The Learning Society and people with learning difficulties

By: Sheila Riddell, Stephen Baron, Alastair Wilson

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Paperback | 16 May 2001 | Edition Number 1

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There is a growing concern about the social exclusion of a range of minority groups, including people with learning difficulties.Lifelong learning is seen as one of the central means of challenging the exclusion of this group, but also of enhancing their economic status.This book demonstrates that policy based on human capital premises has produced forms of lifelong learning which exacerbate the marginalisation of people with learning difficulties.

The Learning Society and people with learning difficulties:

reviews the range of policy fields which increasingly intervene in the lifelong learning arena;

maps the agencies involved in service delivery and describes their (sometimes conflicting) ethos;

provides in-depth accounts of the lived experiences of individuals with learning difficulties as theynavigate lifelong learning options.

Its exploration of the links between community care, education, training, employment, housing and benefits policies in the context of lifelong learning is unique.

This book makes a significant contribution to debates about how people with learning difficulties may achieve social inclusion, and the part which lifelong learning may play in this.It is therefore invaluable reading for policy makers, practitioners and academics interested in these issues.

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"... a very useful and reflective book." Journal of Education and Work "The Learning Sociaty and People With Learning Difficulties is a joy to read. It combines theoretical and policy analysis within a framework that is informed by a broad political awarness." Widening Particioation and Lifelong Learning

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Non-Fiction Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Education Adult Education Teaching of Specific Groups with Special Educational Needs Teaching of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties & Needs Social Services & Welfare Social Welfare & Social Services Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Social Aspects of Disabilities

Organisation & Management of Education Educational Strategies & Policy

Competing perspectives on lifelong learning and their implications for people with learning difficulties	p. 1
Policy discourses and lifelong learning	p. 23
Social justice and post-school education and training for people with learning difficulties	p. 37
Lifelong learning for people with learning difficulties	p. 59
Access to the open labour market by people with learning difficulties	p. 85
Participation in supported employment	p. 107
Community care, employment and benefits	p. 123
Social capital, lifelong learning and people with learning difficulties	p. 143
Regulated lives	p. 177
Conclusion: Implication of different versions of the Learning Society for people with learning difficulties	p. 201
References	p. 209
Researching the lives of people with learning difficulties: lessons from the research process	p. 223
App. 2: The statutory framework	p. 239
Index	p. 247
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