Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2003)
This article explores perceptions of barriers to the take-up of higher level NVQs (levels 4/5). The literature on higher NVQ adoption is reviewed together with uptake statistics. Research involving interviews and case studies showed that the most successful higher NVQs are linked to professional qua…
Over the last decade numerous academic, industry and government studies have suggested that Australia has experienced a sustained decline in apprentice training rates and that this is contributing to shortages in core vocational occupations. This article redresses significant deficiencies in these s…
This article investigates the needs and experiences of student teachers in England and Wales as they learn to teach post-16 on an 11-18 Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). A different curriculum and assessment framework is in place post-16, offering much with which mentors might engage in …
Source:Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
(2003)
Canada’s system of technology educationis complex and diverse. Each province hasjurisdiction over its own curriculum, standards, program delivery, graduation requirements, and finances. Technology education in Canada is an evolving subject. Not only are technologies themselves constantly changing th…
Source:Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
(2003)
We argue that the case of technology education in British Columbia demonstrates quite readily the invulnerability of teachers, as a group, to curriculum reform. While technology teachers have been able to negotiate centralized control with relative political ease and autonomy, they have been much mo…
Source:Research in Post-Compulsory Education
(2003)
In 1992, the National System of Vocational Education Training (ESEEK) was established by law 2009/92 to enhance the training of the middle-echelon workforce in the context of competitiveness for economic growth within the single European market. The Organisation for Vocational Education Training (OE…
Source:International Journal of Phytoremediation
(2003)
Educators in a number of disciplines rely on field strategies to show their students how to apply concepts they have learned in their coursework. Very little guidance has been provided to criminal justice educators on ways to successfully bring the field into their classroom. Three strategies for br…
Source:International Journal of Phytoremediation
(2003)
This article investigates the experiences and training needs of student teachers as they learn to teach post-16 English on a secondary Post Graduate Certificate in Education. A case-study was conducted on a sample of Open University PGCE English students and mentors over a six-month period. Five res…
In the nine years since the appearance of the first edition of Stephen Smith’s book, labour economics has become a more firmly entrenched subject on the curriculum. Previously regarded as a subsection within industrial economics, there are now very few universities that do not devote a course to it …
