A Critical Analysis of Apprenticeship Programs in British Columbia

IF 1.4 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Journal of Vocational Education and Training Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI:10.1080/13636820.2021.1995649

Gregory C.P. Matte

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A Critical Analysis of Apprenticeship Programs in British Columbia BGen (Ret’d) Gregory C.P. Matte CD, PhD Carleton University, Canada This study examines issues surrounding apprenticeships in the construction industry in British Columbia (BC) during the period of 1993 to 2004, particularly the state of the social settlement amongst its primary stakeholders, namely the government, unionized and non-unionized employment associations and postsecondary colleges. It provides a conceptual framework to research apprenticeships as a skills ecosystem, and to explain why successive provincial governments were motivated to impose significant legislative changes on the vocational education and training system. The findings not only examine the motivation, but also the resulting outcomes, using the different political ideologies as a basis to explain how contrasting stakeholder perspectives shaped both. Based on a combination of structure and agency, the primary stakeholders operated within the confines of institutional structures, extant logics and the limitations of their own perspectives and objectives. This thesis examines how the relationships between apprenticeships, the labour market and the post-secondary education system are coordinated, governed, influenced and shaped in BC, as well as how these same relationships have evolved, including the impact of such changes on apprenticeship programs as a skills ecosystem. The period of 1993 to 2004 was specifically chosen as it was a period of bold political reforms pertaining to trades training within the province by two ideologically opposed political parties. The research design applies a case study methodology, comparing the differences between these two governments, as well as process tracing, within the theoretical framework of historical institutionalism. CONTACT BGen (Ret’d) Gregory C.P. Matte CD, PhD gcp.433etac@gmail.com Degree and year: PhD in Public Policy, 2020 Supervisors: Professor Leesa Wheelahan, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Professor Calum Carmichael, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University. JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING 2021, VOL. 73, NO. 4, 616 https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2021.1995649 © 2021 The Vocational Aspect of Education Ltd

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不列颠哥伦比亚省学徒计划的批判性分析

Gregory C.P. Matte CD，博士，卡尔顿大学，加拿大本研究考察了1993年至2004年期间不列颠哥伦比亚省建筑行业学徒制的相关问题，特别是其主要利益相关者(即政府、工会和非工会就业协会以及高等教育学院)之间的社会解决状况。它提供了一个概念框架来研究学徒制作为一种技能生态系统，并解释了为什么历届省政府都有动力对职业教育和培训系统进行重大的立法改革。研究结果不仅考察了动机，还考察了结果，以不同的政治意识形态为基础，解释了不同的利益相关者观点是如何影响两者的。基于结构和代理的结合，主要利益相关者在制度结构、现有逻辑以及他们自己的观点和目标的限制下运作。本文考察了在不列颠哥伦比亚省，学徒制、劳动力市场和高等教育体系之间的关系是如何协调、治理、影响和塑造的，以及这些关系是如何演变的，包括这些变化对学徒制项目作为一个技能生态系统的影响。1993年至2004年这段时间被特别选中，因为这是该省两个意识形态对立的政党在行业培训方面进行大胆政治改革的时期。本研究设计采用个案研究的方法，在历史制度主义的理论框架内，比较两国政府的差异，并进行过程追溯。Gregory C.P. Matte CD, PhD gcp.433etac@gmail.com学位和年份:公共政策博士，2020年导师:Leesa Wheelahan教授，多伦多大学安大略教育研究所;carum Carmichael教授，卡尔顿大学公共政策与管理学院。《职业教育与培训学报》2021年第73卷第1期4,616 https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2021.1995649©2021 The Vocational Aspect of Education Ltd

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Vocational Education and Training is a peer-reviewed international journal which welcomes submissions involving a critical discussion of policy and practice, as well as contributions to conceptual and theoretical developments in the field. It includes articles based on empirical research and analysis (quantitative, qualitative and mixed method) and welcomes papers from a wide range of disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives. The journal embraces the broad range of settings and ways in which vocational and professional learning takes place and, hence, is not restricted by institutional boundaries or structures in relation to national systems of education and training. It is interested in the study of curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment, as well as economic, cultural and political aspects related to the role of vocational and professional education and training in society. When submitting papers for consideration, the journal encourages authors to consider and engage with debates concerning issues relevant to the focus of their work that have been previously published in the journal. The journal hosts a biennial international conference to provide a forum for researchers to debate and gain feedback on their work, and to encourage comparative analysis and international collaboration. From the first issue of Volume 48, 1996, the journal changed its title from The Vocational Aspect of Education to Journal of Vocational Education and Training.