ABSTRACT

First published in 1991. The constant changes in both vocational education and training (VET) policy and practice since the early 1970s have been well documented. Some of these changes are a direct result of government intervention in education and training policy, for example TVEI, YTS and the introduction of a competency-based framework for qualifications. This volume brings together some key players and key policies, which are part of the complex structure and presents them for public scrutiny. The editors do not set out to pursue one ideological argument but rather to present a series of different perspectives which, taken together, reveal the massive scale of change and intervention shaping the country's VET infrastructure.

chapter |25 pages

Competence and Higher Education

Implications for Institutions and Professional Bodies

chapter |14 pages

Meeting the Needs of a ‘Global Society'

Vocational Education and Training in the United States of America

chapter |21 pages

Winners and Losers

The Education and Training of Adults

chapter |14 pages

Out of the Adult Hut

Institutionalization, Individuality and New Values in the Education of Adults

chapter |14 pages

Changes in Funding

A College Response

chapter |7 pages

NVQs and the Man-Made Fibres Industry

A Case Study of Courtaulds Grafil Ltd

chapter |16 pages

Improvements in Workforce Qualifications

Britain and France 1979–88