The role of education in development: An educationalist's re...
Publication year: 2010

This paper delves beneath the widespread belief that education (often repackaged as human capital) is important in development to consider the role th...

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Vocational education and training for sustainability in Sout...
Publication year: 2009

This paper considers the role that skills development has in the sustainability of the South African political-economic project. It explores some of t...

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FET college lecturers: The 'devolving' link in the South Afr...
Publication year: 2008

National attention on the role of skills development has focused on the role of Further Education and Training (FET) colleges in providing intermed...

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The marketing of public FET colleges in South Africa: Issues...
Publication year: 2008

This paper considers the rising trend of introducing marketing practices into public education through the lens of South African further education...

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Beyond the basics: Educating and training out of poverty
Publication year: 2007

The International Journal of Educational Development exists to debate issues about the relationship between education and development. One of the pere...

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Between a rock and a hard place: Understanding the balance b...
Publication year: 2007

The article argues for a case for a 'revisioning' of the education policy-implementation nexus in the South African higher education sector. It is...

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Skills for productive citizenship for all: The place of skil...
Publication year: 2007

Three important elements of a South African vision for high skills must be spreading skills improvements across the population in general, creating po...

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An examination of the vocational education and training refo...
Publication year: 2006

This paper explores the role that vocational education and training (VET) can play in Southern African responses to major socio-economic challenges. I...

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