Overcoming vocational prejudice: how can skills competitions improve the attractiveness of vocational education and training in the UK?
| Autor: | Maia Chankseliani, Susan James Relly, Andrea Laczik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Attractiveness
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Social change 050301 education Competitor analysis Public relations 0506 political science Education Competition (economics) Information deficit model Excellence Political science Vocational education Pedagogy 050602 political science & public administration Prejudice business 0503 education media_common |
| Popis: | Raising the attractiveness of vocational education and training (VET) has been on the UK as well as the European agenda for some time, primarily for economic and social development reasons. However, little is known about the role of skills competitions in improving the attractiveness of VET. This study uses data from 110 interviews with WorldSkills competitors and their associates to examine the potential contributions of skills competitions to revitalise VET in the UK. Adopting the enhancement strategy we propose that the experiences of young people who have been internationally recognised for excellence in their respective vocations are inspiring for others. Such experiences have the potential to refocus the attention from a deficit model of VET to the level of excellence that can be achieved through competitions. However, the enhancement strategy in and of itself is not enough to raise the attractiveness of VET. To do so requires consistent policy efforts oriented on spreading excellence throughout the entire VET sector. The ultimate disruption of the policy cycle that perpetuates the existing vocational/academic divide may be achieved through a systemic approach that builds upon the examples of vocational excellence. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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