Betraying a generation How education is failing young people - Ainley, Patrick (Policy Press, 2016)
BETRAYING A GENERATION; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Outline of the book; ONE. From jobs without education toeducation without jobs; The welfare state settlement; A golden age?; Limited absolute upward social mobility; Rising youth unemployment; From industrial economy to 'knowledge' economy; 'Education, education, education ... '; And more education ... ; Summary; TWO. New times; Fordism, post-Fordism or neo-Fordism?; Fungible labour in a 'knowledge economy'; 'Lovely jobs' and 'lousy jobs'; Under-skilled or over-qualified?; The self-employed society; Restructuring the labour market
THREE. Class structure in the 21st century; Pyramid or diamond?; Or an hourglass with a squeezed middle?; Instead, the class structure goes 'pear-shaped'; So farewell to the middle class?; Or farewell to the working class and hello to the precariat?; Summary; FOUR. RUNNING UP A DOWN-ESCALATOR; The new student experience; 'Independent state schools'; Opportunities to be unequal; Redrawing the academic and vocational divide; Selection and differentiation; Aiming higher?; Student or 'apprentice'?; Summary; FIVE. A new politics of education; Towards a democratic professionalism
And a new youth politicsEducation in the 'second machine age'; A good general education for everybody; Socially useful education; A crisis for youth, not a skills crisis; Conclusion; References; Index
Ainley explains how English education is now driven by the economy and politics, having failed to deliver upward social mobility and a brighter future. Concludes with suggestions for positive change
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: EDUCATION / Administration / General; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General; Education and state; Education, Higher / Social aspects; Youth / Employment; Gesellschaft; Jugend; Education and state -- Great Britain; Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- Great Britain; Youth -- Employment; Großbritannien