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Direct linkEsmond, Bill – Studies in Continuing Education, 2021
Where young people's upper-secondary education spans work and institutional domains, questions arise about learning across both spheres and its guidance. Theoretical accounts of 'boundary crossing' have explored how vocational teachers can integrate learning across domains by drawing on extended concepts and theoretical knowledge to solve…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Vocational Education, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Download full textCedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2021
In a context of considerable interest in apprenticeship in recent years, Cedefop and the OECD decided to explore its future from the perspective of a number of megatrends, including sociodemographic changes, the accelerated adoption of emerging technologies and new forms of work organisation. They also considered how these trends have affected,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Futures (of Society), Educational Trends
Nottingham, Paula – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
The renewed emphasis on developing flexible learning practices in higher education (HE) underscores the importance of understanding pedagogies for students who are based in the workplace or undertake significant work-related elements of study. This paper draws on research that explores how work-based learning (WBL) pedagogy operates in UK HE using…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Observation
Parry, Gareth – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2015
Distinctions between academic, vocational and professional education inform but do not define the divisions of English higher education. Nevertheless, there are zones where courses, qualifications and institutions are specifically oriented to the world of work. These include most short-cycle higher education, large parts of undergraduate and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Skill Development, Employment Potential
Mullin, Teresa – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
There is an assumption that e-learning is considered as a valued resource with great potential. This research explores how hairdressing apprentices experience vocational e-learning and makes recommendations on how good practice can be shared. An estimated 35,000 hairdressing and barber salons account for a quarter of a million UK workers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Cosmetology, Apprenticeships
Orr, Kevin; Simmons, Robin – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: This paper problematises the experience of trainee teachers in further education (FE) colleges in England. It focuses on colleges as employers and developers of their own teaching staff, 90 per cent of whom are trained "in-service", while in paid employment. The paper aims to explore how a shift towards more expansive workplace…
Descriptors: Evidence, Employment Practices, Adult Education, Education Work Relationship
