Choose one of the books listed below. 4 pages APA
Answer these questions:
What are the key points, issues, themes and/or challenges posed by the book?
How does the book connect with what you know about Workforce Development and Education?
How do the key points, issues, themes and/or challenges posed by the book connect with the potential future of Workforce Development and Education?
What was your personal connection to the book? Why did you choose this book? What were some points you find particularly intriguing (or not)?
Clemons, P. (2011). Punching out: One year in a closing auto plant. New York: Doubleday
.Crawford, M. (2009). Shop class as soulcraft: An inquiry into the value of work. New York: Penguin Press.
Ehrenreich, B. (2002). Nickel and dimed: On (not) getting by in America. New York: Holt.
Hoffman, N. (2011). Schooling in the workplace. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Hoffman, N., & Schwartz, R. (2017). Learning for careers. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Isay, D. (2016). Callings: The purpose and passion of work. New York: Penguin Press.
Putnam, R. (2016). Our kids: The American dream in crisis. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Rose, M. (2004). The mind at work: Valuing the intelligence of the American worker. New York: Viking.
Stone, J., & Lewis, M. (2012). College and career ready in the 21st century: Making high school matter. New York: Teachers College Press.
Terkel, S. (1974/1997). Working: People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do. London: Pantheon Books/New Press.
