Gomery, D;
(2019)
University Technical Colleges: Pedagogy Meets Market Demands.
In:
Pedagogical concerns and market demands in VET. Proceedings of the 3rd Crossing Boundaries in VET conference Vocational Education and Training Network - VETNET.
(pp. pp. 34-44).
VETNET
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Abstract
There is growing global interest in how countries help prepare young people for participation in the world of work. In seeking to understand the relationship between schooling and ‘readiness’ for work this paper examines University Technical College (UTC) leaders’ perceptions when operating in a ‘demand-led’ quasi-market system in England. Key findings highlight the complexity and interrelatedness of the perceived competitive environment, populated by a range of pressures, tensions, and challenges. Despite working in a ‘messy’ culture and environment, these leaders continued to believe in the technical education on offer, and its value in meeting students’ needs. Many students across the research sample had broadly similar profiles, leading to suggestions that some UTCs may operate, inadvertently, as a form of social segregation. A salient finding was the effectiveness of the quasi-market to generate perceptions of competition between providers, irrespective of a UTC’s ‘niche’ technical education offer, the valued knowledge exchange between sponsors and students, the state of the art buildings and industry standard equipment, and employer demand for a skilled workforce.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | University Technical Colleges: Pedagogy Meets Market Demands |
| Event: | 3rd Crossing Boundaries in VET conference Vocational Education and Training Network |
| Location: | Valencia, Spain |
| Dates: | 2nd-3rd May 2019 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781095157909 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.2641684 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2641684 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2019. This is an Open Access publication, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). |
| Keywords: | university technical colleges; quasi-market; pedagogical concerns; leaders’ belief in technical education; social segregation |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10087728 |
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