Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach and the Brokering of Learning Provision for Young Adults

Autor: Roberta Harreveld, Michael Singh
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Vocations and Learning. 1:211-226
ISSN: 1874-7868
1874-785X
DOI: 10.1007/s12186-008-9012-3
Popis: This paper argues that Amartya Sen’s (Development as freedom, New York: Random House, 1999) concept of “capabilities” provides a useful framework for interpreting the brokering of learning provisions that emerged as a key feature of reforms to education and training in Queensland (Australia) for young people. Sen’s capability approach is presented as a way of understanding the place of vocational learning in capability deprivation and enhancement. Methodologically, this account comes from a case study of the reforms’ birthing and trial phases (2000–2006) (Harreveld and Singh 2007, Queensland’s education and training reforms for the future: the journey so far in senior phase learning. Brisbane, Qld: Department of Education, Training and the Arts). Evidence about the brokering of learning provision for young people comes from Queensland’s youth support coordinators, community mentoring scheme, flexible learning services and a work readiness program.
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