Where to Now for Vocational Education and Training in Africa?

Autor/in	McGrath, Simon
Titel	Where to Now for Vocational Education and Training in Africa?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Training Research, 9 (2011) 1-2, S.35-48 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1448-0220
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Educational Development; Educational Policy; Educational Philosophy; Educational Research; Educational History; African Studies; Professional Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Bildungsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Berufliche Fachbildung; Berufliche Fortbildung
Abstract	Vocational education and training (VET) has returned to the list of policy priorities for education in Africa after an absence of a quarter of a century, yet there has been no new research that overturns the existing orthodox position that such provision, whether during or after schooling, is inefficient and ineffective. This paper addresses this apparent contradiction. It revisits the existing arguments against African VET to consider whether they have continued salience. It suggests that what is needed is a new approach to thinking about VET in Africa that takes account of innovations in theory, policy and practice about VET in other regions and in the wider field of African development theory. It offers a discussion of three areas in which a new approach might develop: reviewing the international evidence on VET reform; reimagining the purpose of VET; and revisiting the head-hand division and its implications for vocationalism in schools. (Contains 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10