Learning on and off the job: vocational education and training in the UK food and grocery retail buying occupation

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Journal of Vocational Education and Training Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI:10.1080/13636820.2021.1995651

Darren Mark Schofield

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Learning on and off the job: vocational education and training in the UK food and grocery retail buying occupation Darren Mark Schofield University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom This thesis sheds new light upon a socially significant, multi-dimensional occupation largely hidden from public view. UK food and grocery retail buyers influence our consumer choices, what we eat, our finances, and the wider environment from which the products they select and buy on behalf of UK retailers originate. Little has been written about their occupation and the VET and learning which educates these key employees in a sector of the UK economy estimated to be worth £190.3 billion. Drawing from the perceptions and lived experiences of a unique group of practising and former buyers from top 10 UK retailers, the thesis identifies and analyses factors of VET and workplace learning that might inform future vocational education for retail buying. Findings reveal the learning pathways, cultures and traditions of buyers, their core knowledge, skills and attributes and the role social learning plays in their occupation. Participant perceptions depict contradictory notions to conventions of post-16 education and qualifications yet paradoxically suggest, post16 qualifications may become a necessity for future entry to the retail buying occupation. This thesis identifies extensive opportunities to better understand, accelerate and enhance retail buying learning, especially in the areas of corporate social responsibility, pre-entry occupational knowledge and curriculum development. The thesis also introduces a conceptual framework that may offer a useful method for investigating VET in comparable competitive, fast-moving occupational environments. CONTACT Darren Mark Schofield schofield882@btinternet.com Degree and year: PhD (Education) August 2020 Supervisors: Professor Kevin Orr, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom. JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING 2021, VOL. 73, NO. 4, 623 https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2021.1995651 © 2021 The Vocational Aspect of Education Ltd

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工作中的学习和工作之外的学习:英国食品和杂货零售采购职业的职业教育和培训

工作中的学习和工作之外的学习:英国食品和杂货零售采购职业的职业教育和培训达伦·马克·斯科菲尔德哈德斯菲尔德大学，英国这篇论文揭示了一个很大程度上隐藏在公众视野之外的具有社会意义的、多维的职业。英国食品和杂货零售买家影响着我们的消费选择，我们吃什么，我们的财务状况，以及他们代表英国零售商选择和购买产品的更广泛的环境。关于他们的职业、职业教育和学习的报道很少，这些职业教育培养了英国经济中价值1903亿英镑的关键员工。根据来自英国十大零售商的一群独特的执业和前买家的看法和生活经验，本文确定并分析了职业教育和工作场所学习的因素，这些因素可能会为未来的零售采购职业教育提供信息。研究结果揭示了买家的学习途径、文化和传统、他们的核心知识、技能和属性以及社会学习在他们的职业中所起的作用。参与者的看法与16岁后教育和资格的传统观念相矛盾，但矛盾的是，16岁后的资格可能成为未来进入零售采购职业的必要条件。本文确定了更好地理解、加速和加强零售采购学习的广泛机会，特别是在企业社会责任、入职前职业知识和课程开发领域。本文还介绍了一个概念框架，可以为在竞争激烈、快速发展的职业环境中调查职业教育培训提供有用的方法。联系方式:Darren Mark Schofield schofield882@btinternet.com学位和年级:博士(教育学)2020年8月导师:教授Kevin Orr，哈德斯菲尔德大学，英国《职业教育与培训学报》2021年第73卷第1期4,623 https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2021.1995651©2021 The Vocational Aspect of Education Ltd

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Journal of Vocational Education and Training EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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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.