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In Pursuit of Equity Vocational Education and Training and Social Justice
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Avis, James – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2023
The paper problematises conceptualisations of Vocational Education and Training (VET) and its relationship to social justice by examining a number of debates. It explores a post-structural policy analysis which is sensitive to the manner in which, through research, we constitute the object of our inquiry and as a result of this process subtly…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Vocational Education, Social Justice, Educational Policy
Vocational Education, Transitions, Marginalisation and Social Justice in the Nordic Countries: Reflections on the Special Issue
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Avis, James – European Educational Research Journal, 2019
This paper engages with and reflects on the arguments developed by contributors to the special issue. These papers serve to provide a corrective to English and, on occasion, European perceptions, which often view the Nordic countries as being all of a piece and beacons of progressivism. The contributors provide analyses that not only point to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Social Justice, Neoliberalism
A Note on Class, Dispositions and Radical Politics
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Avis, James – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2018
This paper has set itself a number of tasks. The starting point is with Smyth and Simmons' discussion of the affective dispositions of the working class. Rather than exploring the dispositions of members of the working class, the paper examines the attribution of these, not only to the working class but also to other groups. Research addressing…
Descriptors: Working Class, Social Systems, Ideology, Politics of Education
Youth Transitions, VET and the "Making" of Class: Changing Theorisations for Changing Times?
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Avis, James; Atkins, Liz – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2017
The paper places youth transitions and vocational education and training (VET) within the global policy context in which economic competiveness is hegemonic. It compares research from the 1970s/80s, which explored young peoples' lived experiences of VET and youth training schemes with contemporary work on similar themes. It argues that there are…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Working Class
Crossing Boundaries: VET, the Labour Market and Social Justice
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Avis, James – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2018
Purpose: The paper explores the relationship between vocational education and training (VET), the labour market and social justice in the current conjuncture. Approach: The paper adopts an approach rooted in critical policy analysis. It consequently sets the discussion within the wider socio-economic and political context. Such an approach enables…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Labor Market, Social Change, Vocational Education
HE in FE: Vocationalism, Class and Social Justice
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Avis, James; Orr, Kevin – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2016
The paper draws on the Wolf (2015) report ("Heading for the Precipice: Can Further and Higher Education Funding Policies Be Sustained?") and other quantitative data, specifically that derived from HEFCE's Participation of Local Area (POLAR) classifications. In addition it explores key literature and debates that associate higher…
Descriptors: Social Class, Social Justice, Higher Education, Continuing Education