The vocational quest : new directions in education and training / Malcolm Skilbeck ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skilbeck, Malcolm.

Series:

Key issues in education.

Key issues in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vocational education--Great Britain.

Vocational education.

Education--Great Britain.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 educations concerned with concepts and training, or with skills. The challenge now is to define how the schools can give young people the foundations for life in a working world in which they are likely to

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; EMERGENCE OF THE NEW VOCATIONALISM; EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING LIFE; THE CORE LEARNINGS CHALLENGE; THE 'SCHOOLING' AND 'WORKING LIFE' MODELS; NATIONAL MOVES TOWARDS A NEW VOCATIONALISM IN ENGLAND AND WALES; HISTORICAL ROOTS: ORIGINS OF VOCATIONALISM IN ENGLAND AND WALES; NEW SCHEMES FOR TRAINING BRITISH YOUTH; VOCATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: ENTERPRISE AND PARTNERSHIP CULTURE; EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR ALL YOUTH; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-262) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-83856-5

1-134-83857-3

1-280-33569-6

0-203-07579-X

9780203075791

OCLC:

437078228