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  • The Vocationalization of Secondary Education: The Relationships between Vocational and Technology Education

    Author(s)
    Pavlova, Margarita
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    Pavlova, Margarita B.
    Year published
    2009
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    Traditionally, the vocationalization of secondary education has been seen as an effective measure for developing human resources. Although it is regarded as being applicable for both developed and developing countries, the politics of vocationalization of secondary education have determined that it has developed differently in two contexts. As argued by McLean and Kamau (1999), the policy shift in developing countries during the 1990s was consistent with the changing priorities, from pre-vocational courses to strengthening general education, formulated by the World Bank (1991). For developed countries, with well-functioning ...
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    Traditionally, the vocationalization of secondary education has been seen as an effective measure for developing human resources. Although it is regarded as being applicable for both developed and developing countries, the politics of vocationalization of secondary education have determined that it has developed differently in two contexts. As argued by McLean and Kamau (1999), the policy shift in developing countries during the 1990s was consistent with the changing priorities, from pre-vocational courses to strengthening general education, formulated by the World Bank (1991). For developed countries, with well-functioning and well-resourced secondary school systems that enrol the great majority of young people, vocationalization is seen as an appropriate initiative (Lauglo, 2005).
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    Book Title
    International Handbook of Education for the Changing World of Work: Bridging Academic and Vocational Learning
    Volume
    4
    Publisher URI
    https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781402052804
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5281-1_122
    Subject
    Secondary Education
    Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/30297
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