The Intergenerational Dimension of Credentialisation and Its Implications for Vocational Change in Education.

Moore, Rob; Trenwith, John

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ERIC Number: EJ545567

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Publication Date: 1997

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The Intergenerational Dimension of Credentialisation and Its Implications for Vocational Change in Education.

Moore, Rob; Trenwith, John

Journal of Education and Work, v10 n1 p59-71 Mar 1997

Explores how an advertising degree course had to be positioned between competing definitions of valid and relevant, academic and experiential knowledge. Locates the issues within the context of credential inflation--credentials become worth less as more people acquire them. (SK)

Descriptors: Academic Education, Business Education, Credentials, Educational Change, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Human Capital, Vocational Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand

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