Education, Training and the Future of Work II

by Flude,Mike

• ISBN13: 9780415202107
• ISBN10: 0415202108
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781136289781
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-16
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

This volume focuses on the recent changes in education and training policy, mainly in the UK. The considerable developments of past years and the ways in which they have affected both education and training are examined. The contributors analyse the methods by which we educate our workforce, and look closely at the kind of training now offered to those in work.The chapters in this reader cover:* the role of the state* how economic factors influence education* national education and training policy* the political factor.Other countries including Germany are looked at, and there is reflection on the ways in which the 'new' industry led qualifications such as NVQs have fared. There is careful analysis as to how much the political climate of the time influenced developments.There is thorough research to back up claims made throughout the book, and many practical examples are referred to. What emerges is an incisive examination of current trends in education and the workplace.

Table of Contents

Figures and tables	vii	(1)
Preface	viii	(5)
Acknowledgements	xiii	(1)
Source Acknowledgements	xiv	(2)
Acronyms	xvi
Introduction	1	(11)
GEOFF ESLAND
MIKE FLUDE
SANDY SIEMINSKI
1 The roles of the state and the social partners in vocational education and training systems	12	(19)
ANDY GREEN
2 Education training and economic performance in comparative perspective	31	(13)
DAVID FINEGOLD
3 Vocationalism and educational change	44	(13)
ROB MOORE
MIKE HICKOX
4 Industrial training or new vocationalism? Structures and discourses	57	(21)
STEPHEN BALL
5 Contextualising public policy in vocational education and training: the origins of competence-based vocational qualifications policy in the UK	78	(20)
STEVE WILLIAMS
PETER RAGGATT
6 The competence and outcomes movement: the landscape of research	98	(26)
INGE BATES
7 Reality testing in the workplace: are NVQs `employment-led'?	124	(19)
JOHN FIELD
8 A critique of NVQs and GNVQs	143	(15)
ALAN SMITHERS
9 Ideology and curriculum policy: GNVQ and mass post-compulsory education in England and Wales	158	(19)
DENIS GLEESON
PHIL HODKINSON
10 The implementation of GNVQs in further education: a case study	177	(25)
MARGARET BIRD
GEOFF ESLAND
JANE GREENBERG
SANDY SIEMINSKI
KAREN YARROW
11 The politics of training in Britain: contradictions in the TEC initiative	202	(13)
JAMIE PECK
12 Markets, outcomes and the quality of vocational education and training: some lessons from a Youth Credits pilot scheme	215	(17)
PHIL HODKINSON
HEATHER HODKINSON
13 Policy and accountability	232	(26)
LEE HARVEY
PETER KNIGHT
Index	258