Evaluation and Research in Education
Editor: Professor Keith Morrison, Inter-University Institute of Macau
Associate Editor: Professor Stephen Gorard, University of York
Statistical Adviser: Professor Colin Baker, University of Wales Bangor
Reviews Editor: Dr. Emma Smith, University of York
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Volume: 12 Number: 1 Page: 44–58
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A Tale of Three Little Pigs: Building the Learning Society with Straw
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Frank Coffield
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This article has two main aims. First, it will be argued that the policies of both the British government and of the European Commission (EC) with regard to building a learning society are considered to
be timid, narrowly conceived and inadequate to the task. Politicians are trying to construct a new society with the intellectual equivalent of straw rather than bricks. Change to a learning society is apparently
to be brought about by improving the vocational education and training of individuals. This concentration on developing the skills of individuals conveniently diverts attention away from more radical measures.
It is, however, easier to criticise than to construct; and so the second aim is to outline briefly an alternative White Paper on Vocational Education, Training and Employment and to propose some more robust
policy alternatives for discussion and debate.
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