Widening participation in post-compulsory education
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Widening participation in post-compulsory education
（Continuum studies in higher education）
Continuum, 2001
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-235) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Both nationally and internationally there is a drive to increase participation in post-compulsory education. Yet with existing participation rates already high by historical standards, it is not easy to see how this can be done. Now Liz Thomas provides a comprehensive guide. From an analysis of the motives for expansion and the reasons why students enroll--or fail to enroll-through to a critical analysis of existing and innovative schemes, the author highlights good practice and explains ways to develop a strategic approach to widening participation.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Modernizers and the economic drive for expansion
- Progressives and the personal and social benefits of post-compulsory education
- Access to post-compulsory education by "non-traditional" students
- Identifying assumptions and barriers to participation
- Schools and progression: barriers created by the compulsory education system
- Barriers and opportunities created by the post-compulsory education system
- The labour market and participation in post-compulsory education and training. The influence of social and cultural factors on participation in post-compulsory education. Individualizing the problem of problematizing the individual? A strategic approach - but whose startegy? Case study 1: regional distance learning scheme
- Case study 2: community outreach partnership
- Case study 3: a tailor-made programme of courses
- This approach to widening participation
- Appendix 1: key questions
- Appendix 2: Further case studies
- Bibliography
- Index
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