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Vocational Education and Training for Development: A Policy in Need of a Theory?
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McGrath, Simon – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
The current decade has seen a significant return of interest in vocational education and training (VET) amongst the international policy community. This rise in policy and programmatic interest in VET's role in development, however, stands in contrast to the state of the academic debate. Whilst there have continued to be both policy and academic…
Descriptors: International Education, Debate, Vocational Education, Educational Development