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Global Reconstructions of Vocational Education and Training book cover

1st Edition

Global Reconstructions of Vocational Education and Training

Edited By James Avis Copyright 2014
162 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge
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Vocational education and training (VET) can be difficult to define since it is set in a turbulent and volatile environment marked by national and regional specificities. It can be delivered at different levels and by a variety of providers, including community colleges, colleges of further education, polytechnics and universities, as well as, importantly, private providers. This collection... Read more

Introduction: Global reconstructions of vocational education and training James Avis  1. State sector strategies: the new workforce development in the USA Richard D. Lakes  2. Liberal conservatism, vocationalism and further education in England Roy Fisher and Robin Simmons  3. The social composition of VET in New Zealand Rob Strathdee  4. Vocational education and learning in higher education Cynthia Paes de Carvalho  5. Training ‘expendable’ workers: temporary foreign workers in nursing Alison Taylor, Jason Foster and Carolina Cambre  6. Multi-level policy transfer in Turkey and its impact on the development of the vocational education and training (VET) sector Antje Barabasch and Stefanie Petrick

Biography

James Avis is Professor of Post-Compulsory Education and Training at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He has written extensively on the policy contextualisation of Further Education and has a keen interest in its political economy. Recent books include Education, Policy and Social Justice and Teaching in Lifelong Learning.

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