Changing the training culture: lessons from Anglo‐German comparisons of vocational education and training

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This article is based upon research from an interlocking series of projects funded by the Anglo‐German Foundation and the Leverhulme Trust over the last five years. Our Anglo‐German comparative analysis leads us to promulgate a policy for our vocational education and training which differs significantly from the German. This is because we believe that rather than copying parts of the system, we should focus upon trying to develop underlying values supportive of a training culture. We argue that while an employer‐led approach may help maintain a high skills equilibrium, an education‐driven strategy is necessary to move England and Wales from its current low skills equilibrium. One final caution is that in places the style may appear prescriptive about, for example, German practice. Such comments are underpinned by research evidence, which is reported in detail elsewhere (Bynner and Roberts, 1991, Evans and Heinz, 1993). They provide a broad canvas for our argument for a re‐orientation of our vocational education and training. The argument here is boldly stated. We hope it stimulates debate.

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