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Direct linkLloyd, Catherine – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2023
This study explores the approach taken to teaching agriculture in further education colleges in England. There is almost no literature that focuses specifically on this group and therefore little is known about the teaching of this specialist subject area. The article begins by providing background both to the FE sector and agriculture. It then…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Methods, Agricultural Education, Agriculture Teachers
Davies, Laura Beth – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2022
This paper explores the definition of 'bilingual provision' in vocational subjects in the Further Education sector in Wales, according to practitioners. The research is situated in the political context of the Welsh Government's policy of increasing the number of Welsh speakers to one million by 2050. The research is based on a sample of four…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Political Influences
Saunders, Mike; Fisher, Roy – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2020
This study provides a basis for deepening understandings of approaches which offer effective and enhanced learning experiences for predominantly East Asian international students following provision alongside local students in UK general further education colleges. A mixed methods approach employed a largely quantitative questionnaire to access…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Foreign Students, Access to Education, Asians
Husband, Gary; Jeffrey, Michael – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2016
This article explores the nature of provision of higher education (HE) within the further education (FE) context and discusses the prevalent cultures of delivery. Attention is drawn to the skills and pedagogic methods prevalent within FE that could offer significant benefits to the delivery of advanced-level apprenticeships and applied…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Vocational Education, Continuing Education
Dziubinski, Julian P. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
As a result of the "fragmented and largely isolated traditions of pedagogy" in the vastly diverse further education (FE) sector, initial teacher training (ITT) courses have been difficult to design and implement. Nevertheless, the historical requirement for FE teachers to possess a teaching qualification--although now removed--has raised…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Models, Preservice Teachers, Professional Continuing Education
Duckworth, Vicky; Brzeski, Angela – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
In the UK, further education (FE) colleges play a key role in providing literacy programmes. This article draws upon our research in FE, with a focus on literacy, learning and identity, to explore how different learners are positioned differently depending on the value of the literacy practices they bring with them from home. Indeed, it is…
Descriptors: Literacy, Neoliberalism, Self Concept, Outcomes of Education
Parsons, Anastassia – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2017
The research examines further education (FE) students' engagement with virtual learning environments (VLEs) and, in particular, the barriers that may affect the students' access and use of Moodle. To date, existing research related to VLEs has been conducted primarily within higher education (HE) contexts. In contrast, this study explores the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Access to Education, Continuing Education, Student Needs
Huddleston, Prue – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2010
This paper questions the assumption underpinning recent government initiatives, both at national and international level, that the Further Education Sector is "an enterprise free zone". As part of the drive for global competitiveness policies to improve the business start-up rate as well as engender enterprise skills and capabilities…
Descriptors: Colleges, Entrepreneurship, Teaching Methods, Competition
