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Preparation for Life? - Vocationalism and the Equal Opportunities Challenge (Paperback)
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Preparation for Life? - Vocationalism and the Equal Opportunities Challenge (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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First published in 1997, this volume contributes to the debate on
the ground-breaking Technical and Vocational Education Initiative
(TVEI) introduced by Margaret Thatcher by exploring the
implications of its equal opportunities policy. The scheme was
announced in 1982, piloted in 1983, extended nationally in 1987 and
ended in 1997. It responded to criticisms that the education system
was failing to meet the needs of employers and committed to equal
opportunities for boys and girls along with increasing access to
technology at the genesis of the computing era. The TVEI
represented the first major intervention by central Government in
curriculum development in England and was organised on a local
authority level. The author, Sue Heath, had experienced mixed
messages for what students of each gender could expect to achieve
and she remained fascinated by the implications of the TVEI for
1980s school curriculums. Based on research begun in 1989, the
volume reassesses the significance of the TEVI as a landmark policy
in education. Heath examines areas including vocationalism, the
issue of gender, implementing the TVEI locally, the curricular
experiences of TVEI pupils and whether the TVEI succeeded in
preparing students for the world of work and later life.
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