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Cover Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa

Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa

A Social Skills Ecosystem Perspective

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Author:
VET Africa 4.0 Collective

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book takes an expansive view of vocational education and training. Drawing on case studies across rural and urban Uganda and South Africa, the book offers a new way of seeing this through an exploration of the multiple ways in which people learn to have better livelihoods.

Publisher:
Bristol University Press
Publication Date:
06 Jan 2023
Online ISBN:
9781529224658
Series:
Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529224658
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  • Table of Contents
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  • Book Information
Front Matter
Front Matter
1: Introducing VET Africa 4.0
2: VET and Skills in Africa: A Historical Sociology
3: Water, Transport, Oil and Food: A Political–Economy–Ecology Lens on Changing Conceptions of Work, Learning and Skills Development in Africa
4: Towards an Expanded Notion of Skills Ecosystems
5: Social Ecosystem for Skills Research: Inclusivity, Relationality and Informality
6: Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems
7: Challenges in Transitioning Processes
8: The Role of the University as Mediator in a Skills Ecosystem Approach to VET
9: Implications for VET Research, Policy and Practice
Afterword: Towards a More Just and Sustainable Research Practice
Back Matter
References
Index

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

The transition to more just and sustainable development requires radical change across a wide range of areas and particularly within the nexus between learning and work.

This book takes an expansive view of vocational education and training that goes beyond the narrow focus of much of the current literature and policy debate. Drawing on case studies across rural and urban settings in Uganda and South Africa, the book offers a new way of seeing this issue through an exploration of the multiple ways in which people learn to have better livelihoods. Crucially, it explores learning that takes place informally online, within farmers’ groups, and in public and private educational institutions.

Offering new insights and ways of thinking about this field, the book draws out clear implications for theory, policy and practice in Africa and beyond.

Copyright:
© McGrath, Openjuru, Lotz-Sisitka, Allais, Zeelen, Wedekind, Ramsarup, Monk, Metelerkamp, Russon, Kyaligonja, Robbins, Adrupio, Ocan, Nyeko, Adoye, Molebatsi, Tshabalala, Muhangi, Openjuru 2021
Paperback ISBN:
9781529224634
ePub ISBN:
9781529224641
Online ISBN:
9781529224658
Page Extent:
232
Keywords:
vocational education and training (VET); Africa; human development; sustainable development; skills ecosystems; rural skills; informal sector
Global Social Challenges:
Education and Learning
Sustainable Development Goals:
Goal 4: Quality Education
Subject:
Education, Education, International and Comparative Education, International Development, African Studies, International Development, Sociology, Sociology of Work and Organisations
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