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ERIC Number: EJ545508
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-6820
Energising or Enervating: Implications of National Vocational Qualifications in Professional Development.
Ecclestone, Kathryn
Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, v49 n1 p65-79 1997
Argues that National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) have an ideological appeal that must be considered in evaluating their influence on professional development in Britain. Suggests that NVQs have had beneficial effects on program design, but could undermine higher education's commitment to critical, broad-based education. (SK)
Descriptors: College Role, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Ideology, Professional Development, Program Design, Role of Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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