The learning society and people with learning difficulties /
[Book]
Sheila Riddell, Stephen Baron, and Alastair Wilson.
Bristol :
Policy Press,
2001.
iii, 255 pages ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222).
1. Competing perspectives on lifelong learning and their implications for people with learning difficulties -- 2. Policy discourses and lifelong learning -- 3. Social justice and post-school education and training for people with learning difficulties -- 4. Lifelong learning for people with learning difficulties -- 5. Access to the open labour market by people with learning difficulties -- 6. Participation in supported employment -- 7. Community care, employment and benefits -- 8. Social capital, lifelong learning and people with learning difficulties -- 9. Regulated lives -- 10. Conclusion: Implication of different versions of the Learning Society for people with learning difficulties -- App. 1. Researching the lives of people with learning difficulties: lessons from the research process.
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This work argues that policy based on human capital premises has produced forms of lifelong learning which exacerbate the marginalization of people with learning disabilities. It explores the links between community care, education, training, employment, housing and benefits policies.
Learning disabled-- Government policy-- Great Britain.
Learning disabled-- Great Britain.
Personnes en difficulté d'apprentissage-- Grande-Bretagne.
Personnes en difficulté d'apprentissage-- Politique gouvernementale-- Grande-Bretagne.