Successes and Challenges of Employer Engagement: The New Diploma Qualification

Autor/inn/en	Huddleston, Prue; Laczik, Andrea
Titel	Successes and Challenges of Employer Engagement: The New Diploma Qualification
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 25 (2012) 4, S.403-421 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2012.708725
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; School Business Relationship; Employers; Role; Qualifications; Curriculum Development; Secondary School Curriculum; Vocational Education; Compulsory Education; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rollen; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Schulpflicht
Abstract	The involvement of business, including the engagement of employers, with the education sector, in particular across the secondary phase, has been a contested area for over 30 years. A recent example of employer engagement is the development of the new Diploma qualifications, introduced as part of the 14-19 education reform in England and supposedly, employer-designed qualifications: knowledge and transferable skills are developed in an applied context. It is argued that employer involvement in Diploma development represented an extreme manifestation of employer engagement. Research data reveal employers' enthusiasm and commitment to the task and their appreciation of being able to participate in shaping the education landscape in a significant way. At the same time the question is raised whether employers were stretched beyond their capacity. Even though a large number of employers were mobilised, there were clear insufficiencies in the process. Considering the size and spread of employers in England, the number of participating employers was small and so could not be representative. Employers were unfamiliar with the technicalities of qualifications development, and many felt that their initial vision and content suggestions were not incorporated as the qualification developed. Despite employers' good will, the question is raised about sustainability of existing employer engagement in the current economic climate, let alone its intensification. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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