Career Education as Humanization

• 1. A Freirean Approach to Lifelong Learning By Kelli and Michelle Career Education as Humanization Article 11 Review EDER 625 Module 2

2. Historical Background Lifelong learninghas been explored over time by many scientists, scholars, and philosophers and has been viewed as a journey towards continued intellectual, social,and emotional development. Plato Aristotle Dewey -an arduous journey -a move toward increased epistemic and moral enlightenment -provides for eudaimonia, or lasting human happiness -the main objective of education is the creation of psychological dispositions that encourage continual and critical learning 3. The Neo-liberal view

• Narrow, undemocratic, dehumanizing

4. The Freirean View

• Education is a lifelong journey.

• Education is a political enterprise.

• Students are political participants, actively involved in shaping their lives (socially and politically).

• Freire encourages students and teachers to play an active role in shaping (and reshaping) the world around them.

• Humans are creators and re-creators of their experiences.

5. Social Change 6. Human Capital

• This construct of lifelong learning addresses unstable labor-market conditions.

• Human capital is consistent with the neo-liberal views.

• A worker with skills is referred to as human capital.

• Human capital theory overestimates worker skill in determining future employment.

7. Employability

• The authors argue that in the 21st century, workers need to be lifelong learners.

• This in turn, will require the continual upgrading of skills.

• Workers are likely to engage in a seamless process of education, training, and work.

• To read more aboutemployability skills , visit

• http://www.conferenceboard.ca/education/learning-tools/pdfs/esp2000.pdf

8. Globalization 9. Human Ontology 10. Critical Inquiry 11. Conclusions 12. Strengths and Suggestions 13. Additional Topics

• Open Systems Theory

• Generation Y

• Change Agents

14. Critical Questions 15. Questions

• How do teachers and administrators embrace change through acquiring new skills, thus achieving a level of critical transivity?

• Is your school environment an open system?

• How can teachers and administrators help their students to construct personal meaning through stages of critical inquiry?

16. References/Resources

• Emery J Hyslop-Margison, M Ayaz Naseem. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. Edmonton: Winter 2007. Vol. 53, Iss. 4; pg.347 , 12 pgs.

• Inuit Holistic Lifelong Learning Model:

• http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Reports/RedefiningSuccessInAboriginalLearning/RedefiningSuccessModelsInuit.htm

• Go to the middle of the page to explore the lifelong learning module.

• 3. Employability Skills

• Morgan, G. (2006).Images of organization .

• 4.Videos about Life Long Learning

• http://www.youtube.com/v/STkoSAVeRFI&hl=en&fs=1

• http://www.youtube.com/v/2CftjqyfeAk&hl=en&fs=1

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