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New vocationalism and its epistemological foundations [PDF]
The “modern vocational education” which has been formed gradually and in different levels and dimensions in recent years is in fact a try for defeating problems and deficiencies of “traditional vocational education” – problems and deficiencies which are ...
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Purpose: This article explores the relationship between governmental policy and the development of higher vocational education in China. Design/Approach/Methods: The article begins with a textual analysis of dozens of policy documents on higher ...
Xiaoxian Fan
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Achieving equity through 'gender autonomy': the challenges for VET policy and practice [PDF]
This paper is based on research carried out in an EU Fifth Framework project on 'Gender and Qualification'. The research partners from five European countries investigated the impact of gender segregation in European labour markets on vocational ...
Bates I.+23 more
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Abstract This research explored how young adults (ages 18–25) learn to use financial records and the roles financial records play in their experiences in coming to see themselves as financially mature social actors. The contribution of this paper is a revised model of transitions theory that includes personal information management (PIM) as an ...
Robert Douglas Ferguson+2 more
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Globalization as a challenge for professional education
This article deals with vocational education as an element of globalization in the modern world. The aim of the article is to determine the basic issues in the field of vocational education in times of globalization. The article focuses on such issues as
Beata Mydłowska
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ABSTRACT Families of transition‐aged youth with autism often struggle to access services. Due to systemic barriers, Latino, Spanish‐speaking families of autistic youth especially struggle to access services. One way to improve service access is through parent advocacy abilities (i.e., knowledge of adult services, advocacy abilities and comfort ...
Meghan M. Burke+6 more
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Changing patterns in vocational education [PDF]
One of the long standing issues in education development has been productive job training in rapidly changing economies. The argument has been made that vocational secondary schools are not well equipped for this task.
Middleton, John
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Distributed leadership in action: Different manifestations and what they require from school leaders
Abstract Distributed leadership is currently the most studied leadership model in education. This study posits that there is not a single best model or blueprint for distributed leadership, but that schools should foster manifestations of distributed leadership to support professional development and school improvement.
Frank Hulsbos+3 more
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Israel's vocational training [PDF]
Eighty percent of the trainees headed for Israel's labor force go to full-time vocational secondary schools that devote a third to a half of the curriculum time to general studies.
Ziderman, Adrian
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Understanding Biesta's three purposes of education: A framework proposal
Abstract The purpose of ‘doing’ education is often unconsidered or assumed in educational thinking and practice, despite the diversity of understandings. Gert Biesta's perspective that education has a threefold purpose of qualification, socialisation and subjectification is among the most known.
Dalila Pinto Coelho+2 more
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