The reform of post‐16 education and training and the lessons from Europe
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Education Policy
- Vol. 6 (3) , 327-339
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0268093910060306
Abstract
With the future shape of Britain's post‐16 education and training still undecided policy makers are increasingly looking abroad for new models to follow. The educational debate has become internationalized. As in the late 19th century it is the pressure of economic competition from Europe which has galvanized British interest in the relative ‘success’ of training in countries such as France and Germany. This paper examines the current use and misuse of comparative examples in British debates over reform. It analyses the systems of vocational education and training (VET) in France, Germany, and Sweden and assesses what lessons, if any, we can draw from them for the reform of British VET.Keywords
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