1st Edition
The Vocational Quest New Directions in Education and Training
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Government attempts in recent years to create a national system of vocational education and training have marked a profound shift both in educational policy and in underlying concepts of what education is for. Relations between schools and the working world are changing all the time and the implementation of ideas of vocationalism has forced a blurring of the time-honoured boundaries between... Read more
Foreword, Series Editor’s Preface, List of abbreviations 1 EMERGENCE OF THE NEW VOCATIONALISM 2 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING LIFE 3 THE CORE LEARNINGS CHALLENGE 4 THE ‘SCHOOLING’ AND ‘WORKING LIFE’ MODELS 5 NATIONAL MOVES TOWARDS A NEW VOCATIONALISM IN ENGLAND AND WALES 6 HISTORICAL ROOTS: ORIGINS OF VOCATIONALISM IN ENGLAND AND WALES 7 NEW SCHEMES FOR TRAINING BRITISH YOUTH 8 VOCATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: ENTERPRISE AND PARTNERSHIP CULTURE 9 EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR ALL YOUTH
Biography
Malcolm Skilbeck is Deputy Director responsible for Education and Training at the OECD, Paris. Helen Connell is a freelance educational consultant and researcher. Nicholas Lowe is a Policy Analyst for Westminster City Council. Kirsteen Tait is London Director of the Open School.
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