Skilled and Ready: What Combined Authorities Want from Schools

Autor/in	Hatcher, Richard
Titel	Skilled and Ready: What Combined Authorities Want from Schools
Quelle	In: FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 58 (2016) 2, S.216-232 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0963-8253
DOI	10.15730/forum.2016.58.2.216
Schlagwörter	Economic Development; Productivity; Skill Development; Employment Potential; Social Change; Basic Skills; Job Skills; Positive Attitudes; Work Attitudes; National Curriculum; Educational Administration; Foreign Countries; Elementary Secondary Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Produktivität; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Sozialer Wandel; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Produktive Fertigkeit; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	The purpose of combined authorities, driven by government, is economic growth and public sector reform. Economic growth requires improved productivity. The main obstacle, it is claimed, is a "skills deficit," which schools need to address. In this article the evidence for this claim is examined. The real problem, it is argued, is a structurally low-skill, low-investment economy. What employers want from "non-academic" school leavers is basic skills, "soft skills" and positive attitudes to work. The contradiction with the Government's EBacc-dominated curriculum creates a space for "employability" programmes in schools which may be promoted by combined authorities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01