| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 187 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Stakeholders, consensus, participation and democracy; 2 Stakeholders and partners in vocational education and training in Scotland; 3 A consensus approach to policy-making: the case of the Republic of Ireland; 4 Transformation and reform of vocational education and training in Taiwan, Republic of China; 5 Developmental corporatism and the process of change invocational education and training: the Singaporeanexperience |
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6 Change and consensus in vocational education and training: the case of the German 'dual system'7 Process owners and stakeholders in VET reforms in Finland; 8 The process of change in vocational education and training in the United States; 9 The process of change in vocational education and training: the South African experience; Index |
| Summary |
Vocational Education and Training (VET) has been the focus of change for some years. Many nations have developed VET systems with long-term strategies that benefit their economies, including co-ordinating economic, industrial and VET policies and achieving consensus among major stakeholders in the system. Changing Vocational Education and Training focuses on how the principles of stakeholding, consensus, participation and democracy can be applied to policy formulation and implementation. Case studies, presented and discussed by experts from eight nations, provide sound examples of practical |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Vocational education -- Cross-cultural studies
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Occupational training -- Cross-cultural studies
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Education and state -- Cross-cultural studies
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Educational change -- Cross-cultural studies
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EDUCATION -- Aims & Objectives.
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Occupational training.
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Education and state.
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Educational change.
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Vocational education.
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Education and state
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Educational change
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Occupational training
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Vocational education
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Finlay, Ian, 1952-
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Niven, Stuart
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Young, Stephanie
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| LC no. |
98020946 |
| ISBN |
0203980476 |
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9780203980477 |
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9786610224234 |
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6610224234 |
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9780415181433 |
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0415181437 |
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