Knowing and doing vocational education and training reform: Evidence, learning and the policy process

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 696-708

  McGrath, Simon ^a,b   Lugg, Rosemary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Cambridge Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Policy; Research; VET

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; POLICY MAKING; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 84860919913     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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