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Curriculum Responsiveness in FET Colleges

Curriculum Responsiveness in FET Colleges

The global shift from vocational education and training (VET) to further education and training (FET) is more than a name change. It heralds a new strategic direction, one of educational inclusion that draws the pre-employed, employed and unemployed into multi-purpose colleges providing a far wider range of courses and programmes than they did in the past.

HSRC Press

Product Information

Format: 

210mm x 280mm (Soft Cover)

Pages: 

80

ISBN-13: 

978-07969-2036-2

Publish Year: 

2003

Rights: 

World Rights
The global shift from vocational education and training (VET) to further education and training (FET) is more than a name change. It heralds a new strategic direction, one of educational inclusion that draws the pre-employed, employed and unemployed into multi-purpose colleges providing a far wider range of courses and programmes than they did in the past.

Introduction

1. A historical perspective on FET curriculum
2. Intermediate knowledge and skill for employment
3. Intermediate knowledge and skill for self-employment
4. Practice and theory in the FET curriculum
5. Language in the FET curriculum
6. Curriculum futures in FET colleges

References

Dr Jeanne Gamble is a Research Associate in the UCT School of Education.