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Government, Markets and Vocational Qualifications An Anatomy of Policy
230 Pages
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Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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During the 1980s and 1990s the elaboration of a reformed system of vocational qualifications was perhaps the most controversial of all the governments efforts to improve the provision of vocational education and training. Based largely on interviews with nearly 100 individuals who were closely involved with these reforms, this book provides an in-depth account of the origins, development and... Read more
Introduction Chapter 1 Vocational Qualifications Past and Present Chapter 2 Towards a Competence-based System: Contextualizing the Reform of Vocational Qualifications Chapter 3 ‘Motherhood and Apple Pie’: The Review of Vocational Qualifications in England and Wales 1985–1986 Chapter 4 Ambiguity Resolved: The Implementation of NVQ Policy 1987–1989 Chapter 5 Embedding the Reforms: NVQ and SVQ Policy 1990–1993 Chapter 6 Coherence for 16- to 19-Year-Olds: The Origins and Development of GNVQ Policy Chapter 7 Rigour, Review and Relaxation: Vocational Qualifications Policy 1994–1997 Chapter 8 The Reform of Vocational Qualifications: An Anatomy of Policy. Conclusion: Government, Markets and Vocational Qualifications
Biography
Peter Raggatt, Steve Williams Principal Lecturer in Employment Relations, Portsmouth University
