Two Rival Conceptions of Vocational Education: Adam Smith and Friedrich List.

Winch, Christopher

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ERIC Number: EJ610594

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Publication Date: 1998

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Two Rival Conceptions of Vocational Education: Adam Smith and Friedrich List.

Winch, Christopher

Oxford Review of Education, v24 n3 p365-78 Sep 1998

Examines and discusses two views of political economy: (1) the classical model of Adam Smith; and (2) the social capitalist model associated with Friedrich List. Explores two varieties of vocational education and training that emerge from a comparison of Smith's and List's ideas. (CMK)

Descriptors: Economic Progress, Economics, Educational Theories, Higher Education, Human Capital, Labor, Social Influences, Social Systems, Social Theories, Training, Vocational Education

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Language: English

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