The Learning Society and People with Learning Difficulties

by Alastair Wilson, Stephen Baron, Sheila Riddell

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861342233
• ISBN13: 9781861342232
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"