Dearing and beyond: 14-19 qualifications, frameworks and systems

The Dearing Review of Qualifications was expected to provide a possible platform for future change to the English education and training system. However, as yet, there has been no consensus on either the future shape of the qualifications structure or on the stages of reform. This book focuses on 14-19 curriculum and qualifications debates of the Dearing Review and provides: (1) a vision of a unified 14-19 qualifications system which will overcome the divisions that are reflected in track-based qualifications which are preventing further increases in participation and achievement; (2) a critical review of the current system and the role of the three qualifications tracks; (3) an analysis of the Dearing reform agenda, focusing on the potential of a framework approach to build a consensus on a move towards a unified qualification system; and (4) an identification of barriers to whole system-wide change and proposes strategies for a 'steps and stages' approach to reform of the system. The chapters are: From the 1991 White Paper to the Dearing Report: a conceptual and historical framework for the 1990s / Ann Hodgson and Ken Spours; The Dearing Review of 16-19 Qualifications: a step towards a unified system? / Michael Young and Tom Leney; GNVQs and the future of broad vocational qualifications / Ken Spours; Reforming the work-based route: problems and potential for change / Lorna Unwin; Core skills, general education and unification in post-16 education / Andy Green; Modularization and the 14-19 qualifications system / Ann Hodgson and Ken Spours; Unitization: developing a common language for describing achievement / Geoff Stanton; Assessment and achievement / Tim Oates; Modes of student guidance in a changing 14-19 education and training system / A. G. Watts and Michael Young; Building institutional capability for national education reform: the case of the 'formative value-added system' / Ann Hodgson; The Scottish experience of reform: from 'action plan' to 'higher still' / David Raffe; Towards a unified qualifications system for post-compulsory education: barriers and strategies / Ken Spours and Michael Young.

Individual chapters are indexed from TD/TNC 68.249 to TD/TNC 68.261. Show less