Emancipation and Vocational Education: Skills, Bildung and the Subject. Routledge Research in Vocational Education
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| Title: | Emancipation and Vocational Education: Skills, Bildung and the Subject. Routledge Research in Vocational Education |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Bill Esmond, Johannes K. Schmees, Volker Wedekind |
| Source: | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 2026. |
| Availability: | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 7625 Empire Drive, Florence, KY 41042. Tel: 800-634-7064; Fax: 800-248-4724; e-mail: cserve@routledge-ny.com; Web site: http://www.routledge.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 136 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Intended Audience: | Researchers; Students |
| Document Type: | Book Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Career and Technical Education, Skill Development, Neoliberalism, Politics of Education, Educational History, Educational Change, Developing Nations, Developed Nations, Critical Thinking |
| ISBN: | 978-1-04-100094-5 |
| Abstract: | This book challenges the economistic neoliberal rationale for vocational education by drawing critically on emancipatory theoretical approaches, especially a body of German theory neglected almost entirely by contemporary accounts. Capitalising on the current under-theorisation of vocational education, this book revisits established perceptions of the role of vocational education under contemporary social, economic and political conditions. The book centres on pre-war and post-1960s emancipatory approaches to vocational education and training (VET), examining the context of their emergence and their application to present-day contexts. Chapters discuss the role of neoliberalism in undermining the educational integrity of VET and other educational spaces, and examine the complex relations between education and skill formation in different societies. Applying its learning to contemporary VET in both the global North and South, this book ultimately provides foundations for critical thinking in vocational spaces. This book will be of interest to scholars, postgraduate students and researchers involved in vocational, technical, professional and adult education, the theory of education, and more broadly the economisation of education under neoliberalism. With potential to reframe debates concerning specific approaches to VET that can be applied in the global South, this book has undoubted international appeal. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Access URL: | https://www.routledge.com/Emancipation-and-Vocational-Education-Skills-Bildung-and-the-Subject/Esmond-Schmees-Wedekind/p/book/9781041000945 |
| Accession Number: | ED680783 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This book challenges the economistic neoliberal rationale for vocational education by drawing critically on emancipatory theoretical approaches, especially a body of German theory neglected almost entirely by contemporary accounts. Capitalising on the current under-theorisation of vocational education, this book revisits established perceptions of the role of vocational education under contemporary social, economic and political conditions. The book centres on pre-war and post-1960s emancipatory approaches to vocational education and training (VET), examining the context of their emergence and their application to present-day contexts. Chapters discuss the role of neoliberalism in undermining the educational integrity of VET and other educational spaces, and examine the complex relations between education and skill formation in different societies. Applying its learning to contemporary VET in both the global North and South, this book ultimately provides foundations for critical thinking in vocational spaces. This book will be of interest to scholars, postgraduate students and researchers involved in vocational, technical, professional and adult education, the theory of education, and more broadly the economisation of education under neoliberalism. With potential to reframe debates concerning specific approaches to VET that can be applied in the global South, this book has undoubted international appeal. |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-04-100094-5 |
