Cultural and Social Diversity and the Transition from Education to Work (Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects Book 17)

This edited volume provides multidisciplinary and international insights into the policy, managerial and educational aspects of diverse students’ transitions from education to employment. As employers require increasing global competence on the part of those leaving education, this research asks whether increasing multiculturalism in developed societies, often seen as a challenge to their cohesion, is in fact a potential advantage in an evolving employment sector. This is a vital and under-researched field, and this new publication in Springer’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training series provides analysis both of theory and empirical data, submitted by researchers from nine nations including the USA, Oman, Malaysia, and countries in the European Union. The papers trace the origins of business demand for diversity in their workforce’s skill set, including national, local and institutional contexts. They also consider how social, demographic, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity inform the attitudes of those seeking work—and those seeking workers. With clear suggestions for future research, this work on a topic of rising profile will be read with interest by educators, policy makers, employers and careers advisors. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Leveraging Diversity to Promote Successful Transition from Education to Work....Pages 3-18 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Cultural and Social Diversity in the United States: A Compelling National Interest....Pages 21-35 Perceptions of the Demand for Cultural Diversity in the Omani Workplace and Its Availability Among Secondary School Students....Pages 37-54 Cultural Diversity and the School-To-Work Transition: A Relational Perspective....Pages 55-86 Workforce Diversity in Malaysia: Current and Future Demand of Persons with Disabilities....Pages 87-110 Front Matter....Pages 111-111 A Capability Approach to Cultural Diversity in School-to-Work Transitions: Amartya Sen and Young Adults’ Diversely Different Education and Work Communities....Pages 113-127 Ranciere and Leadership for Reforms to School-to-Work Transition: The Presupposition of Equality of Theoretical Assets from Diverse Educational Cultures....Pages 129-143 Empowering Teacher Students for Diversity in Schools: Mentorship Model as a Mediator in Sweden....Pages 145-162 Embracing Diversity by Bridging the School-to-Work Transition of Students with Disabilities in Malaysia....Pages 163-183 Walking in Multiple Worlds: Successful School-to-Work Transitions for Aboriginal and Cultural Minority Youth....Pages 185-201 Cultural Diversity in a School-to-Work Transition Programme for Undergraduate Students....Pages 203-222 Front Matter....Pages 223-223 Some Research Directions Ahead....Pages 225-226 Back Matter....Pages 227-232