Technicism, Teachers and Teaching Quality in Vocational Education and Training.

Hodkinson, Phil

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ERIC Number: EJ568195

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Publication Date: 1998

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Technicism, Teachers and Teaching Quality in Vocational Education and Training.

Hodkinson, Phil

Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, v50 n2 p193-207 1998

Post-Fordist notions of people as the most important organizational resource are congruent with teacher professionalism. However, government vocational education policies are dominated by technical rationalism, which treats teachers as technicians to be controlled. (SK)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Role, Job Training, Public Policy, Teacher Effectiveness, Vocational Education

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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