Education and Training: Is There Any Longer a Useful Distinction?.

Hager, Paul; Laurent, John

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ERIC Number: EJ415989

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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Education and Training: Is There Any Longer a Useful Distinction?

Hager, Paul; Laurent, John

Vocational Aspect of Education, v42 n112 p53-60 Aug 1990

Although education and training were distinct concepts when Taylorism dominated the workplace, it is no longer appropriate to separate them. Today's highly competitive environment requires the education of a flexible, multiskilled workforce, not training for narrowly defined employment tasks. (SK)

Descriptors: Job Skills, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Vocational Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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