Universities' Engagement with Vocationalism: Historical Perspective

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The aim of this article is to explore the historical context of vocationalism in universities. It is based on an analysis of the history of the university from a vocational perspective. It looks for evidence of vocational engagement in the activities of universities over time, taking a long view from the birth of the Western University in the Middle Ages to the 1980s with the emergence of current issues of vocationalism in university education. It adopts a chronological perspective initially and then a thematic one. The main ndings are: (1) vocationalism in university education is as old as the Western University itself, (2) there is evidence from the start of the Western University of vocational engagement in terms of the provision of vocationally relevant subjects, vocationally relevant skills and the development of vocationally relevant attitudes, (3) whereas most graduate employers used to be concerned with the vocationally relevant knowledge, skills and attitudes students acquired on their degree courses, most are now more concerned with graduate capacity and disposition to learn within their employment after graduation and (4) subject-centred education is compatible with university education that supports the vocational aspirations of students.

Object Details

• ISSN: 2197-8646
• Extent: Seite(n): 185-211
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: International journal for research in vocational education and training, 3(3)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Bildung und Erziehung ; Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Erziehungswissenschaft ; Wissenschaft ; Berufsvorbereitung ; Moderne ; historische Entwicklung ; Hochschulbildung ; Theorie-Praxis ; frühe Neuzeit ; Akademikerberuf ; Spezialisierung ; Universität ; Bildungswesen ; Berufsbildung ; Forschung ; Renaissance ; Mittelalter

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Rospigliosi, Pericles 'asher' ; Bourner, Tom ; Heath, Linda
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Deutschland
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.3.3.2
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST