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Academic drift in vocational qualifications? Explorations through the lens of literacy

Richard Edwards Institute of Education, University of Stirling, Scotland, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kate Miller Institute of Education, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Pages 123-131 | Received 07 Nov 2007, Accepted 28 Jan 2008, Published online: 30 Apr 2008

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Geng Wang. (2023) Upskilling the workforce? A critical analysis of national skills policies in China’s Reform Era. British Journal of Sociology of Education 44:6, pages 978-995.
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Lynn Coleman & Jackie Tuck. (2020) ’We do not have a writing culture’: exploring the nature of ‘academic drift’ through a study of lecturer perspectives on student writing in a vocational university. Journal of Vocational Education & Training 72:4, pages 575-594.
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Per-Olof Erixon & Inger Erixon Arreman. (2017) Extended Writing Demands – A Tool for ‘Academic Drift’ and the Professionalisation of Early Childhood Profession?. Education Inquiry 8:4, pages 337-357.
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P. Strauss & S. Mooney. (2017) Assessment for Learning: capturing the interest of diverse students on an academic writing module in postgraduate vocational education. Teaching in Higher Education 22:3, pages 288-303.
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Lynn Coleman. (2016) Asserting academic legitimacy: the influence of the University of Technology sectoral agendas on curriculum decision-making. Teaching in Higher Education 21:4, pages 381-397.
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Jean Parkinson & James Mackay. (2016) The literacy practices of vocational training in Carpentry and Automotive Technology. Journal of Vocational Education & Training 68:1, pages 33-50.
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Malcolm Tight. (2015) Theory development and application in higher education research: the case of academic drift. Journal of Educational Administration and History 47:1, pages 84-99.
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Stephen Black & Keiko Yasukawa. (2013) Beyond deficit models for integrating language, literacy and numeracy in Australian VET. Journal of Further and Higher Education 37:4, pages 574-590.
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Richard Edwards, Sarah Minty & Kate Miller. (2013) The literacy practices for assessment in the vocational curriculum – the case of Hospitality. Journal of Vocational Education & Training 65:2, pages 220-235.
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Jeremy Higham & Valerie Farnsworth. (2012) What makes a course vocational? School-based work-related programmes in Canada in dialogue with a community of practice. Journal of Education and Work 25:4, pages 443-471.
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Mark Priestley, Richard Edwards, Andrea Priestley & Kate Miller. (2012) Teacher Agency in Curriculum Making: Agents of Change and Spaces for Manoeuvre. Curriculum Inquiry 42:2, pages 191-214.
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Jean Gordon, Christina Miller, Sue Dumbleton, Timothy B. Kelly & Jane Aldgate. (2011) A Smooth Transition? Students' Experiences of Credit Transfer into a Social Work Degree in Scotland. Social Work Education 30:1, pages 55-69.
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June Smith, Candice Satchwell, Richard Edwards, Kate Miller, Zoe Fowler, Joyce Gaechter, Joanne Knowles, Christine Phillipson & Rosheen Young. (2008) Literacy practices in the learning careers of childcare students. Journal of Vocational Education & Training 60:4, pages 363-375.
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Manuel Souto‐Otero. (2021) Validation of non‐formal and informal learning in formal education: Covert and overt. European Journal of Education 56:3, pages 365-379.
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Didi M E Griffioen & Uulkje de Jong. (2012) Academic Drift in Dutch Non-University Higher Education Evaluated: A Staff Perspective. Higher Education Policy 26:2, pages 173-191.
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Lesley Doyle. (2012) Conceptualising a Transition: The Case of Vocational and Academic Learning in England, Scotland and the USA. Research in Comparative and International Education 7:4, pages 446-464.
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Richard Edwards & Kate Miller. 2011. Vocational Learning. Vocational Learning 191 202 .

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