Vocationalism in Further and Higher Education Policy, Programmes and Pedagogy Routledge Research in Education Series

Vocationalism in Further and Higher Education presents a collection of research-based papers on the ?English model? of vocationalism and higher education. It argues that negative societal and political perceptions have hindered the debate about the significance and relevance of vocational education and training provision to learning, work and the economy. In this book, the writers offer unique solutions to the difficult questions that have emerged from their investigations into vocationalism in England.

This edited collection brings together a group of academic experts to report and discuss their findings from many years of evidence-based research on vocationalism at three levels: macro (national and policy-making), meso (programmes and organization), and micro (individual learning and teaching). Chapters explore the key issues relating to the topic, such as policies, curriculum, learning and teaching, and work contexts. The book reflects on the diversity of related programmes, and discusses the applicability and relevance of the term ?vocationalism? in the light of current developments relating to higher vocational education, including occupation, employability and professionalism.

This book is a timely contribution to the debate on the ?English model? of vocational education and will be an essential resource for researchers, practitioners and postgraduate students in the fields of vocational education, technical and vocational education and training (TVET), work-based learning, politics and policy of education, teaching and learning, higher education, and curriculum and pedagogy.

1. Introduction: Vocationalism in the English Context Section 1Policy 2. Still asking - a new direction for vocational learning or another great training robbery? Further research into and analysis of the contemporary reinvention of apprenticeships in relation to further and higher education 3. Merger Talk in Further Education: of whales and minnows, rhetoric and reality 4. Groundhog Day Again: Making Sense of a Complicated Mess: HIVE-PED Research on FE Student and Apprentice Progression to Higher Education in England Section Two: Programmes 5. A question of identity: does it do what it says on the tin? 6. Links between concepts of skill, concepts of occupation, and the training system: A case study of Australia 7.Training of FE teachers with occupational/vocational experiences: an approach using collaboration and evidence-based research Section Three: Policy 8. "It’s all about work": New Times, Post-Fordism and Vocational Pedagogy 9. Constructions of knowledge through practice in general vocational education in England 10. Higher vocational learning and knowledgeable practice: the newly qualified practitioner at work 11. Conclusion: Global Perspectives on Vocationalism and the English Model

Sai Loo is Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK.

Jill Jameson is Professor of Education and Chair of the Centre for Leadership and Enterprise, Faculty of Education and Health, University of Greenwich, UK.