‘we are trying to reproduce a crafts apprenticeship’: From government blueprint to workplace-generated apprenticeship in the knowledge economy

Journal of Vocational Education and Training

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 551-574

  Guile, David ^a   Okumoto, Kaori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54949137705     PISSN: 13636820     EISSN: 17475090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13636820701651016     Document Type: Article

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