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dc.contributor.convenorPaul Hagar
dc.contributor.authorWheelahan, Leesa
dc.contributor.editorPaul Hagar & Geof Hawke
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:59:38Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:59:38Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2009-11-02T05:21:20Z
dc.identifier.refurihttp://www.projects.education.uts.edu.au/RWL4/RWL4Papers/7371.doc
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/2517
dc.description.abstractThis paper argues that neo-liberal market-oriented reform to vocational education and training (and also other sectors of education) is much more than a tool for intensifying the work of VET teachers, through making them more 'responsive' and their institutions more 'effective and efficient'. The aim of these policies is the creation of the 'market citizen'. This leads to transformation of subjectivities and the way in which individuals develop and shape their sense of identity, their orientation to their vocation, their relationship to knowledge and practice, and the way in which they recognise themselves and others (Bernstein, 2000; Ball, 2003). The 'generic skills' sought by government and employers are market-oriented skills. This changes the focus of education and training from preparing students for a vocation to preparing them for markets. As a consequence, vocational knowledge is downplayed. Market reforms also distort the nature of provision, the structure and focus of qualifications, and the way in which employers decide to provide, and individuals to undertake, further education and training. This paper presents an alternative model, which argues that learning for work needs to go beyond work, that learning needs to be oriented to a vocation, and that learning needs to occur over a variety of contexts (and not just learning at work).
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUTS
dc.publisher.placeSydney
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.education.uts.edu.au/research/index.html
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.oval.uts.edu.au/rwl4/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencename4th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleRWL4 Researching Work & Learning
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2005-12-12
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2005-12-14
dc.relation.ispartoflocationSydney
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode330103
dc.titleHow markets distort decisions to undertake education, vocational knowledge, provision & qualifications
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2005. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owner for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher's website or contact the author.
gro.date.issued2005
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gro.griffith.authorWheelahan, Leesa M.


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