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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456764703321

Autore

Gough Stephen

Titolo

Technical and vocational education and learning [[electronic resource] ] : an investment-based approach / / Stephen Gough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Continuum, c2010

ISBN

1-282-59066-9

9786612590665

1-4411-3895-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Disciplina

370.11/3

Soggetti

Vocational education

Technical education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 A Framework for Analysis; Chapter 3 Investment: Some Preliminary Observations; Chapter 4 Case Study One: Water Education; Chapter 5 Case Study Two: Higher Education and Sustainable Development; Chapter 6 Case Study Three: Management Education; Chapter 7 The Macro-Context of TVET; Chapter 8 Rational TVET; Chapter 9 TVET and Freedom; Chapter 10 TVET and Justice; Chapter 11 TVET and Security; Chapter 12 TVET and Wellbeing; Chapter 13 Investment Revisited; Chapter 14 Conclusion: Vocational Learning and Teaching: What and How?; References

Index

Sommario/riassunto

This scholarly book debates the key issues surrounding vocational education. Vocational education is central to the plans of policy makers around the world; it underpins the development of the poorest economies, and the continued competitiveness of the richest. ""Technical and Vocational Education and Learning"" debates the key issues: How far can the same principles be applied to vocational learning in universities, colleges, schools and the workplace? Do the needs of learners and the needs of the economy always coincide? Should teachers focus on the delivery of skills or the development of c