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ERIC Number: EJ592608
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-6820
Vocational Education and Training and Conceptions of the Self.
Blunden, Ralph
Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, v51 n2 p165-84 1999
Inadequate conceptions of the self underlie vocational education and training policy and instruction. The concept of a socially extended self, a social being who is complex and multifaceted, is incompatible with competency-based approaches to vocational education being used in Australia. (SK)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Public Policy, Self Concept, Teaching Methods, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Identity (Psychological)