Education, Training and the Future of Work II: Developments in Vocational Education and Training

This text focuses on the late-1990s changes in education and training policy, mainly in the UK. It explores the wider contexts in which such policies have been developed and draws out the connections between changes taking place in work processes and the identities of those who have to prepare for the flexible work roles required by 1990s labour markets. It also explores the nature of political agency in the development of education and training policy in recent years, and looks at the agendas, strategies and discourses which have underpinned a number of policy changes.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Geoff Esland, Mike Flude and Sandy Sieminski 1.The roles of the State and the Social Partners in Vocational Education and Training Systems Andy Green 2.Education Training and Economic Performance in Comparative Perspective David Finegold 3.Vocationalism and Educational Change Rob Moore and Mike Hickox 4.Industrial Training or New Vocationalism? Structures and Discourses Stephen Ball 5.Contextualising Public Policy in Vocational Education and Training : the origins of competence-based vocational qualifications policy in the UK Steve Williams and Peter Raggatt 6.The Competence and Outcomes Movement: teh landscape of research Inge Bates 7.Reality Testing in the Workplace: are NVQs 'employment-led'? John Field 8.A Critique of NVQs and GNVQs Alan Smithers 9.Ideoogy and Curriculum Policy: GNVQ and mass post-compulsory education in England and Wales Denis Gleeson and Phil Hodkinson 10.The Implementation of GNVQs in Further Education: a case study Margaret Bird, Geoff Esland, Jane Greenberg, Sandy Sieminski and Karen Yarrow 11.The Politics of Training in Britain: contadictions in the TEC initiative Jamie Peck 12.Markets, Outcomes and the Quality of Vocational Education and Training: some lessons from Youth Credits pilot scheme Phil Hodkinson and Heather Hodkinson 13.Policy and Accountability Lee Harvey and Peter Knight

About the Author :
Mike Flude and Sandy Sieminski both The Open University

Review :
'The editors have made wise and well-considered choices in selecting material to achieve the aims of the book. Typical of an Open University reader, which this book is, all of the contributors have been published elsewhere as journal articles or book chapters and are well known in the field ... brought together in this reader the contributions do benefit significantly from one another and serve in a powerful way to enable a wider audience to become aware of current debates surrounding vocational education and training.' - Educational Review