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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827854403321

Autore

Silver Harold

Titolo

A liberal vocationalism / / Harold Silver and John Brennan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Methuen, 1988

ISBN

1-135-83665-5

1-280-40449-3

9786610404490

0-203-47251-9

0-203-24099-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

An Education paperback

Altri autori (Persone)

BrennanJohn <1935->

Disciplina

370.113

607/.1041

Soggetti

Technical education - Great Britain

Business education - Great Britain

Vocational education - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; : Frameworks; Confuse or clarify?; Stigmas and dichotomies; Preparing students for employment; The language of policy; : Vocationalism; A project; Concepts, courses, and institutions; Engineering education: a background; Engineering education: courses and explanations; Engineering education: a note on the United States; Business studies: a background; Business studies: courses and explanations; Business studies: a note on Europe; Environments; Institutions; : A liberal vocationalism?; A liberal vocationalism?; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Aims to rescue a usable interpretation of the vocational theory in higher education by describing the historical and policy frameworks of the debate.