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Peer reviewedFevre, 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
Download full textRees, 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
