Simon McGrath
New VET Theories for New Times: The Critical Capabilities Approach to Vocational Education and Training and its Potential for Theorising a Transformed and Transformational VET
McGrath, Simon; Powell, Lesley; Alla-Mensah, Joyceline; Hilal, Randa; Suart, Rebecca
Authors
Lesley Powell
Joyceline Alla-Mensah
Randa Hilal
Rebecca Suart
Abstract
There is a growing sense that the orthodox set of theories and policies for VET don’t work. This is particularly true in the South where all such Northern theories and policies face the common problem of being constructed for other contexts and then imported. In the light of persistent poverty and inequality; widespread precarious and indecent work; continued concerns about educational access, retention and achievement; and a rising environmental crisis, VET must be transformed to address a new and challenging set of objectives. Here, we offer an exploration of a theoretical approach to VET research that has emerged in the past decade and which offers new insights into how VET can be transformed in order to contribute to the wider transformation agenda around sustainable human development. This is what we term the critical capabilities account of vocational education and training, CCA-VET. We will argue that it is one fertile route towards new thinking about transforming VET in order to support a transformation agenda.
Citation
McGrath, S., Powell, L., Alla-Mensah, J., Hilal, R., & Suart, R. (2020). New VET Theories for New Times: The Critical Capabilities Approach to Vocational Education and Training and its Potential for Theorising a Transformed and Transformational VET. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2020.1786440
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 17, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 25, 2020 |
Publication Date | Jun 25, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Jun 26, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 26, 2021 |
Journal | Journal of Vocational Education and Training |
Print ISSN | 1363-6820 |
Electronic ISSN | 1747-5090 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 1-22 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2020.1786440 |
Keywords | Comparative VET; vet and development; philosophy of VET; policy Issues; vocational education & training |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4462062 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13636820.2020.1786440 |
Additional Information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Vocational Education & Training on 25 June 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13636820.2020.1786440. |
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