Routledge Research in Vocational Education
About the Book Series
The Routledge Research in Vocational Education series presents the latest research on Vocational and Further Education and provides a forum for established and emerging scholars to discuss the latest practices and challenges in the field.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
Manon Berset: [email protected] – Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Emancipation and Vocational Education: Skills, Bildung and the Subject
1st Edition
By Bill Esmond, Johannes K. Schmees, Volker Wedekind
April 02, 2026
This book challenges the economistic neoliberal rationale for vocational education by drawing critically on emancipatory theoretical approaches, especially a body of German theory neglected almost entirely by contemporary accounts. Capitalising on the current under-theorisation of vocational ...
Education, Skills and Social Justice in a Polarising World: Between Technical Elites and Welfare Vocationalism
1st Edition
By Bill Esmond, Liz Atkins
September 25, 2023
This book explains how education policies offering improved transitions to work and higher-level study can widen the gaps between successful and disadvantaged groups of young people. Centred on an original study of ongoing further education and apprenticeship reforms in England, the book traces ...
Professional Development of Teacher Educators in Further Education: Pathways, Knowledge, Identities, and Vocationalism
1st Edition
By Sai Loo
June 30, 2021
Professional Development of Teacher Educators in Further Education critically analyses the specific challenges relating to teacher educators in the English further education (FE), such as the diverse nature of learners and the variety of educational contexts. It focuses on the journeys to becoming ...
Identity and Resistance in Further Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Pete Bennett, Rob Smith
September 27, 2019
In recent years, Further Education has reached a crossroads, with questions being asked about its function, aims and focus, as well as querying the role of the FE teacher, the key aspects of the curriculum and which values should inform FE pedagogy. Identity and Resistance in Further Education ...
Teachers and Teaching in Vocational and Professional Education
1st Edition
By Sai Loo
June 10, 2019
Teachers and Teaching in Vocational and Professional Education introduces a critical understanding of how teachers deliver occupational or vocational courses at various academic levels. Including wider coverage of work-related programmes and based on empirical research, this book uses the term ...