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From Vocational to Professional Education

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One of the most important routes to employment within the social welfare sector worldwide is higher education, which equips students not only with the knowledge for employment, but with the tools to use and build on this knowledge. During the last few decades there has been an academic drift in professional education, especially for many shorter professional programmes. Many of these shorter programmes have left the realm of vocational education to enter higher education. On the one hand, graduates are confronted by an increased demand for research and evidence-based knowledge, and on the other, they are criticised for lacking the knowledge and skills relevant for professional work. From Vocational to Professional Education presents new research into programmes suggesting how best to prepare students for professional work and addresses the challenges facing the education of professionals for social welfare. The book identifies and clarifies key problems, as well as outlining the political and historical context in which they are embedded. Chapters discuss theoretical and analytical ways to address these challenges and suggest recommendations for the further development of education for professional practice. Based on comprehensive longitudinal research data, the book will appeal to policy makers, leaders of higher education, and teachers and researchers involved in programmes qualifying students for professional work.

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ISBN: 9781138291126
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Author: JensChristian Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway Smeby
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 176 pages
Series: Routledge Research in Higher Education
Genres: Higher education, tertiary education
Teaching skills and techniques
Philosophy and theory of education