Education and Training 14-19

• Discussing a 14-19 Phase in EnglandUnderstanding 14-19An Historical and Political FrameworkReforming General Education The 14-19 Diplomas Vocational Learning, Employers and the Work-Based Route 14-19 Organization and GovernanceTowards Strongly Collaborative SystemsThe Future Of The 14-19 Phase in England

′[T]hose concerned about the qualifications available to young people would do well to read [this book] carefully′ - Post-16 Educator′Ann Hodgson and Ken Spours are recognised as two of the most insightful and incisive commentators on 14-19 education in England. This book will be read with interest by teachers and lecturers, policy-makers, researchers and everyone with an interest in the future of this key sector of education′ - Professor David Raffe, Centre for Educational Sociology, University of Edinburgh‘It is not necessary to agree with everything in this volume in order to recognise it as absolutely essential reading for anyone with an interest in 14-19 policy and practice. It is the ideal catalyst to provoke some much needed debate and new thinking on this key topic’ -Professor Ewart Keep, Deputy Director, ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge & Organizational Performance,University of Cardiff′...This book offers a critical and informed analysis of the need for reform and the progress made to date. It is essential reading for both policy makers and practitioners′ - Sir Mike Tomlinson, Chief Adviser for London Challenge and former Chair of the Working Group on 14-19 Reform