Transitions from vocational qualifications to higher education : examining inequalities /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Banerjee, Pallavi Amitava (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Myhill, Debra (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Θέματα: Vocational education.; Vocational qualifications > Evaluation.; Education, Higher.; Labor supply > Effect of education on.; Education > Vocational.; Industrial or vocational training.

Very few students with vocational qualifications progress into the world of Higher Education. Many drop out of education altogether and take up entry level jobs with decreased financial prospects. This trend is worrying as the lack of students with vocational backgrounds applying to University acts...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Introduction / Dan Herbert
• Chapter 2. Vocational qualifications, university access and widening participation: setting the context / Debra Myhill and Sharon Morgan
• Chapter 3. Statistical analysis of national datasets: exploring demographics, access and progression of students in higher education from vocational entry routes / Pallavi Amitava Banerjee
• Chapter 4. Ways of learning: student voices on learning experiences across the transition / Debra Myhill and Sara Venner
• Chapter 5. Assessment practices: student voices on their experiences of assessment across the transition / Debra Myhill and Rebecca Morris
• Chapter 6. Students' voiced experiences of social transitions: facilitating a sense of belonging / Helen Mackenzie and Rebecca Morris Chapter
• 7. Lecturer perspectives on entry qualifications and how they affect student progress / Helen Lawson
• Chapter 8. Recommendations for policy and practice / Helen Lawson
• Chapter 9. Conclusions / Mital Kinderkhedia.