Annexes : index, bibliographie, annexes, glossaire
Langue : anglais
ISBN : 1-85000-972-4

Résumé : This is an important book. It is important for two reasons : (1) it meets a need and (2), it provides an authoritative, personal perspective on the thinking behind the emerging model of education and training. National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) have already touched the lives of millions of people in Britain (the millionth National Record (NROVA) was issued earlier this year); there was an urgent need for an informed and authoritative explanation of the many different facets of NVQs: who they are for, why they have been developed, how they work, the benefits they confer. Gilbert Jessup provides that explanation very lucidly, but he goes much further: he draws together strands from many different developments to explain how NVQs relate coherently to a wide range of issues in education and training... [début de la préface rédigée par John Burke]