9781402052781-1402052782-Technology and Vocational Education for Sustainable Development: Empowering Individuals for the Future (Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 10)

Technology and Vocational Education for Sustainable Development: Empowering Individuals for the Future (Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 10)

ISBN-13: 9781402052781
ISBN-10: 1402052782
Edition: 2009
Author: Margarita Pavlova
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: Springer
Format: Hardcover 220 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781402052781
ISBN-10: 1402052782
Edition: 2009
Author: Margarita Pavlova
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: Springer
Format: Hardcover 220 pages

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Technology and Vocational Education for Sustainable Development: Empowering Individuals for the Future (Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 10) (ISBN-13: 9781402052781 and ISBN-10: 1402052782), written by authors Margarita Pavlova, was published by Springer in 2009. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Vocational Guidance (Careers, Economic Policy & Development, Economics, Environmental Economics, Sustainable Development, Certification & Development, Schools & Teaching) books. You can easily purchase or rent Technology and Vocational Education for Sustainable Development: Empowering Individuals for the Future (Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 10) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Vocational Guidance books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Empowerment is the overarching idea used in this book. The term has a variety of meanings in different sociocultural and political contexts, including “self-strength, control, self-power, self-reliance, own choice, life of dignity in accordance with one’s values, capable of fighting for one’s rights, independence, own decision making, being free, awakening, and capability” (The World Bank, 2002, p. 10). However, the World Bank report observed that most definitions focus on issues of “gaining power and control over decisions and resources that determine the quality of one’s life” (p. 10). This interpretation of empowerment provides a useful starting point for the development of the series of interconnected arguments explored here. Establishment of the basis for understanding, identifying and developing strategies through education necessary for individuals to be able to make choices that inf- ence the quality of their lives is the main aim of this book. There are a number of assumptions and boundaries that frame this analysis. First, the book focuses on “agents”; however, empowerment is often conceptualised in terms of relationships between agency and structure (e. g. , Alsop, Bertelsen, & H- land, 2006). Agency could be defined as “an actor’s or group’s ability to make purposeful choices – that is, the actor is able to envisage and purposively choose options” (p. 11).

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