature of culture, the limits of individual educability and the provision of educational opportunities.... Read more

1. Education: for Living or Earning a Living?  2. Leisure, Work and Personal Realisation  3. Employment opportunities in an Automated Economy  4. Automation and the Limits of Human Educability  5. The Vocabulary of Vocational Education  6. Technical Education  7. Vocational Education in schools  8. Moral, Aesthetic, Social and Political Education in Automated Society  9. Conclusion;  Bibliography

Biography

Harold Entwistle