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Expertise as a 'Capacity for Action': Reframing Vocational Knowledge from the Perspective of Work
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Guile, David; Unwin, Lorna – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2022
Occupational expertise has always been constituted and afforded recognition and status in work contexts, however, these contexts are becoming increasingly interconnected and interrelated, underpinned by, 'intangible assets'. To explore this complex process and its implications for vocational education and training (VET), this article uses the…
Descriptors: Expertise, Vocational Education, Employment, Recognition (Achievement)
The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training. Wiley Handbooks in Education
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Guile, David, Ed.; Unwin, Lorna, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2019
"The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training" offers an in-depth guide to the theories, practices, and policies of vocational education and training (VET). With contributions from a panel of leading international scholars, the Handbook contains 27 authoritative essays from a wide range of disciplines. The contributors present…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Theories, Educational Practices, Theory Practice Relationship
Job Crafting and Identity in Low-Grade Work: How Hospital Porters Redefine the Value of Their Work and Expertise
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Fuller, Alison; Unwin, Lorna – Vocations and Learning, 2017
Over 25 years ago, Brown and Duguid ("Organisation Science," 2(1), 40-57, 1991) highlighted the differences between the way organisations formally describe and delineate jobs and the actual practices of their employees. This paper combines ideas from their seminal contribution with theories of "job crafting" and identity to…
Descriptors: Unskilled Workers, Hospitals, Health Personnel, Professional Identity
Continuity and Change in English Further Education: A Century of Voluntarism and Permissive Adaptability
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Bailey, Bill; Unwin, Lorna – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2014
This paper argues that the evolution of further education colleges in England is marked by both continuities and change, and provides evidence to show that they retain many of the characteristics and the underlying rationale present at the turn of the twentieth century. A defining characteristic remains the colleges' need to respond to student…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Industrial Standardisation as a Driver for Cross-National Convergence in Training Processes: Aviation Apprenticeships in England and Germany
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Lahiff, Ann; Li, Junmin; Unwin, Lorna; Zenner-Höffkes, Lea; Pilz, Matthias – European Journal of Training and Development, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to address a gap in the comparative research literature on vocational education and training (VET) and skill formation systems. It examines the impact of international technical standardisation and regulation on the design, organisation and delivery of apprenticeships in the aeronautical and aerospace sectors…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Aviation Education, Standards, International Cooperation
John Dewey's Democracy and Education: A British Tribute
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Higgins, Steve, Ed.; Coffield, Frank, Ed. – Trentham Books, 2016
In 1916 John Dewey published "Democracy and Education: An introduction to the philosophy of education". In this book some of today's foremost historians, philosophers, psychologists, and sociologists of education mark the anniversary of Dewey's work by reviewing and reflecting, from a British perspective, on Dewey's contribution to our…
Descriptors: Progressive Education, Educational Philosophy, Role of Education, Democracy