Neets, Yobs and Kripples. Low Attainment in a Global Knowledge Economy
Thursday 16 December
15.00-17.00
Committee Room 1
What happens to young people in developed countries who are regarded as lower attainers, having learning difficulties, or special educational needs, in education systems that have expanded to educate all young people?
Policies directed at these overlapping groups, calculated at various times and in various countries at between 20%-40%, treat them as economically problematic,- either as non or partial participants in economies becoming more ‘knowledge intensive’, as social problems and/or as consumers of scarce resources. This paper draws on a small study discussing the issues with Head Teachers,College Principals, Administrators, and others, in England, (Gloucester and Birmingham), The USA ( Los Angeles and New York) Germany (North-Rhine Westphalia) and Malta, to try to understand the expansion of education and training systems for these young people, and the preparation of lower school achievers for work or unemployment in competitive global economies.
Sally Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths College London University, and a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Education, University of Oxford. She is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Wolverhampton, and a Leverhulme Research Fellow. She has taught, researched and published for over thirty years in the areas of educational policy, special education, race, ethnicity and education and effective schooling. (www.stomlinson.net)
All events take place at the Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London
The event is free but booking is required. Please email LLAKES – llakesevents@ioe.ac.uk to confirm your place.