This title sets current policy and practice concerns against the backdrop of community education and employs case studies to chart the developments and changes that have taken place in further education.
This title sets current policy and practice concerns against the backdrop of community education and employs case studies to chart the developments an...
What are the values and policies which are driving the development of Further Education institutions? The rapid expansion and development of the post-compulsory sector of education means that further education institutions have to cope with ever-evolving government policies. This book comprehensively examines the current trends in further education by means of both policy analysis and research in the field. It offers an insightful evaluation of FE colleges today, set against the background of New Labour Lifelong Learning initiatives and, in particular, the links between college and...
What are the values and policies which are driving the development of Further Education institutions? The rapid expansion and development of the p...
In recent decades, education at all levels has been seriously impoverished by a growing obsession with standards, targets, skills and competences. According to this model, only a circumscribed range of basic cognitive skills and competences are the business of education, whose main role is to provide employability credentials for people competing for jobs in the global economy. The result is a one-dimensional, economistic and bleakly utilitarian conception of the educational task. In Mindfulness and Learning: Celebrating the Affective Dimension of Education, Terry Hyland...
In recent decades, education at all levels has been seriously impoverished by a growing obsession with standards, targets, skills and competences. ...
In recent decades, education at all levels has been seriously impoverished by a growing obsession with standards, targets, skills and competences. According to this model, only a circumscribed range of basic cognitive skills and competences are the business of education, whose main role is to provide employability credentials for people competing for jobs in the global economy. The result is a one-dimensional, economistic and bleakly utilitarian conception of the educational task. In Mindfulness and Learning: Celebrating the Affective Dimension of Education, Terry Hyland...
In recent decades, education at all levels has been seriously impoverished by a growing obsession with standards, targets, skills and competences. ...
