Government, markets, and vocational qualifications : an anatomy of policy / Peter Raggatt and Steve Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raggatt, Peter C. M.

Contributor:

Williams, Steve, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vocational qualifications--Great Britain.

Vocational qualifications.

National Vocational Qualifications (Great Britain).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Falmer Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 implementation of NVQ and GNVQ policies. In accounting for the progress of vocational qualifications policy three main areas are covered by the book. Firstly the authors look at the origins of the reformed system, then examine the initial implementation of the NVQ and GNVQ policies in the late 1980s and early 1990s and identify the considerable problems that accompanied the reform process. Thirdly, the book focuses on the ways in which the reformed policy was sustained during the 1990s.

Contents:

Book Cover

Government, Markets and Vocational Qualifications

Title

Copyright

Contents

Tables

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Notes

1 Vocational Qualifications Past and Present

The Evolution of the Vocational Qualifications System in the UK

The Reformed System of Vocational Qualifications

Conclusion

2 Towards a Competence-based System: Contextualizing the Reform of Vocational Qualifications

Restrictive Practices in Skill Formation

The Pressure for Vocational Relevance

Youth Unemployment and the Vocational Curriculum

The 1981 New Training Initiative

Towards a Competence-based System: The Implementation of the New Training Initiative 1982-1984

3 'Motherhood and Apple Pie': The Review of Vocational Qualifications in England and Wales 1985-1986

The Immediate Imperatives for Reform

The Establishment of the Review of Vocational Qualifications in England and Wales

The Recommendations of the Review of Vocational Qualifications in England and Wales

The Establishment of NVQ Policy in England and Wales

4 Ambiguity Resolved: The Implementation of NVQ Policy 1987-1989

The Development of the NVQ Framework

The Development of the Lead Body Structure

NVQ Methodology and Accreditation

The Awarding Body Network

Scotland

The Qualifications of the Professional Bodies

5 Embedding the Reforms: NVQ and SVQ Policy 1990-1993

The Resuscitation of NVQ Policy

Towards a Consistent Methodology: The Emergence of Functional Analysis

The Maturing of the Lead Body Structure

Building the Framework of Vocational Qualifications

The Progress of the Reforms 1992-93

Notes.

6 Coherence for 16- to 19-Year-Olds: The Origins and Development of GNVQ Policy

The Limitations of NVQs

Better Provision for 16- to 19-Year-Olds2

The Development of the GNVQ

7 Rigour, Review and Relaxation: Vocational Qualifications Policy 1994- 1997

Rigour

Review

Relaxation

8 The Reform of Vocational Qualifications: An Anatomy of Policy

Youth Training and the Politics of Vocational Education

The 'British Way': the Renewed Ethos of Voluntarism

The Locus of Power

Institutional Coherence in Government

Conclusion: Government, Markets and Vocational Qualifications

Methodological Appendix

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-135-70176-8

1-135-70177-6

1-280-31658-6

0-585-45277-6

0-203-48726-5

9780203487266

OCLC:

277634557