Government, markets, and vocational qualifications : an anatomy of policy /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Raggatt, Peter C. M.
Imprint:	London : Falmer Press, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 220 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Vocational qualifications -- Great Britain. National Vocational Qualifications (Great Britain) National Vocational Qualifications (Great Britain) Vocational qualifications. Great Britain. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11178413

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Other authors / contributors:	Williams, Steve, 1968-
ISBN:	0203487265 9780203487266 0585452776 9780585452777 0750709162 0750709170 9781135701765 1135701768 9780750709170 (hbk.) 9780750709163 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Looks at the initial implementation of NVQs and GNVQs and at the considerable problems encountered. It also examines how the policies were sustained.
Other form:	Print version: Raggatt, Peter C.M. Government, markets, and vocational qualifications. London : Falmer Press, 1999

Table of Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Vocational Qualifications Past and Present; Towards a Competence-based System: Contextualizing the Reform of Vocational Qualifications; 'Motherhood and Apple Pie': The Review of Vocational Qualifications in England and Wales 1985 1986; Ambiguity Resolved: The Implementation of NVQ Policy 1987 1989; Embedding the Reforms: NVQ and SVQ Policy 1990 1993; Coherence for 16- to 19-Year-Olds: The Origins and Development of GNVQ Policy.

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