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ERIC Number: EJ580929
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-6820
Beyond the Rhetoric: Are General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQs) Doing Students Any Good?
Smith, Jan
Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, v50 n4 p537-48 1998
A survey of 40 General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQs) in British further-education colleges and 20 in a university found they are positive about core skills but do not benefit from GNVQ action planning and evaluation, and lack sophistication for autonomous learning. GNVQs may have encouraged more dependency on teachers. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Skill Development, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: General National Vocational Qualif (England)