How Do We Tell the Workers?
The Socioeconomic Foundations of Work and Vocational Education
September 1998
Trade Paperback · 464 Pages
$50.00 U.S. · $57.50 CAN · £33.99 U.K. · €35.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780813387376
Westview Press
Trade Paperback · 464 Pages
$50.00 U.S. · $57.50 CAN · £33.99 U.K. · €35.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780813387376
Westview Press
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Description
This book analyzes the ways that workers are educated, via a variety of institutions, to fit into the contemporary labor-unfriendly economic system. As he examines the history and purposes of vocational education, Kincheloe illustrates the manner in which this education shapes the politics of the era. How Do We Tell the Workers? is important reading for policy makers, labor leaders, and educators.
About the Author
Joe L. Kincheloe is professor of urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center and Brooklyn College. He is the author of more than 30 books and hundreds of articles. His most recent works include Critical Pedagogy: A Primer, and The Sign of the Burger: McDonald's and the Culture of Power. Kincheloe and Shirley Steinberg have recently finished 19 Urban Questions: Teaching in the City.