Policies and Strategies for Workforce Development: Encouraging a Customised Approach

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Linda; Hillage, Jim; Newton, Becci; Jagger, Nick
Titel	Policies and Strategies for Workforce Development: Encouraging a Customised Approach
Quelle	In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 10 (2005) 3, S.287-304 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-6748
Schlagwörter	Qualifications; Vocational Education; Educational Strategies; Educational Policy; Labor Force Development; Training Methods; Policy Analysis; Pilot Projects; Best Practices; Industrial Training; Achievement Gains; Competency Based Education; Instructional Design; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Lehrstrategie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Arbeitskräftebestand; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Politikfeldanalyse; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Gewerblich-industrielle Ausbildung; Industriebetriebslehre; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article reviews recent policies and government initiatives that have aimed to improve the uptake of vocational qualifications amongst hard-to-reach groups in the working population. The Employer Training Pilots and the Sector Skills Pilots have been designed to trial new ways of engaging employers in training and encouraging the take-up of qualifications and thereby improve the skills base of the working population. A feature adopted by some providers involved in these initiatives, and viewed as instrumental in assisting with take-up, is the approach that has become known as the assess-train-assess (ATA) model. This involves initial assessment of the learner's existing skills, identification of any skills gap and training customised to meet the individual's needs, followed by assessment to establish the extent to which the "gap" has been filled. Research commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills to explore good practice in ATA is described. Data from the Employer Training Pilots is then analysed to examine the role of ATA in the attainment of awards. (Contains 3 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10