Lyons, Patrick J
(1977)
Work and School
A Case Study.
Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Abstract
This is a study of young workers. It was undertaken as a comparative
analysis of the occupational and educational experiences of school
leavers. As such it focuses on the link between the educational system
and the labour market and, in particular, on the relevance of the
educational experiences of this group of young people to the jobs they
entered and implicitly to the lifestyles they lead.
Education performs a key function in industrialized society, in
transmitting "cultural values and behaviour patterns of the society to
its young and potential members". Education, through the agency of the
school, performs a dual function - "to internalize in its pupils both
commitments and capacities for the successful performance of their adult
roles .... and .... to allocate these human resources within the role
structure of the adult society. Added to the manifest function of
socialization there is this latent function of manpower allocation.
The development of this view is that school is a bureaucratic and
decisive agency managing the status and life chances of the individual;
démocratisation of society and education has transformed what had been
an educational into an allocative function.
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Thesis
(Masters)
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| Keywords: |
Work; School; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Education |
| Item ID: |
5215 |
| Depositing User: |
IR eTheses
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| Date Deposited: |
24 Jul 2014 09:28 |
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