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ERIC Number: EJ600741
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1359-6748
Vocational Qualifications in Practice and Principle: Lessons from Agriculture.
Lester, Stan
Research in Post-Compulsory Education, v4 n1 p23-38 1999
Data from a survey of 26 British training providers, 19 land-based colleges, 56 new workers in agriculture, and 29 employers revealed difficulties understanding the language of National Vocational Qualifications and Scottish Vocational Qualifications, concerns about their validity and reliability, and ambiguity surrounding their essential purpose. (SK)
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Vocational Education
Triangle Journals, P.O. Box 65, Wallingford, Oxford, OX 10 0YG, England, United Kingdom; Web site: http://www.triangle.co.uk.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Vocational Qualifications (England); Scottish Vocational Qualifications