The Learning Society and people with learning difficulties

Author： Riddell   Sheila (Author)   Baron   Stephen (Author)   Wilson   Alastair (Author)  

Publisher： Policy Press‎

Publication year： 2001

E-ISBN: 9781847425287

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781861342232

Subject： G4 Education

Keyword： Educational strategies & policy

Language： ENG

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The Learning Society and people with learning difficulties

Description

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 they navigate 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.

Chapter

THE LEARNING SOCIETYAND PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES

Contents

1. Competing perspectives on lifelong learning ...

Introduction

Who are people with learning difficulties?

What is the Learning Society?

Conclusion

2. Policy discourses and lifelong learning

Introduction

Community care policy and lifelong learning

Education policy and lifelong learning

Training policy

Employment policy

Social security policy

Conclusion

3. Social justice and post-school education and training for people with learning difficulties

Introduction

Utilitarianism and social justice

The Rawlsian alternative

New Labour and conceptions of social justice

Radical notions of social justice: tensions between redistribution and recognition

Training for young people with learning difficulties

Post-school destinations for young people with special educational needs

Case studies of young people

Discussion and conclusion

4. Lifelong learning for people with learning difficulties

Introduction

Lifelong learning: a policy catch-all?

Health, social capital and lifelong learning

Employment and lifelong learning

Agencies and locations

People with learning difficulties and experiences of lifelong learning: evidence from case studies

Discussion and conclusion

5. Access to the open labour market by people with learning difficulties

Introduction

Disabled people and work: the historical context

The disability movement and theories of disability and employment

The social model of disability and employment

Normalisation, work and supported employment

Post-war employment policy and wage subsidy supported employment

The Employment Service’s Wage Subsidy and Supported Employment schemes

Experiences of open employment and the Employment Service’s supported employment programme

Discussion and conclusion

6. Participation in supported employment

Introduction

Principles of Job Coach Supported Employment

The development of Job Coach Supported Employment in the UK

The perspective of Job Coach Supported Employment agencies

Case studies of supported employment participants

Discussion and conclusion

7. Community care, employment and benefits

Introduction

Social care markets: purchasers, providers and contracts

Purchaser–provider perspectives

The experience of adults with learning difficulties

Discussion and conclusion

8. Social capital, lifelong learning and people with learning difficulties

Introduction

James Coleman: reconciling neo-classical economics and social action theory

Robert Putnam: the decline of civic virtue

Pierre Bourdieu: the pyrotechnics of capitals

Theories of social capital and theories of learning difficulties

Social capital and people with learning difficulties: evidence from case studies

Discussion and conclusion

9. Regulated lives

Clare

Family, domestic arrangements and neighbourhood

The initial education system and peers

Work

Continuing education, voluntary organisations and government

Conclusion

10. Conclusion: Implications of different versions of the Learning Society for people with learning difficulties

Introduction

The human capital version of the Learning Society

The social capital version of the Learning Society

The social control version of the Learning Society

The way forward

References

Appendix 1

Disabled people, identities and the research process

Activism and the academy: involving disabled people in research

People with learning difficulties and the research process

The research project and the research group

Learning difficulties and theory

Conclusion

Appendix 2

1968 Social Work (Scotland) Act

1972 Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Scotland) Act

1973 Employment and Training Act (as amended by the 1993 Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act)

1980 Education (Scotland) Act

1984 Mental Health (Scotland) Act

1986 Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act

1987 Housing (Scotland) Act

1990 National Health Service and Community Care Act

1990 Enterprise and New Towns Act (as amended by the 1993 Trade Unions Reform and Employment Rights Act)

1992 Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act

1995 Carers (Recognition and Services) Act

1995 Disability Discrimination Act

The 1995 Children (Scotland) Act

1995 Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act

1996 Direct Payments Act

The 2000 Adults With Incapacity (Scotland) Act

Standards in Scotland’s Schools Bill

Index

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