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Case studies of preservice teacher education in postcompulsory education and of a key skills development project are examples of practitioner-relevant action research. They suggest that further education is not so much u...
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This book examines the New Labour policy on lifelong learning in Great Britain. Special attention is paid to developments surrounding the University for Industry and the New Deal initiatives and the issue of upgrading th...
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Notes that the further education (FE) sector has changed more over the past decade than any other educational sector in Britain; FE colleges are being assigned a central role in the new post-compulsory system designed to...
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Emphasis in adult education on goals of economic cost-effectiveness, input/output accountability, and credits as currency ignores the fact that what matters is positive learning experiences; the value and quality of huma...
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Calls for an expansion of the objectives of vocational education to include consideration of the nature, value, and purpose of work. Finds justification for this in the changing job market and John Dewey's original conce...
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The author argues that the behaviorist approach to learning inherent in competency-based education is inappropriate for teaching and learning at the higher education level, because it both prescribes and restricts conten...
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Argues that the application of competency-based education strategies have served to reduce the educator's role and marginalize teachers' commitment. Criticizes the British approach and describes alternative concepts. Rec...
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Evaluates efforts to incorporate ethical instruction into schooling through emphasis on citizenship and moral competence. Labels such efforts "moral vocationalism." Suggests that the movement has a weak knowledge base, r...
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The reconstruction of the postsecondary sector described in the 1991 White Paper "Education and Training for the 21st Century" leaves many questions unanswered and falls short of labor force demands. Retaining A levels a...