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James, Laura; Guile, David; Unwin, Lorna – Journal of Education and Work, 2013
For over a decade policy-makers have claimed that advanced industrial societies should develop a knowledge-based economy (KBE) in response to economic globalisation and the transfer of manufacturing jobs to lower cost countries. In the UK, this vision shaped New Labour's policies for vocational education and training (VET), higher education and…
Descriptors: Knowledge Economy, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
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Wiegand, Patrick; Stiell, Bernadette – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1997
Summarizes the results of an experiment that asks 363 postgraduate student teachers in England to draw a sketch map of the British Isles. The maps were scored in terms of the number and definition of coastal features drawn and the relative area of the constituent political units. (MJP)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching