Beyond competence : the National Council for Vocational Qualifications framework and the challenge to higher education in the new millennium /

Beyond competence : the National Council for Vocational Qualifications framework and the challenge to higher education in the new millennium /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gokulsing, K. Moti.
Imprint:	Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Avebury, c1996.
Description:	vii, 128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Vocational qualifications -- Great Britain. Vocational qualifications -- Great Britain -- Evaluation. National Vocational Qualifications (Great Britain) Vocational qualifications. Vocational qualifications -- Evaluation. Great Britain.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2500170

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Other authors / contributors:	Ainley, Patrick. Tysome, Tony. National Council for Vocational Qualifications.
ISBN:	1859723519
Notes:	Appendices: p. [81]-113. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-122) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Towards a learning society?
Forwards or Fordways?
Society in a new state
Learning to survive
From vision to reality
Conclusion
What are NVQs and GNVQs?
Creation and development: the driving forces behind NVQs/GNVQs
The academic/vocational divide
Credit Accumulation and Transfer and flexible learning
Further education
Stumbling blocks and problems
The GNVQ explosion
Higher level qualifications
The response of professional bodies
The response of higher education and conclusion