National governments and employers have argued that it is important for all sectors of education to prepare individuals who are able to think well and for themselves. 'Good thinking' and 'thinking well' are commonly used terms bound up with what is called 'critical thinking' in the research literatu…
The current investigation examined whether apprentices differed from nonapprentices (Gymnasium and teacher's college students) in rates of deviant behavior. Questionnaire data were collected on more than 4,000 Swiss adolescents (mean age = 18.0, SD = 1.1) between the ages of 16 and 19. The following…
Compares labour market transitions of young people in Germany and Italy using panel data from the GSOKP and the SHIW. The aim is to investigate whether there are significant cross-country differences in the patterns of labour market entrance and whether explanatory factors can be identified. The ana…
Universities are at a pivotal point in their history and are undergoing dramatic changes. One of the more significant of these changes is the move towards instrumental programmes of learning, as manifest for instance in workplace and work-based learning. This paper argues that this trend threatens t…
Source:British Journal of Sociology of Education
(2000)
In this paper I use a single case-study to map the transition of a young person as he moved from school into work. My purpose is to illuminate the shape and character of his learning in work and its relation to education. Not only do I authenticate the social and situated composition of his learning…
Young people in five occupations were investigated before the end of vocational training and again one year later (N = 675). In general, working conditions were within the range found in adult samples, with some values for stressors, however, being on the higher end. Conditions were especially good …
The author presents the 6 stages in the development of career counseling in the United States. In the 1st stage (1890-1919), placement services were offered for an increasingly urban and industrial society. In the 2nd stage (1920-1939), educational guidance through the elementary and secondary schoo…
Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
The central purpose of this article is to ascertain whether the system of vocational education and training in the Republic of Ireland can withstand the range of challenges that face the economy. In order to do so, a general overview of the current educational system is first presented. The nature o…
