Learning Autonomy in Post-16 Education: The Policy and Practice of Formative Assessment

Introduction 1. Learning in a risk society: empowerment, care or control? 2. Theorising autonomy, motivation and formative assessment 2. Constructing GNVQ assessment policy 4. Changing FE Colleges 5. Getting through: motivation in GNVQs 6., Doing it their way: autonomy in GNVQs 7. Biting the bullets: formative assessment in GNVQs 8. Risking motivation and autonomy in lifelong learning