| Description |
xi, 195 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : the need for plain talk -- 1. Conceptions of vocational education and training : variety, causality, and implications for evaluation -- Sponsorship of education and training -- Targets of education and training -- Conceptions of education and training: from specific to general -- Why should VET work? The stages of human capital development and the alternatives -- 2. Why evaluate? The multiple and conflicting purposes underlying evaluation -- Informing governmental decisions -- Improving employer decisions about training Informing individuals about their options -- Improving the quality of individual programmes -- Evaluation as a mechanism of public debate about VET -- 3. Approaches to evaluation: from the ridiculous to the sublime -- Outcome measures : is variety the spice of life? -- Programme effects : duration and heterogeneity -- The challenge of comparison: what would otherwise have been? -- Aggregation : the programme as a whole Cost-benefit analysis, efficiency and equity -- 4. Evaluation findings -- Publicly sponsored training -- Individually sponsored training -- Employer-sponsored training -- Conclusions -- 5. Judging evaluation : the limits of the evaluation enterprise -- Short-run results in a long-run world -- Th dilemma revisited: the biases of evaluation -- Incentives for VET programmes and policies -- 'Programme' versus 'systems' evaluation -- Evaluating VET programmes alone : the limits of partial analysis -- Conclusion : improving the understanding of VET Notes -- |
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6. From evaluation to policy : the treatment of evaluation evidence in policy-making -- Use and abuse of evaluation evidence -- Alternative grounds for decisions --7. International developments and their implications for evaluation -- The declining role of the state -- Decentralization to subnational governments -- The lure of market mechanisms High-performance work, key skills, and broader conceptions of VET -- The search for work-based learning -- Continued concern for the poor and underemployed -- Special issues in developing and transitional countries -- 8. Conclusions and recommendations: towards a pragmatic perspective on evaluating VET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index |
| Subject |
Vocational education -- Evaluation.
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Occupational training -- Evaluation.
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| Author |
Ryan, Paul, 1947-
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| ISBN |
0749430702 : |
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