Continental selections? Institutional actors and market mechanisms in post-16 education in England

Esmond, Bill

doi:10.1080/13596748.2019.1596434

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“…Skill formation research has paid particular attention to three broad types of political economy systems, i.e. liberal market economies represented by Anglo-Saxon countries including the US, the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand; coordinated market economies exemplified by Germany, Austria and the Nordic countries, such as Sweden and Demark and developmental state economies of Japan and the four “Asian dragons” including Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore (Ashton et al , 1999; Bonoli and Wilson, 2019; Esmond, 2019; Fleckenstein and Lee, 2018; Haggard, 2018; Hall and Soskice, 2001; Thelen, 2004).…”

Section: Political Economy Of Skill Formationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The labour market is less regulated and determines wage levels together with macroeconomic policies (Hall and Soskice, 2001). Therefore, liberal skill formation system delegates vocational training and workplace learning to employers and individuals through market mechanisms (Busemeyer and Trampusch, 2012; Esmond, 2019). State plays a subordinate role through matching skills produced by the VET system with those demanded by the market (Ashton and Green, 1996; Fleckenstein and Lee, 2018).…”

Section: Political Economy Of Skill Formationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Positioning construction workers' vocational training of Guangdong in the global political-economic spectrum of skill formation

Pan

Zhan

2021

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PurposeThis paper explores the vocational training of construction workers in Guangdong Province of China and identifies its position in the global political-economic spectrum of skill formation.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews construction vocational education and training (VET) of major political economies to develop a theoretical framework that guides an in-depth case study of Guangdong. Document analysis, field trip observations, meetings and semi-structured interviews were combined to explore the political-economic environment, political stakeholders and quality assurance mechanisms of industrial training in Guangdong's construction sector. The findings were compared with construction VET of other economies reported in the literature.FindingsConstruction training in Guangdong is deeply rooted in the local history and culture, under strong dominance of the state, while continually evolves to respond to the fluid market and therefore can be conceptualised as “market-in-state”. The political stakeholders are embedded within the state to ensure that skills policies are implemented in-line with industry policies. The differences between the training of Guangdong and its foreign counterparts are attributed to their divergent political-economic models.Research limitations/implicationsAs the case study was undertaken only with Guangdong, the generalisability of its findings can be improved through future research within a broader context of multiple provinces of China through both qualitative and quantitative research approaches.Practical implicationsPlausible foreign VET approaches are likely adaptable to the Chinese context only when conducive political-economic environment could be enabled. The findings are useful for developing countries to learn from the VET experience of industrialised economies. Construction workers' training in Guangdong can be improved by strengthening labour regulation at lower subcontracting levels and ensuring the presence of industrial associations and unions for collective training supervision.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the field of construction engineering and management with a theoretical framework that guides empirical studies on the influence of the political-economic environment upon the ways political stakeholders develop and participate in construction VET. The exploration based on this framework revealed the position of the vocational training of construction workers in Guangdong in the global political-economic spectrum of skill formation.

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Section: Political Economy Of Skill Formationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Political Economy Of Skill Formationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Positioning construction workers' vocational training of Guangdong in the global political-economic spectrum of skill formation

Pan

Zhan

2021

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“…Entre los aspectos metodológicos reportados, se reportan las siguientes técnicas o formas de indagación y recolección de información (Chakravarthy y Siva, 2019; Costa y Torkomian, 2015;Esmond, 2019;Haripriya, Kahvenson y Chirkina, 2018;Lagos, Cárdenas y Nass, 2018;Litzinger y Dunn, 2015;Parvadhavardhini y Avinash, 2017;Patwardhan, Mallya, Sharma y Pandher, 2018…”

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“…Se reportan estudiantes de acervos tradicionales poco representados en el resto de la educación superior: poblaciones vulnerables o en riesgo, jóvenes inmigrantes y otros, como parte de algunas estrategias para disminuir los índices de desempleo en diferentes lugares. De los mismos también se indagan, en algunos casos, sus itinerarios educativos (Esmond, 2019;Fe-rreira y Raitz, 2017;Haripriya, Chakravarthy y Siva, 2019;Villalba, Castilla y Redondo-Duarte, 2018).…”

Section: Población De Estudiantes En Programas De Formación Técnica Y Vocacionalunclassified

“…• Estrategias puntuales de enseñanza o de desarrollo de contenidos y habilidades: aula invertida, tutoría con ayuda de pares en estudiantes con limitaciones físicas, solución de problemas y aprendizaje basado en problemas (ABP) (Esmond, 2019;Ferreira, Costa, Farias y Kroning, 2017;Havelka, Kropáč, Serafín, Chráska, & Částková, 2015).…”

Section: Estrategias Pedagógicasunclassified

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