1st Edition

Enterprise Learning in Action Education and Economic Renewal for the Twenty-First Century

By Dale Shuttleworth Copyright 1993

    For over a decade the education and employment systems of western industrialized countries have had to adapt to the changes brought about by the post-industrial age. The recession of the early 1990s has led the education and business communities increasingly to look for ways to co-operate in preparing young people and unemployed workers for a new social and economic order. Enterprise learning in action draws on case studies in community and enterprise learning from around the world to show how young people and the unemployed can be taught the enterprise skills which will enable them to survive in an uncertain world. Dale E.Shuttleworth looks in particular at how this can be done outside the formal school system and within the community in ways which are responsive to the particular needs of each locality. His message is overall one of great optimism for a future in which those who are at present rejected by the system can become active and valued contributors. Enterprise learning in action will appeal to all students and researchers from primary through to adult education and to those in local economic development.

    Introduction 1.Education and Employment Security 2.A New Age of Enterprise 3.Schooling for Work 4.The Discarded Generations 5.Beyond the Chain Link Force 6.Hands on the Future 7.Building from the Bottom Up 8.Grass-roots Renewal 9.The Education Foundation 10.Challenging the Gate-keeper Syndrome 11.Resources for Renewal 12.Creating Tomorrow References

    Biography

    Dale E.Shuttleworth is Superintendent of Community Services for the Board of Education of the City of York, Ontario. He has over thirty years experience as a community educator and is the author of more than ninety published articles.