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Education Policy, Digital Disruption and the Future of Work

Framing Young People’s Futures in the Present

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Authors:
  1. Shane B. Duggan

    1. RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Scrutinises how digital disruption could effect networked economies in education policy
  • Traces key education policy shifts to examine notions of value, aspiration and equity
  • Argues that a policy focus informs what can be defined as success

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Framing Networked ‘Youth’ in the Present: Chasing the Horizon

    • Shane B. Duggan
    Pages 1-19

  3. Thinking with the Future

    • Shane B. Duggan
    Pages 21-40

  4. Young People and the Disruption of Everything

    • Shane B. Duggan
    Pages 41-63

  5. The Hard and Soft Networks of Digital Disruption

    • Shane B. Duggan
    Pages 65-91

  6. The ‘Digital’ as Problem and Purpose in Education Policy

    • Shane B. Duggan
    Pages 93-115

  7. Digital Disruption, Education Policy, and the Future of Work: Shifting Frames of Reference in Shifting Times

    • Shane B. Duggan
    Pages 117-129

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 131-152
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About this book

This book examines the possibilities, practices and consequences of digital disruption and networked economies in education policy. As traditional notions of learning and labour are abstracted by networked technologies, young people are exposed to new forms of governance and intervention. Tracing key education policy shifts from the turn of the millennium to the present day, this book explores notions of value, aspiration, and equity in the context of the rise of the networked economies and the ‘end of work’. It argues that a policy focus on preparing young people for the future – a future that will be dominated by networked technologies – informs both what counts as ‘success', and reorganises young people’s orientation in the present in new commodified forms. In an era where the costs of higher education are rapidly increasing despite their relative decline in value, this book will resonate with scholars in youth and educational studies, as well as those with an interest in emerging forms of labour and work. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Shane B. Duggan

About the author

Shane B. Duggan is Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Education at RMIT University, Australia. His research centres on how young people understand and engage in education and work in the context of shifting social, cultural and economic conditions.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Education Policy, Digital Disruption and the Future of Work

  • Book Subtitle: Framing Young People’s Futures in the Present

  • Authors: Shane B. Duggan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30675-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30674-8Published: 19 November 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-30675-5Published: 09 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 152

  • Topics: Sociology of Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Work

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