Vocational Education

Linda Clarke is Professor of European Industrial Relations at the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, where she undertakes research on training, skills, wage and labour relations in Europe, particularly in the construction sector. Her publications include: A Blueprint for Change: construction skills training in Britain (1998) and, as co-editor, The Dynamics of Wage Relations in the New Europe (2000).Christopher Winch is Professor of Educational Philosophy and Policy at King’s College, London. He has wide-ranging interests in the Philosophy of Education and in the aims, content and pedagogy of vocational education. His publications include The Philosophy of Human Learning (1998), Education, Work and Social Capital (2000) and Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking (2005).

• 1. Introduction Part A: Historical Developments 2. The Role of the State in Vocational Education: A Political Analysis of the History of vocational education in the Netherlands 3. Vocational Education in France: A Turbulent History and Peripheral Role 4. The German Philosophy of Vocational Education 5. The Emergence and Reinforcement of Class and Gender Divisions in Vocational Education Part B: Contrasting Approaches to VET 6. School Reform in America: Can Dewey’s Ideas Save High School Vocational Education? 7. Under American Influence?: The Making of Modern German Training in Large Berlin Enterprises at the Beginning of the 20th Century 8. Towards a New Paradigm of Vocational Learning 9. 14-19 and Lifelong Learning: Distinguishing between Academic and Vocational Learning Part C: Valuing VET 10. Vocational Education, Work and the Aims of Economic Activity 11. Social Justice and Vocational Education 12. The Multiple Paradoxes of State Power in the English Education and Training System 13. New Developments in Continuing Vocational Education and Training Reform in France 14. Workers’ Education in the Twentieth Century British Labour Movement: Class, Union and Role