
Professor Christopher Winch
Professor of Educational Philosophy and Policy
Research interests
- Education
Biography
Chris has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Leeds and received his PhD from the University of Bradford in 1982. He has taught in primary, further and higher education. From 2008 until 2012, he was Head of the Department of Education and Professional Studies at King’s.
He has worked at the Thomas Danby College, Leeds, primary schools in Leeds and the West Riding, Glyndwr University and the University of Northampton before coming to King’s in 2004.
Research
Chris is a philosopher of education who is currently interested in professional knowledge and judgement, comparative vocational and professional education and the philosophy of educational research.
He is currently involved in projects on learning outcomes in VET and the future of VET in Europe and is also a member of the team of researchers at King’s who are researching the transitions of the 50% of young people in England who are not intending to go to university.
Teaching
Chris teaches on the following modules:
- Teacher Development International
- Comparative Education
PhD supervision
He is happy to supervise the following topics:
- teacher education
- philosophy of education
- vocational education.
Knowledge transfer
With his colleague, Jeff Bridgford, Chris is currently consulting on an Erasmus-funded project on the harmonisation of European furniture-making and upholstering qualifications (Bolster-Up) (£6.6k). They are responsible for the international synthesis report. This project covers eight countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, England, Germany, Romania, the Netherlands and Poland.
Chris worked as an associate researcher for an Australian Research Council Project on Expertise and Embodied Virtue, from 2010 -2012. This involved giving one presentation at the University of Wollongong in 2010 and one at the University of Hertfordshire in 2011.
King’s Policy Institute have awarded £4k to Chris and Linda Clarke from Westminster University (with matched funding from Westminster) to host three seminars for policymakers on implementing EU Qualification innovations and their implication for qualification design in the UK. The seminars arise from the 2005-2008 Nuffield Project on the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) which Chris co-directed with Linda Clarke and the 2008-2010 Erasmus project on European Bricklayer Qualifications, on which he was responsible for the international synthesis report, together with the current Erasmus project on furniture-making qualifications in Europe. For this, Jeff Bridgford and Chris are responsible for the international synthesis report. The first of these seminars was held at King’s on 21 November 2013.
International
Since 2007 Chris has been involved in collaboration with a number of India NGOs and universities, mainly on issues concerned with quality in education and the nature of private educational provision, particularly in the ‘low cost’ sector in India. He has worked with the Digantar Foundation in Rajasthan and with the ICICI Bank’s educational development arm on teacher education and professional development. In addition, Chris has lectured or given seminars at the Jawarharlal Nehru University in Delhi, TISS Mumbai, the University of Kerala, TISS Hyderabad and the Azim Premji University, Bangalore.Chris has collaborated extensively with Professor Padma Sarangapani, formerly of TISS Mumbai and then Hyderabad, now at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore. They have worked together in setting up Philosophy of Education activities in India in collaboration with Rohit Dankhar of the Digantar Foundation and the Azim Premji University, resulting in a highly successful Philosophy of Education workshop in Udaipur, Rajasthan in 2010 and in a conference in Bangalore at the Azim Premji University in 2013. He has also worked with Professor Sarangapani on a research project on private schooling in India funded by the Ministry of Human Resources, which has involved extensive fieldwork in various Indian cities. This has resulted in an edited collection entitled School Education in India: markets, state and quality (2018) Jain, M., Mehendale, A., Mukhopadyay, R.,Sarangapani, P., Winch, C. (eds), London, Routledge.
Further information
For further details, see Chris's research staff profile or see a full list of publications here.
Vom Arbeitsmarkt zum Bildungssystem: der Fall ESCO
Translated title of the contribution: From labour market to educational system: the case of ESCOWinch, C., 7 May 2025, In: Berufsbildung in Wissenschaft und Praxis. 2025, 2, p. 34-38 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Civil Society's Education: Reflections on the Informal Roots of Learning
Winch, C., 26 Jan 2025, 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 263 p. (Bloomsbury Inquiries in Philosophy and Education)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Apprenticeship policy in England since 2010. Change and continuity
Winch, C., Gewirtz, S., Bayrakdar, S., Maguire, M., Weavers, A., Wolf, A., Khazbak, R., Laczik, A. & Newton, O., 22 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Creating more equitable school-to-work transitions for young people not taking the university route: An ‘equalities-ecologies’ framework
Gewirtz, S., Mcpherson, C., Bayrakdar, S., Maguire, M., Weavers, A., Winch, C., Laczik, A. & Newton, O., 21 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Evolution of Richard Peters' Thought: Neglected Aspects
Winch, C. & Gingell, J., 12 Jul 2023, In: Northern European Journal of Philosophy. p. 29-51 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Professions and Proficiency
Winch, C. (Editor), Punstein, A. M. (Editor) & Glueckler, J. (Editor), 22 Mar 2023, Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 265 p. (Knowledge and Space; vol. 18)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Professions, Proficiency, and Place: An Introduction
Winch, C., punstein, A. M. & Glueckler, J., 22 Mar 2023, Knowledge and Space. Glueckler, J., Punstein, A. M. & Winch, C. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Vol. 18. p. 1-12 12 p. (Knowledge and Space; vol. 18).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Qualifications as Guarantees of Proficiency: Do we understand their role?
Winch, C., 22 Mar 2023, Professions and Proficiency. Glueckler, J. & Punstein, A.-M. (eds.). 1st ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Vol. 18. p. 15-34 20 p. (Knowledge and Space; vol. 18).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Subjects, Disciplines and Practices
Winch, C., 28 Feb 2023, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 28 p., qhad015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rethinking English Vocational Education and Training in the Light of the German Classical Theory of Vocational Education and Training.
Winch, C. (Editor), Kuhlee, D. (Editor) & Steib, C. (Editor), 1 Jul 2022, 3 ed. Oxford: Wiley. 108 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Developing English VET through social partnership in further education
Winch, C., Crowther, N. & Addis, M., 21 Sept 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: London Review of Education. 20, 1, 32.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6. VET for a greener construction sector: low road or high road approaches to apprenticeship
Winch, C., Sahin-Dikmen, M. & Clarke, L., 1 Aug 2022, In: Cedefop Reference Series. 122, p. 87-98 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transversal and transferable abilities. Understanding Worker Agency in Contemporary Advanced Economies
Winch, C., 1 Jul 2022, In: Internationales Handbuch der Berufsbildung Vergleichende Berufsbildungsforschung Ergebnisse und Perspektiven aus Theorie und Empirie Jubiläumsausgabe des Internationalen Handbuchs der Berufsbildung . 28, 56, p. 367-379 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Founding German vocational education: Kerschensteiner, Spranger and Fischer as key figures in the classical German VET theory
Kuhlee, D., Steib, C. & Winch, C., Jun 2022, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 56, 3, p. 383-389 16 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Practical Rationality, Learning and Convention: Essays in the Philosophy of Education
Winch, C., 1 Apr 2022, London: Anthem Press. 257 p. (Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein; no. 1)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Educational Explanations: Philosophy in Empirical Educational Research
Winch, C., 28 Feb 2022, 1 ed. Oxford: Wiley. 317 p. (Journal of Philosophy of Education Book Series)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Knowledge, Skills and Competence in the European Labour Market: What's in a Vocational Qualification?
Brockmann, M., Clarke, L. & Winch, C., 13 May 2011, Taylor and Francis Ltd. 204 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Introduction: Cross-national equivalence of skills and qualifications across Europe?
Brockmann, M., Clarke, L., Winch, C., Hanf, G., Méhaut, P. & Westerhuis, A., 13 May 2011, Knowledge, Skills and Competence in the European Labour Market: What's in a Vocational Qualification?. Taylor and Francis Ltd, p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
VET between State and Market. England as an Extended Natural Experiment in VET Governance
Winch, C., 5 Jan 2022, Governance Rev i s i t e d Challenges and Opportunities for Vocational Education and Training . Buergi, R. & P. G. (eds.). first ed. Bern: Peter Lang, p. 53-80 27 p. (Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education; vol. 20).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Learning Outcomes: the long goodbye. vocational qualifications in the 21st Century
Winch, C., 13 Sept 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Educational Research Journal. NA, NA, p. 1-19 19 p., NA.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Autonomy and Expertise in the English Workplace
Winch, C. & Addis, M., 5 Jan 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. p. 2-21 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Comparative VET European research since the 1980s: accommodating changes in VET systems and labour markets
Winch, C., Clarke, L. & Westerhuis, A., 14 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. p. 1-21 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transforming vocational education and training for nearly zero-energy building
Winch, C., Sahin-Dikmen, M. & Clarke, L., 1 Sept 2020, In: Buildings and Cities. 1, 1, p. 650-661 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Forming and Exercising Professional Judgement
Winch, C., 14 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. p. 1-19 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Researching Education: Perspectives from Winch’s Approach to the Social Sciences
Winch, C., 18 Jun 2020, Ethics, Society and Politics: Themes from the Philosophy of Peter Winch. Campbell, M. & Reid, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Cham: SpringerLink, p. 231-249 (Nordic Wittgenstein Studies; vol. 6).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Overcoming diverse approaches to vocational education and training to combat climate change: the case of low energy construction in Europe
Winch, C., Clarke, L. & Sahin-Dikmen, M., 2 Sept 2020, In: Oxford Review of Education. 46, 5, p. 619-636 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The learning outcome approach to European VET policy tools: Where are the arguments and the evidence?
Winch, C., Apr 2020, Comparative Vocational Education Research : Enduring Challenges and New Ways Forward . Pilz, M. & Li, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 81-96 15 p. (Internationale Berufsbildungsforschung).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Authority in Education
Winch, C., 2012, Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Elsevier Inc., p. 222-228 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Teaching through textbooks: Teachers as practitioners of a discipline?
Mili & Winch, C., Jul 2019, In: Theory and Research in Education. 17, 2, p. 181-201 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Applied Theoretical Knowledge and Professional and Vocational Education: Informed Know-How in a Non-Intellectualist Framework
Winch, C., 16 Apr 2018, Knowledge, Curriculum and Preparation for Work. Allais, S. & Shalem, Y. (eds.). Leiden ; Boston: Brill/Sense Publishers, p. 51-67 17 p. ( The Knowledge Economy and Education; vol. 10).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Markets, state and quality in education: Reflections on genuine educational markets
Winch, C., 30 Aug 2018, School Education in India: Market, State and Quality. Jain, M., Mehendale, A., Mukhopadhyay, R., Sarangapani, P. & Winch, C. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon: Routledge, p. 67-82 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Wittgenstein on training: Comment on Norm Friesen’s ‘Training and Abrichtung’: Wittgenstein as a tragic philosopher of education?
Winch, C., 2019, In: Educational Philosophy and Theory. 51, 1, p. 63-69 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
On learning (how) to learn
Kauffmann, O., Wiberg, M. & Winch, C., 10 May 2017, Dealing with Conceptualisations of Learning: Learning between Means and Aims in Theory and Practice. Sense Publishers, p. 25-35 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Introduction
Addis, M. & Winch, C., Aug 2017, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 51, 3, p. 557-573 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Professional Knowledge, Expertise and Perceptual Ability
Winch, C., 29 Aug 2017, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 51, 3, p. 673-688 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Knowing 'Wh' and Knowing How: Constructing Professional Curricula and Integrating Epistemic Fields
Winch, C., May 2017, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 51, 2, p. 351–369Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Teachers' Know-how: A Philosophical Investigation
Winch, C., 26 Apr 2017, 1 ed. Hoboken: WILEY-BLACKWELL. 248 p. (Journal of Philosophy of Education Book Series)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
3. An Interview with Christopher Winch with Merete Wiberg and Oliver Kauffmann
Winch, C. A., 23 Nov 2016, On the Definition of Learning edited by A. Qvortrup, M. Wiberg, G. Christensen, M. Hansbol. University Press of Southern Denmark, p. 273-298 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Autonomy, Occupation and Vocational Education
Winch, C. A., 3 Apr 2017, Waks, L, English, A. (eds.) John Dewey’s Democracy and Education: a Centennial Handbook. Cambridge University Press, p. 211-218 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Work, Play and Learning: Waks, L, English, A. (eds.) John Dewey’s Democracy and Education: a Centennial Handbook, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,
Winch, C. A., 3 Apr 2017, Waks, L, English, A. (eds.) John Dewey’s Democracy and Education: a Centennial Handbook, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press, p. pp.137-145. 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Barrow on Liberal Education and Schooling
Winch, C. A., 2014, Education and the Common Good: Essays in Honor of Robin Barrow. Gingell, J. (ed.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 113-127 14 p. Chapter 10. (Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
What kind of expertise is needed for low energy construction?
Winch, C. A., Clarke, L. & Gleeson, C., 31 Oct 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Construction Management and Economics. p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
What kind of expertise is needed for low energy construction
Clarke, L., Gleeson, C. & Winch, C., Sept 2016, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ARCOM Conference, ARCOM 2016. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, p. 383-392 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
Trade-based skills versus occupational capacity: The example of bricklaying in Europe
Clarke, L., Winch, C. & Brockmann, M., 2013, In: Work, Employment and Society. 27, 6, p. 932-951 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Know-how and knowledge in the professional curriculum
Winch, C., 30 Apr 2014, Knowledge, Expertise and the Professions. Young, M. & Muller, J. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, p. 47-60 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
The Contribution of Educational Research to Teachers’ Professional Learning Philosophical Understandings
Winch, C., Oancea, A. & Orchard, J., 6 Mar 2015, In: Oxford Review of Education. 41, 2, p. 202-216 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Towards a framework for professional curriculum design
Winch, C., 4 Mar 2015, In: Journal of Education and Work. 28, 2, p. 165-186 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Have Anglo-Saxon concepts really influenced the development of European qualifications policy?
Clarke, L. & Winch, C., 1 Dec 2015, In: Research in Comparative and International Education. 10, 4, p. 593-606 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing Professional Know-How
Winch, C., Nov 2016, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 50, 4, p. 554-572Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Why careers education is part of education
Winch, C., Nov 2015, Education, Ethics and Experience: Essays in Honour of Richard Pring. Taylor and Francis, p. 36-47 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research

Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)
The Centre for Public Policy Research is an interdisciplinary research centre research developing critical analyses of social change and social in/justice in education and other policy arenas, sectors and contexts to inform national and international policy debate, social activism, and personal, professional and organisational learning.

Opportunity, equality and agency in England's new VET landscape: a longitudinal study of post-16 transitions (Young Lives, Young Futures)
How England's vocational education and training (VET) system could better support the school to work transitions of young people who don’t go to university.
Project status: Ongoing

King’s International Education Research Network
The King’s International Education Research Network explores key areas of international education.
Events

Book Launch: Civil Society's Education by Christopher Winch
Join us for the launch of ‘Civil Society’s Education’ by Christopher Winch including a panel discussion of the book's key themes.
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The Turn to Learning Outcomes
In this lunchtime seminar, Chris Winch will critically examine the turn to learning outcomes in England and the EU and critiques some of its historical and...
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Vom Arbeitsmarkt zum Bildungssystem: der Fall ESCO
Translated title of the contribution: From labour market to educational system: the case of ESCOWinch, C., 7 May 2025, In: Berufsbildung in Wissenschaft und Praxis. 2025, 2, p. 34-38 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Civil Society's Education: Reflections on the Informal Roots of Learning
Winch, C., 26 Jan 2025, 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 263 p. (Bloomsbury Inquiries in Philosophy and Education)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Apprenticeship policy in England since 2010. Change and continuity
Winch, C., Gewirtz, S., Bayrakdar, S., Maguire, M., Weavers, A., Wolf, A., Khazbak, R., Laczik, A. & Newton, O., 22 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Creating more equitable school-to-work transitions for young people not taking the university route: An ‘equalities-ecologies’ framework
Gewirtz, S., Mcpherson, C., Bayrakdar, S., Maguire, M., Weavers, A., Winch, C., Laczik, A. & Newton, O., 21 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Evolution of Richard Peters' Thought: Neglected Aspects
Winch, C. & Gingell, J., 12 Jul 2023, In: Northern European Journal of Philosophy. p. 29-51 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Professions and Proficiency
Winch, C. (Editor), Punstein, A. M. (Editor) & Glueckler, J. (Editor), 22 Mar 2023, Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 265 p. (Knowledge and Space; vol. 18)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Professions, Proficiency, and Place: An Introduction
Winch, C., punstein, A. M. & Glueckler, J., 22 Mar 2023, Knowledge and Space. Glueckler, J., Punstein, A. M. & Winch, C. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Vol. 18. p. 1-12 12 p. (Knowledge and Space; vol. 18).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Qualifications as Guarantees of Proficiency: Do we understand their role?
Winch, C., 22 Mar 2023, Professions and Proficiency. Glueckler, J. & Punstein, A.-M. (eds.). 1st ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Vol. 18. p. 15-34 20 p. (Knowledge and Space; vol. 18).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Subjects, Disciplines and Practices
Winch, C., 28 Feb 2023, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 28 p., qhad015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rethinking English Vocational Education and Training in the Light of the German Classical Theory of Vocational Education and Training.
Winch, C. (Editor), Kuhlee, D. (Editor) & Steib, C. (Editor), 1 Jul 2022, 3 ed. Oxford: Wiley. 108 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Developing English VET through social partnership in further education
Winch, C., Crowther, N. & Addis, M., 21 Sept 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: London Review of Education. 20, 1, 32.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6. VET for a greener construction sector: low road or high road approaches to apprenticeship
Winch, C., Sahin-Dikmen, M. & Clarke, L., 1 Aug 2022, In: Cedefop Reference Series. 122, p. 87-98 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transversal and transferable abilities. Understanding Worker Agency in Contemporary Advanced Economies
Winch, C., 1 Jul 2022, In: Internationales Handbuch der Berufsbildung Vergleichende Berufsbildungsforschung Ergebnisse und Perspektiven aus Theorie und Empirie Jubiläumsausgabe des Internationalen Handbuchs der Berufsbildung . 28, 56, p. 367-379 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Founding German vocational education: Kerschensteiner, Spranger and Fischer as key figures in the classical German VET theory
Kuhlee, D., Steib, C. & Winch, C., Jun 2022, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 56, 3, p. 383-389 16 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Practical Rationality, Learning and Convention: Essays in the Philosophy of Education
Winch, C., 1 Apr 2022, London: Anthem Press. 257 p. (Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein; no. 1)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Educational Explanations: Philosophy in Empirical Educational Research
Winch, C., 28 Feb 2022, 1 ed. Oxford: Wiley. 317 p. (Journal of Philosophy of Education Book Series)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Knowledge, Skills and Competence in the European Labour Market: What's in a Vocational Qualification?
Brockmann, M., Clarke, L. & Winch, C., 13 May 2011, Taylor and Francis Ltd. 204 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Introduction: Cross-national equivalence of skills and qualifications across Europe?
Brockmann, M., Clarke, L., Winch, C., Hanf, G., Méhaut, P. & Westerhuis, A., 13 May 2011, Knowledge, Skills and Competence in the European Labour Market: What's in a Vocational Qualification?. Taylor and Francis Ltd, p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
VET between State and Market. England as an Extended Natural Experiment in VET Governance
Winch, C., 5 Jan 2022, Governance Rev i s i t e d Challenges and Opportunities for Vocational Education and Training . Buergi, R. & P. G. (eds.). first ed. Bern: Peter Lang, p. 53-80 27 p. (Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education; vol. 20).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Learning Outcomes: the long goodbye. vocational qualifications in the 21st Century
Winch, C., 13 Sept 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Educational Research Journal. NA, NA, p. 1-19 19 p., NA.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Autonomy and Expertise in the English Workplace
Winch, C. & Addis, M., 5 Jan 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. p. 2-21 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Comparative VET European research since the 1980s: accommodating changes in VET systems and labour markets
Winch, C., Clarke, L. & Westerhuis, A., 14 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. p. 1-21 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transforming vocational education and training for nearly zero-energy building
Winch, C., Sahin-Dikmen, M. & Clarke, L., 1 Sept 2020, In: Buildings and Cities. 1, 1, p. 650-661 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Forming and Exercising Professional Judgement
Winch, C., 14 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. p. 1-19 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Researching Education: Perspectives from Winch’s Approach to the Social Sciences
Winch, C., 18 Jun 2020, Ethics, Society and Politics: Themes from the Philosophy of Peter Winch. Campbell, M. & Reid, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Cham: SpringerLink, p. 231-249 (Nordic Wittgenstein Studies; vol. 6).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Overcoming diverse approaches to vocational education and training to combat climate change: the case of low energy construction in Europe
Winch, C., Clarke, L. & Sahin-Dikmen, M., 2 Sept 2020, In: Oxford Review of Education. 46, 5, p. 619-636 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The learning outcome approach to European VET policy tools: Where are the arguments and the evidence?
Winch, C., Apr 2020, Comparative Vocational Education Research : Enduring Challenges and New Ways Forward . Pilz, M. & Li, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 81-96 15 p. (Internationale Berufsbildungsforschung).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Authority in Education
Winch, C., 2012, Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Elsevier Inc., p. 222-228 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Teaching through textbooks: Teachers as practitioners of a discipline?
Mili & Winch, C., Jul 2019, In: Theory and Research in Education. 17, 2, p. 181-201 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Applied Theoretical Knowledge and Professional and Vocational Education: Informed Know-How in a Non-Intellectualist Framework
Winch, C., 16 Apr 2018, Knowledge, Curriculum and Preparation for Work. Allais, S. & Shalem, Y. (eds.). Leiden ; Boston: Brill/Sense Publishers, p. 51-67 17 p. ( The Knowledge Economy and Education; vol. 10).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Markets, state and quality in education: Reflections on genuine educational markets
Winch, C., 30 Aug 2018, School Education in India: Market, State and Quality. Jain, M., Mehendale, A., Mukhopadhyay, R., Sarangapani, P. & Winch, C. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon: Routledge, p. 67-82 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Wittgenstein on training: Comment on Norm Friesen’s ‘Training and Abrichtung’: Wittgenstein as a tragic philosopher of education?
Winch, C., 2019, In: Educational Philosophy and Theory. 51, 1, p. 63-69 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
On learning (how) to learn
Kauffmann, O., Wiberg, M. & Winch, C., 10 May 2017, Dealing with Conceptualisations of Learning: Learning between Means and Aims in Theory and Practice. Sense Publishers, p. 25-35 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Introduction
Addis, M. & Winch, C., Aug 2017, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 51, 3, p. 557-573 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Professional Knowledge, Expertise and Perceptual Ability
Winch, C., 29 Aug 2017, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 51, 3, p. 673-688 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Knowing 'Wh' and Knowing How: Constructing Professional Curricula and Integrating Epistemic Fields
Winch, C., May 2017, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 51, 2, p. 351–369Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Teachers' Know-how: A Philosophical Investigation
Winch, C., 26 Apr 2017, 1 ed. Hoboken: WILEY-BLACKWELL. 248 p. (Journal of Philosophy of Education Book Series)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
3. An Interview with Christopher Winch with Merete Wiberg and Oliver Kauffmann
Winch, C. A., 23 Nov 2016, On the Definition of Learning edited by A. Qvortrup, M. Wiberg, G. Christensen, M. Hansbol. University Press of Southern Denmark, p. 273-298 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Autonomy, Occupation and Vocational Education
Winch, C. A., 3 Apr 2017, Waks, L, English, A. (eds.) John Dewey’s Democracy and Education: a Centennial Handbook. Cambridge University Press, p. 211-218 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Work, Play and Learning: Waks, L, English, A. (eds.) John Dewey’s Democracy and Education: a Centennial Handbook, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,
Winch, C. A., 3 Apr 2017, Waks, L, English, A. (eds.) John Dewey’s Democracy and Education: a Centennial Handbook, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press, p. pp.137-145. 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Barrow on Liberal Education and Schooling
Winch, C. A., 2014, Education and the Common Good: Essays in Honor of Robin Barrow. Gingell, J. (ed.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 113-127 14 p. Chapter 10. (Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
What kind of expertise is needed for low energy construction?
Winch, C. A., Clarke, L. & Gleeson, C., 31 Oct 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Construction Management and Economics. p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
What kind of expertise is needed for low energy construction
Clarke, L., Gleeson, C. & Winch, C., Sept 2016, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ARCOM Conference, ARCOM 2016. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, p. 383-392 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
Trade-based skills versus occupational capacity: The example of bricklaying in Europe
Clarke, L., Winch, C. & Brockmann, M., 2013, In: Work, Employment and Society. 27, 6, p. 932-951 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Know-how and knowledge in the professional curriculum
Winch, C., 30 Apr 2014, Knowledge, Expertise and the Professions. Young, M. & Muller, J. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, p. 47-60 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
The Contribution of Educational Research to Teachers’ Professional Learning Philosophical Understandings
Winch, C., Oancea, A. & Orchard, J., 6 Mar 2015, In: Oxford Review of Education. 41, 2, p. 202-216 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Towards a framework for professional curriculum design
Winch, C., 4 Mar 2015, In: Journal of Education and Work. 28, 2, p. 165-186 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Have Anglo-Saxon concepts really influenced the development of European qualifications policy?
Clarke, L. & Winch, C., 1 Dec 2015, In: Research in Comparative and International Education. 10, 4, p. 593-606 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing Professional Know-How
Winch, C., Nov 2016, In: JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 50, 4, p. 554-572Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Why careers education is part of education
Winch, C., Nov 2015, Education, Ethics and Experience: Essays in Honour of Richard Pring. Taylor and Francis, p. 36-47 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)
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Opportunity, equality and agency in England's new VET landscape: a longitudinal study of post-16 transitions (Young Lives, Young Futures)
How England's vocational education and training (VET) system could better support the school to work transitions of young people who don’t go to university.
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King’s International Education Research Network
The King’s International Education Research Network explores key areas of international education.
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Book Launch: Civil Society's Education by Christopher Winch
Join us for the launch of ‘Civil Society’s Education’ by Christopher Winch including a panel discussion of the book's key themes.
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The Turn to Learning Outcomes
In this lunchtime seminar, Chris Winch will critically examine the turn to learning outcomes in England and the EU and critiques some of its historical and...
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