Workforce transformation: Building firm foundations

Conner, Tony; McKnight, Jenny

doi:10.7748/nm2003.11.10.7.24.c1953

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“…The foundation degree has been created as one approach to their development (see Conner and McKnight 2003;Priestley, Selfe et al 2003;Chaney, Callaghan et al 2005). In a context where much development for this group has centred on vocational training, the foundation degree presents a departure in that it involves academic education, a process which may be understood as part of the professionalisation of this group.…”

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The learning experiences of health and social care paraprofessionals on a foundation degree

Kubiak

Rogers

Turner

2010

International Journal of Lifelong Education

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Foundation degrees have been developed in the UK as a means of meeting the learning needs of paraprofessionals in health and social care and the services within which they work. Workplace learning is an intrinsic component to these degrees.Thus, changing practice through study is not simply a matter of pedagogy but is shaped by workplace conditions. A small scale evaluation study focused on the learning experiences of a group of paraprofessionals enrolled in a Foundation Degree

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