Finlay, Ian;
Spours, Ken;
Steer, Richard;
Coffield, Frank;
Gregson, Maggie;
Hodgson, Ann;
(2007)
'The heart of what we do': policies on teaching, learning and assessment in the learning and skills sector.
Journal of Vocational Education and Training
, 59
(2)
pp. 137-154.
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Abstract
One of the stated aims of government policy in England is to put teaching, training,and learning at the heart of the learning and skills system. This paper provides a critical review of policies on teaching, learning and assessment in the learning and skills sector over the past five years. It draws upon data collected and analysed in the early stages of an ESRC-funded Teaching and Learning Research Programme project. Using evidence from policy sources, we argue that despite policy rhetoric about devolution of responsibility to the 'front line', the dominant 'images' that government has of putting teaching, learning and assessment at the heart of the Learning and Skills Sector involves a narrow concept of learning and skills; an idealisation of learner agency lacking an appreciation of the pivotal role of the learner/tutor relationship and a top-down view of change in which central government agencies are relied on to secure education standards.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | 'The heart of what we do': policies on teaching, learning and assessment in the learning and skills sector |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an electronic version of an article published in Finlay, Ian and Spours, Ken and Steer, Richard and Coffield, Frank and Gregson, Maggie and Hodgson, Ann (2007) 'The heart of what we do': policies on teaching, learning and assessment in the learning and skills sector. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 59 (2). pp. 137-154. Journal of Vocational Education and Training is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/13636820701342442 |
| Keywords: | Educational reform , Adults , Effectiveness of further and higher education , Markets and education , Post-compulsory educational institution (not HE) |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10001502 |
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