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Riding the Waves of Policy? The Case of Basic Skills in Adult and Community Learning in England
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Hodgson, Ann; Edward, Sheila; Gregson, Maggie – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2007
This paper draws on data from secondary sources and in-depth interviews to explore the question: What is the impact of policy on teaching, learning, assessment and inclusion in Adult and Community Learning (ACL) "Skills for Life" (SfL) provision? In particular, it focuses on the government's use of five policy-steering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Transformational Leadership
Mediation, Translation and Local Ecologies: Understanding the Impact of Policy Levers on FE Colleges
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Spours, Ken; Coffield, Frank; Gregson, Maggie – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2007
This article reports the views of managers and tutors on the role of policy "levers" on teaching, learning, and inclusion in colleges of Further Education (FE) in our research project, "The impact of policy on learning and inclusion in the Learning and Skills Sector (LSS)." Using data from five research visits conducted over…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Translation, Educational Policy, Government Role