Economic Rationality or Social Justice? Gender, the National Qualifications Framework and Educational Reform in South Africa, 1989-1996.

Unterhalter, Elaine

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Publication Date: 1998

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Economic Rationality or Social Justice? Gender, the National Qualifications Framework and Educational Reform in South Africa, 1989-1996.

Unterhalter, Elaine

Cambridge Journal of Education, v28 n3 p351-68 Nov 1998

Examines the conceptualization of gender redress within the policy development work on the National Qualification Framework (NQF) that is a key initiative of education reform in South Africa. Discusses the history of the NQF and addresses perspectives on gender and the integration of education and training from 1989 to 1996. (CMK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Apartheid, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Policy, Females, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Sex Discrimination, Training

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

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