ERIC Number: ED470912
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1998-Oct
Pages: 47
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Apprenticeship: A Strategy for Growth.
Steedman, Hilary; Gospel, Howard; Ryan, Paul
The recent history of apprenticeship in Great Britain was examined to identify the issues arising from the latest reforms and future expansion of the system. A team of university academics with strong research interests in training and skills collected information from a large body of academic work in the field of apprenticeship and training and from the contributions of participants at a 1-day seminar. The analysis established that, although the British apprenticeship model of learning and training still enjoys status, failure to modernize and reform the apprenticeship system in the 1970s-1980s has led to a serious decline in numbers trained. The Modern Apprenticeship model was deemed a sound foundation for progress, and a number of ways of further strengthening it were identified. The following policy recommendations were offered: (1) target higher numbers for apprenticeship; (2) improve training content and assessment; (3) develop new pathways leading to apprenticeship; (4) develop new pathways leading from apprenticeship to higher education and full professional status; (5) strengthen sector bodies and employer organizations; (6) encourage employer cooperation to guarantee product and service standards to the consumer; (7) guarantee government financial support for Modern Apprenticeship to all who undertake to train to the required standard; and (8) rethink apprentice status and remuneration. (MN)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Continuing Education, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Government Role, Government School Relationship, Job Training, Models, Needs Assessment, Outcomes of Education, Policy Formation, Postsecondary Education, Program Content, Public Policy, School Business Relationship, State of the Art Reviews, Student Evaluation, Systems Approach, Trend Analysis, Vocational Education
For full text: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/special/apprenticeship.pdf.
Publication Type: Opinion Papers
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Language: English
Sponsor: Economic and Social Research Council, Lancaster (England).
Authoring Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science (England). Centre for Economic Performance.
Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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