Challenge of Bergsonism: Professionalism through Vocational Education and Traning (Cassell Education) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0304329878 ISBN 13: 9780304329878

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

Offers a range of related perspectives on competence issues, which should be of interest to policy-makers, practitioners, academics and researchers in the fields of teaching, social work, and youth and community work. The book includes comparisons with vo

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Synopsis

This book is an edited collection addressing competence and professionalism in Vocational Education and Training. Its prime focus is the caring professions of teaching, youth work, social work and community care. Contributors examine critically the design and operation of competence-based approaches in the contemporary British context. They explore the advantages and limitations of the dominant National Council for Vocational Qualifications model, both at a theoretical level and through analysis of practical experience in the caring professions. The book argues that this model is located firmly within technically reational, managerial approaches and, despite good intentions and some useful ideas, is fundamentally flawed. The authors consider alternative approaches to competence, drawn from principles of professionalism, and conclude with some clear pointers to ways in which professional development in the caring professions should be advanced. Phil Hodkinson is Principal Lecturer in Education at the Crewe and Alsager Faculty of Manchester Metropolitan University.Mary Issis is a Senior Lecturer in Youth and Community Work at the Crewe and Alsager Faculty of Manchester Metropolitan University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0304329878
• ISBN 13: 9780304329878
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172
• Editor: Hodkinson Phil