Guidance for life

Pamela M. Clayton, Silvana Greco, Martin Persson

Guidance for life

Working and learning in the Third Age

Despite European legislation against age discrimination in the labour market, it is likely that older workers will continue to face obstacles and disadvantages when seeking, maintaining or changing employment. Vocational guidance holds a pivotal position in negotiating between the attitudes and demands of employers and the perspectives and needs of older people. This volume both reflects on changes in the later life-course and offers new perspectives and methodologies for policy and practice.

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Pages: 256

ISBN: 9788846491602

Edition: 1a edizione 2007

Publisher code: 1820.176

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Despite European legislation against age discrimination in the labour market, it is likely that older workers will continue to face obstacles and disadvantages when seeking, maintaining or changing employment. Vocational guidance holds a pivotal position in negotiating between the attitudes and demands of employers and the perspectives and needs of older people.
This volume both reflects on changes in the later life-course and offers new perspectives and methodologies for policy and practice.

Pamela M. Clayton is a political sociologist and Research Fellow in the Department of Adult and Continuing Education, Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Silvana Greco is a sociologist and Assistant Professor of Human Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Milan, Italy.
Martin Persson is a psychologist and project coordinator for adult education at the People's University, Lund, Sweden.



Pamela M. Clayton, Introduction: Learning and guidance for older workers
Part I. Theoretical perspectives
Silvana Greco, Older adults in transition and the role of guidance
María José López Sánchez, Guidance for older people: An economic policy approach
Brian Findsen, Older adults as learners: A critical perspective
Part II. National policy in the Netherlands and Finland
Ron de Kluis, The Duch approach: The partecipation society
Sanna Wesanko, Guidance for older people in Finland: Initiatives, tools and methods
Part III. Good practice in guidance for older people
Geoff Ford, Introduction to the Third Age Guidance pilots
Martin Persson, Guidance for the long-term sick in southern Sweden
Sveinn Aalsteinsson, Older redundant workers in Iceland: A guidance course
Harry Gray, Older people facing significant life change in England: The conversation method
Gilles Rives, Corinne Chataigné, Ghislaine Tafforeau, Accompaniment for long-term unemployed people in South West France
Alexandra Kocher, Helmut Kronika, Older migrant men in Vienna: Preparation for training
Ingrid Wrede, The demographic transition in Germany: Preparation through guidance
Dmitrij Švec, Guidance for unemployed people over 45 in the modern Czech labour market
Peter Plant, Afterword: The gap
About the Authors.

Contributors: Sveinn Aoalsteinsson, Corinne Chataigné, Ron de Kluis, Brian Findsen, Geoff Ford, Harry Gray, Alexandra Kocher, Helmut Kronika, Maria José Lopez Sanchez, Peter Plant, Gilles Rives, Dmitrij Svec, Ghislaine Tafforeau, Sanna Wesanko, Ingrid Wrede

Serie: Università: economia

Subjects: Labour Economics

Level: Scholarly Research

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