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VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
European Societies, 2000 Most secondary school systems maintain a distinction between academic and vocational education. Scholars ascribing to human capital theory view vocational education as a safety net, which enhances students' chances of finding gainful employment as skilled workers.
Yossi Shavit, Walter Muller
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Labor Market Returns to Vocational Secondary Education [PDF]
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022 We study labor market returns to vocational versus general secondary education using a regression discontinuity design created by the centralized admissions process in Finland. Admission to the vocational track increases initial annual income, and this benefit persists at least through the mid-thirties, and present discount value calculations suggest ...
Silliman, Mikko, Virtanen, Hanna
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The effects of vocational education on adult skills, employment and wages: What can we learn from PIAAC? [PDF]
, 2017 We have shown that vocational education does not perform as well as academic education both in labour market outcomes and in the level of basic skills, including literacy and numeracy. This is especially true for higher education.
Brunello, Giorgio, Rocco, Lorenzo
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DISTANCE LEARNING IN SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Chronos, 2022 The article examines the disciplinary nature of the modern education system, mainly based on the symbolic representation of knowledge. The specificity of secondary vocational education is noted, which consists in its practical orientation, inherited from the institute of apprenticeship (old vocational school).
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Post-16 Curriculum and Qualifications Reform in England and Scotland: lessons from home international comparisons [PDF]
, 2004 In this article we compare Curriculum 2000 and Higher Still, recent reforms of post-16 education in England and Scotland respectively. We draw on current and earlier research on the unification of academic and vocational learning in England, Scotland and
Ann Hodgson +9 more
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Testing the role of screening with vocational skills: the case of post-secondary initial vocational training institutes in Greece [PDF]
, 2012 The paper examines whether post secondary initial vocational training acts as a filter in the private sector segment of the Greek labour market, using a sample consisting of post secondary initial vocational training graduates and secondary education ...
Chanis, Stefanos +1 more
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Explanatory Style of Secondary Vocational Educators
Journal of Career and Technical Education, 1999 The explanatory style of secondary vocational teachers in Georgia was determined using the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ) developed by Seligman (1984) . The respondents in this study included 219 teachers of agricultural, business, family and consumer sciences, marketing, technology, and trade and industrial education.
Helen C. Hall, Bettye P. Smith
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Vocational Education in Higher Secondary Schools
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015 The competent and trained manpower would be contributing significantly to the industrial development of the nation by establishing small industries. Rapid changes in technology, expansion of market, industrial policies of the Government, coming in of more multinationals due to liberalization have revolutionized the aspect of Vocational Education at ...
Shireesh Pal Singh +2 more
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Secondary vocational education: necessity of structural changes
Vestnik of Kostroma State University. Series: Pedagogy. Psychology. Sociokinetics, 2023 The domestic system of secondary vocational education (SPE), despite the declared growth in its popularity in recent years, is systematically criticized for inertia and lagging behind technological changes in the economy and, as a result, not meeting its need for qualified workers. The quantitative accumulation of negative factors dictates the need for
Alexsander A. Listvin, Marina A. Garth
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Child welfare clients first step away from higher education. The influence of school performances, educational aspirations and background factors on choosing the vocational track after compulsory school [PDF]
, 2013 This article addresses the concern that the educational attainment of child welfare clients (CWCs) is generally poor. Dra wing upon previous research showing that former CWCs lack higher education, this study argues that it is necessary to examine the ...
Dæhlen, Marianne
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