Learning at Work and in the Workplace: Reflections on Paul Hager's advocacy of work-based learning

TY - JOUR

T1 - Learning at Work and in the Workplace: Reflections on Paul Hager's advocacy of work-based learning

AU - Winch, Christopher

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - Sound initial vocational education is an important precondition for subsequent episodes of vocational education or professional development. The presence of strong occupational identities and labour markets is argued to be a precondition for high-quality initial vocational education and training (IVET) and continuing vocational education and training (CVET) in many countries. The question of whether occupational identity and boundaries are in decline or are relatively stable is examined in relation to the UK and to northern European countries, particularly Germany. A review of the evidence suggests that, in contrast to societies such as the UK where occupational identity is relatively weak, countries such as Germany where it is very strong are characterized by strong systems of IVET and relative occupational career stability. Broadly based IVET also allows for occupational mobility across intrasectoral occupational boundaries. In the UK, take-up of CVET is closely related to positive prior educational outcomes.

AB - Sound initial vocational education is an important precondition for subsequent episodes of vocational education or professional development. The presence of strong occupational identities and labour markets is argued to be a precondition for high-quality initial vocational education and training (IVET) and continuing vocational education and training (CVET) in many countries. The question of whether occupational identity and boundaries are in decline or are relatively stable is examined in relation to the UK and to northern European countries, particularly Germany. A review of the evidence suggests that, in contrast to societies such as the UK where occupational identity is relatively weak, countries such as Germany where it is very strong are characterized by strong systems of IVET and relative occupational career stability. Broadly based IVET also allows for occupational mobility across intrasectoral occupational boundaries. In the UK, take-up of CVET is closely related to positive prior educational outcomes.

KW - occupation

KW - continuing vocational education and training (CVET)

KW - initial vocational education and training (IVET)

KW - skills and qualifications

KW - transferability

KW - front loading

U2 - 10.1080/00131857.2013.763594

DO - 10.1080/00131857.2013.763594

M3 - Article

SN - 0013-1857

VL - 45

SP - 1205

EP - 1218

JO - Educational Philosophy and Theory

JF - Educational Philosophy and Theory

IS - 12

M1 - N/A

ER -