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OBJECTIVE: To report the ethical stances taken by newly-qualified dental graduates working in the south-east of England and how these changed over their first two years in practice. METHODS: A longitudinal self-completed questionnaire-based study using scenarios and closed questions was completed by…

This paper posits that authenticity is an aspect of both the context and the process of learning. These two aspects cannot be seen in isolation and must be analyzed as one unity. We refer to this coupling relationship as the context-process authenticity. Existing learning and instructional approache…

One of the aims of Educational Guidance is social development and learning in Sec-ondary Education students who are in multicultural contexts. An increase in socioemotional competencies is promoted through Guidance program interventions. The Guidance Program for Socioemotional Competencies (in Spani…

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to explore how higher education (HE) institutions are responding to the workforce remodelling agenda of public services and the emergence of "para-professions" within traditionally low paid/low status employment. Design/methodology/approach: With reference to …

The establishment of the European Higher Education Area has involved specifying lists of professional competencies that programs are expected to develop, and with this the need for procedures to measure how every course within a higher education program is aligned with the program's competencies. We…

Purpose – This introduction to the special edition aims to focus on the issues that surround putting work-based learning into practice in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – The introduction is a brief survey and commentary on the issues surrounding work-based learning. A selection of papers is dr…

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Teachers from further and higher education are rarely considered together. This book explores the differences and similarities that exist between these groups. It provides an up-to-date account of developments and brings together arguments and debates about both groups of teachers to challenge some …

Arising from work by the Gender and Lifelong Learning Group of the Gender and Education Association, this book presents reconceptualisations of lifelong learning. It argues that the current field of lifelong learning is based on certain hidden values and assumptions and examines the mechanisms by wh…

This chapter discusses how design of training policies is strongly related to the type of market failures conducive to under-provision. The empirical evidence on the relevance of efficiency and equity issues is considered, and a political economy view of training subsidies is proposed. Furthermore, …