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1. Constructing Vocational Education: From TVEI to GNVQ.

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Yeomans, David

Abstract

Comparison of Britain's Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI) in the 1980s and General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQ)in the 1990s shows that both were intended to remedy alleged defects in vocational education. GNVQs ignore teaching/learning theories other than competence. TVEI was not based on explicit theory, but was also an ahistorical approach to educational policymaking. (SK)

Published
1998

2. Progressivism and the GNVQ: Context, Ideology and Practice.

Author

Bates, Inge, Bloomer, Martin, Hodkinson, Phil, and Yeomans, David

Abstract

Explores the relationship between progressivism, vocationalism, and General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQs), concluding that GNVQs are not unequivocally progressive. Suggests that the cultural context of controlled vocationalism is antithetical to progressive tendencies toward learner autonomy. (SK)

Published
1998

3. Vocationalising the Design and Technology Curriculum: A Case Study from Post-Compulsory Education.

Author

Yeomans, David

Abstract

Analyzes the General National Vocational Qualification (GNVQ) in Manufacturing, a course introduced in England and Wales providing an introduction to post-compulsory school students in manufacturing. Describes GNVQ Manufacturing in three schools, tries to account for the course differences, and considers the implications of the analysis for developing vocational courses in technology and design. (PEN)

Published
1998

4. The New Vocationalism Enacted? The Transformation of the Business Studies Curriculum.

Author

Williams, Ralph and Yeomans, David

Abstract

Quantitative and qualitative data were used to examine changes in the business studies curriculum in British secondary schools. Changes resulted from the rhetoric of the "new vocationalism"--to prepare flexible workers and entrepreneurs for the future. Although progressivists want to use the curriculum to deliver messages about the role of business in society, business studies seem to have no place in the National Curriculum. (SK)

Published
1994

5. The Technical and Vocational Education Initiative and School Autonomy in the Management of Curriculum Change.

Author

Williams, Ralph P. and Yeomans, David J.

Abstract

Describes the British government's Technical and Vocational Education Initiative, explaining how it has been managed in schools and local education authorities, outlining management mechanisms, comparing rationale and rhetoric with the reality of management, and interpreting empirical evidence to evaluate its effectiveness in managing curriculum change. (SM)

Published
1994

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