Dearing and Beyond : 14-19 Qualifications, Frameworks and Systems

ISBN-13: 9780749421601 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 224 str.

Ann Hodgson; University of L Ken (both of Institute of Education Spours; Ann Hodgson

Opis

Concern about the purpose, shape and effectiveness of the 14-19 qualification system is not new, but debate and pressure for reform have intensified. The Dearing Review of qualifications was hoped to be a way of focusing this debate and forging some kind of concensus for reform. This book demonstrates that the debate continues, and there is as yet no consensus either on the future shape of the 14-19 qualifications structure or on the steps and stages of reform.

Focuses on the 14-19 curriculum and qualification debates around the Dearing Review. It identifies the main parameters of this area of policy development for the future and argues strongly for a staged process to reform which ultimately leads to a unified 14-19 qualifications system.

Spis treści

From the 1991 White Paper to Dearing Report - a conceptual and historical framework; tracks and frameworks - an assessment of the Dearing proposals; A levels and the general education track; GNVQs and up-grading the full-time vocational route; YT, Modern Apprenticeships and NVQs; using credit for qualification reform; core skills and breadth in the post-curriculum - an international comparison; modularization and frameworks?; asessment and achievement; student guidance for lifelong learning; value-added and institutional strategies for supporting student learning; the Scottish experience of reform; from a framework approach to a unified system.

O autorze

Hodgson, Ann, ; Spours, Ken (both of Institute of Education, University of London),