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Passing the Buck: Transferring Social and Cultural Capital in an Employment Preparation Program

Year: 2000

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This case study examines influences on curriculum in the employment preparation provision of a trade union in British Columbia. Analysis illustrates the importance of forces external to the immediate educational setting, the most pervasive being the requirement to function as an effective means of transferring cultural and social capital to unemployed people.

Source: New Prairie Press (Kansas State University)

Author: Ralf St. Clair

Language: English

Topic: Innovative Education and Learning Practices

Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2589104809

FWCI: 0.551

Cites: 6

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10