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Direct linkWaite, Edmund; Evans, Karen; Kersh, Natasha – Journal of Education and Work, 2014
Drawing on longitudinal data from the ESRC-funded "Adult Basic Skills and Workplace learning" project (2003-2008), together with recent findings from research undertaken under the auspices of the LLAKES research centre (Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies), this paper seeks to explore the key factors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Sustainability, Longitudinal Studies
Evans, Karen – British Journal of Education and Work, 1995
In the United Kingdom, vocational education and training are dominated by competence approaches that seek to regulate behavior through outcomes. In Germany, they serve the broader purpose of education for citizenship. Narrow competency-based education does not develop critical skills or cultivate a sense of shared autonomy. (SK)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Education Work Relationship
Brown, Alan; Evans, Karen – British Journal of Education and Work, 1994
Comparison of British and German vocational education leads to the conclusion that, although an employer-led approach may help maintain high skills, an education-driven strategy is necessary to move England and Wales from the current low skills state. Focus should be on developing underlying values that support a training culture. (SK)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Job Training
