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Some Sociological Alternatives to Human Capital Theory and Their Implications for Research on Post-Compulsory Education and Training.
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Fevre, Ralph; Rees, Gareth; Gorard, Stephen – Journal of Education and Work, 1999
Based on research in South Wales, a sociological theory of participation in education and training is developed, identifying types of orientations: functional avoidance, instrumental credentialism, and vocational transformation. The inclusion of sociological insights in human-capital development policy is recommended. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Job Training, Motivation
Notes towards a Social Theory of Lifetime Learning: History, Place, and the Learning Society. Patterns of Participation in Adult Education and Training. Working Paper 6.
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Rees, Gareth; Fevre, Ralph; Furlong, John; Gorard, Stephen – 1997
This working paper is a product of a regional study in industrial South Wales of the determinants of participation and non-participation in post-compulsory education and training, with special reference to processes of change in the patterns of these determinants over time and to variations between geographical areas. Discussion begins with an…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Attendance Patterns, Developed Nations
Some Sociological Alternatives to Human Capital Theory and Their Implications for Research on Post-Compulsory Education and Training. Patterns of Participation in Adult Education and Training. Working Paper 3.
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Fevre, Ralph – 1997
This working paper is a product of a regional study in industrial South Wales of the determinants of participation and non-participation in post-compulsory education and training, with special reference to processes of change in the patterns of these determinants over time and to variations between geographical areas. Based on this data, three…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Attendance Patterns, Credentials, Economic Development