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The integration of education and training in further education and training : towards a pedagogy of mode-switching

The integration of different types and areas of knowledge and skills is being explored for the first time in the official discourse on educational reconstruction in South Africa. The reasons for this are bound up with the country's general global conditions of capital accumulation and its political...

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Main Author: Edwards, Lucy
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Language:English
Published: School of Education 2023
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description The integration of different types and areas of knowledge and skills is being explored for the first time in the official discourse on educational reconstruction in South Africa. The reasons for this are bound up with the country's general global conditions of capital accumulation and its political and social history. The conceptually and practically integrated curricula envisaged pose some challenges that will have to be addressed. On the one hand, the culture of democracy presently being introduced in the educational arena leads to notions of learner autonomy, self-realisation, recognition of diversity, and socio-economic redress and equity. On the other hand, the present conditions of capital accumulation accentuate the market discourse of efficiency, competitiveness and tangible outcomes.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/38455 The integration of education and training in further education and training : towards a pedagogy of mode-switching Edwards, Lucy Adult Education The integration of different types and areas of knowledge and skills is being explored for the first time in the official discourse on educational reconstruction in South Africa. The reasons for this are bound up with the country's general global conditions of capital accumulation and its political and social history. The conceptually and practically integrated curricula envisaged pose some challenges that will have to be addressed. On the one hand, the culture of democracy presently being introduced in the educational arena leads to notions of learner autonomy, self-realisation, recognition of diversity, and socio-economic redress and equity. On the other hand, the present conditions of capital accumulation accentuate the market discourse of efficiency, competitiveness and tangible outcomes. 2023-09-08T07:45:19Z 2023-09-08T07:45:19Z 1999 2023-09-08T07:44:32Z Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38455 eng application/pdf School of Education Faculty of Humanities
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title_full The integration of education and training in further education and training : towards a pedagogy of mode-switching
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