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Dalby, D.; Noyes, A. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2018
England's Further Education (FE) sector is in permanent flux with policy interpretations and translations taking place at multiple levels within increasingly large and complex multi-site organisations. Devolved responsibility gives managers considerable influence in policy enactment processes which can lead to within-college tensions between…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Continuing Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Jarvi, Taina – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2012
Very little research has been conducted on the teaching of entrepreneurship, in particular in vocational education. Entrepreneurship is included in the national curriculum of many European countries, but there is concern over the competence of its teachers and their training in entrepreneurship (European Commission 2009, 14). This article explores…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Vocational Education
Poortman, Cindy Louise; Illeris, Knud; Nieuwenhuis, Loek – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2011
To meet the requirements of an increasingly innovative and competitive environment, workers need to continuously develop and maintain competence. Consequently, initial vocational education and training should prepare (future) workers by providing a basis for lifelong learning in developing both routine and flexible competence. The question is…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Learning Theories, Learning Strategies, Lifelong Learning
Swain, Jon Michael; Cara, Olga – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2010
This paper is based on findings from a three-year longitudinal study in England called the Teacher Study which aimed to provide an analytical description of who Skills for Life (SfL) teachers are and what they do in their working lives. The main focus of the paper is teachers' career pathways and the possibilities of making a career in…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Basic Education, Career Development, Teacher Characteristics
Gomoluch, Karen; Bailey, Bill – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2010
This article examines the development of teacher training for teachers in technical and further education in England through the memories of the staff of Bolton Technical Teachers College, one of the first national centres set up for this purpose. After a brief account of the origins and the development of the college up to its merger with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Adult Education, Technical Education
Dunne, Linda; Goddard, Gill; Woolhouse, Clare – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2008
This article explores the changing career trajectories of teaching assistants who graduated from a university in the northwest of England with a Foundation degree in Supporting Teaching and Learning. It begins with a consideration of the changing policy context in England in relation to the role of support staff in schools. This context informed…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Teaching Assistants, Statistical Surveys
Edward, Sheila; Coffield, Frank; Steer, Richard; Gregson, Maggie – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2007
This paper explores the impact of change on tutors and managers in 24 learning sites in England, in vocational courses at Level 1 or Level 2 in further education (FE) colleges and in basic skills provision in adult community education and workplaces. We discuss the views of these participants in the research project, "The Impact of Policy on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Tutors, Community Education
Miller, Kate; Satchwell, Candice – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
With reference to the Literacies for Learning in Further Education TLRP project, this article suggests that teachers' and students' views of students' literacy capabilities are often influenced by a deficit model of literacy which does not take account of students' everyday literacy practices. The article revisits some of the literature on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Beliefs, Literacy, Expectation
Edwards, Richard; Smith, June – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2005
This article reports on the outcomes of the first phase of the Literacies for Learning in Further Education project, which is exploring the literacy practices required for successful study within different curriculum areas in four Further Education Colleges, two in Scotland and two in England. It draws upon initial interview data with staff and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Literacy, Student Attitudes