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The Fate of the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative in a Pilot School: a longitudinal case study
Author(s) -
Williams Ralph,
Yeomans David
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192930190409
Subject(s) - vocational education , demise , sociology , field (mathematics) , work (physics) , pedagogy , sample (material) , political science , economic growth , engineering , economics , mechanical engineering , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography , pure mathematics , law
This paper arises out of wider Economic and Social Research Council funded research on the legacy of the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI) in a national sample of original pilot schools. It describes and analyses the development of TVEI in one school over the period 1983‐91 and draws on field‐work at the school in 1986 and 1991. The development and demise of a radical cross‐curricular course are explained. It is argued that the particular fate of the innovation was the result of the interplay between a range of system level, local ‘market’ and in‐school factors.