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Age and Participation in Vocational Education and Training

Work, Employment & Society, 2001
In recent years increasing attention has been paid to the problems faced by older workers in the UK labour market. In this paper we examine the issue of older workers' participation in vocational training and education, drawing upon data from the Labour Force Survey.
Taylor, Philip, Urwin, Peter
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Postgraduate Education and Vocational Training

1983
‘It was once true that the practice of medicine did not greatly change between qualification and retirement; but nothing could be further from the truth now.’ Awareness of the accuracy of this quotation from the Report of the Steering Committee was probably the most important reason why so many doctors became Foundation Members of the College.
George Swift, Donald Irvine
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Vocational Education and Training in Asia

2003
General or vocational education? This is a ‘tough choice’ in many developing countries (Yang, 1998, p. 289). In the human capital framework, general education is said to create ‘general human capital’ and vocational and technical education ‘specific human capital’ (Becker, 1964).
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Empiricism in vocational education and training

Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1996
(1996). Empiricism in vocational education and training. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 40-56.
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Vocational Education and Training in India

International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2016
Failure in the training market may result from credit constraints and the inability to insure against labor income uncertainty, deterring potential trainees, or labor market imperfections that create external benefits for Indian industries. This paper constructs a model of a training market affected by both problems, and examines the rationale for ...
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Vocational Education and Training

2001
In this article we look at variations in the ways in which vocational education and training have been conceptualized across cultures and time. We illustrate how these concepts have been shaped by social, political and economic agendas, and how the agendas relate to the changing nature of work and constructions of what constitutes preparation of people
Poole, M., Stevenson, John Charles
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The Future of Vocational Education and Training

1999
What changes are occurring in the social environment of vocational training and adult education and what strategies would provide an appropriate response to them? It would be nice if we knew. Unfortunately, we cannot tell what changes the future will bring, we have little idea what strategic responses will be possible and we simply do not know whether ...
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The Social Status of Vocational Education and Training in Switzerland: Information Brochure for Professionals in Vocational Education and Training

2018
KOF Studies ...
Bolli, Thomas, Rageth, Ladina, Renold, Ursula   +2 more
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An Overview of Vocational Education and Training

2010
In this chapter, the opening chapter of the vocational education and training (VET) section, the focus is on a range of dimensions of VET, quite distinctive compared to either school education or higher education, that are important to its understanding.
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Building Future-Ready Vocational Education and Training Systems

OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training, 2023

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