Past event
Vocationalism?: Past, Present And Future
Registration online is now closed. However if you would still like to attend this event please email enquiries@bera.ac.uk.
Programme:
| 09.45 – 10.00 | Registration, tea and coffee |
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10.00 – 10.15 |
Welcome and Introduction by the organisers Jill Jameson, University of Greenwich and Sai Loo, UCL Institute of Education, University College London |
| 10.15 – 12.15 | Vocationalism and academic drift – the conflict at the heart of apprenticeship policy Anna Mazenod, Université Paris-Dauphine, London |
| Understanding the FE Sector as a Strategic Action Field Norman Crowther, Association of Teachers and Lecturers and Norman Lucas, IOE Institute of Education, University College London |
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| When is a job considered an ‘occupation ‘and what effect do these assumptions have on training? Erica Smith, Federation University Australia |
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| ‘Reasonable adjustment’: Is it a way forward to manage diversity and equity issues in Vocational Education and Training? Sonal Nakar, Griffith University, Australia |
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| 12.15 – 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 – 14.30 | Differentiating vocational knowledge Jim Hordern, Bath Spa University |
| Vocational pedagogy, policy anxiety and practitioners’ perceptions Matt O’Leary and Rob Smith, University of Wolverhampton |
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| Vocational pedagogies: the science of teaching or the teaching of science? Janet Hobley, Oxford Brookes University |
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| 14.30 – 14.45 | Tea and coffee break |
| 14.45 – 16.15 | Manners and Empowerment: professional communication and attendant client care Tara Furlong, Designing Futures |
| Vocational education and graduates’ experiences of employment and career enactment in a neoliberal environment Tony Leach, York St John University |
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| Global Vocational Standards and Assessment for Excellence Jenny Shackleton, WorldSkills International and Sally Messenger, WorldSkills UK Legacy Projects |
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| 16.15 – 16.30 | Plenary and close of meeting |