Pedagogical alternatives for preparing students to make the transition from school to work are examined and synthesized into six key components needed for successful school-to-work transition programs. These key components include coordinated, nonfragmented services; strong education-business partne…
Source:British Journal of Sociology of Education
(1993)
The serious Problem in Japanese education today is the excess of comPetition. Although that helps the high standard of Japanese education, it also brings about many difficulties for young people. The competition in the school system is, in general, closely related to the competition in society as a …
This overview of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is concerned with four main issues: The diversity of locations in which TVET is delivered, the nature of different client groups, curriculum, control and the role of the state. There is no single version of best practice. Extern…
This paper examines selected reform efforts in technical and technological education from a comparative perspective. The similarities and differences between reforms in selected countries – Brazil, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden – are analysed to determine maj…
Traditional approaches to manpower requirement forecasting have been unhelpful in enabling technical and vocational training organisations to identify the future skills needs of industry and business. This paper examines the problems faced by institutions in improving their understanding of future t…
Competency-based education and training (CBET) is concerned with educational outcomes rather than inputs. Three approaches to assessing competence are commonly recognised: a task approach, an attributes approach, and an integrated task/attribute approach. CNET is being actively promoted by influenti…
Source:Community College Journal of Research and Practice
(1993)
The quality of instruction provided through the post‐secondary technical institutes reflects the capabilities of the instructors. It would be ideal ifinstructors were trained through traditional teacher education programs. However, instructors inpost‐secon‐dary technical education generally have few…
Witz' (1992) approach to the study of female dominated professions is employed to analyse and contrast the processes, debates and tactics within nursing and social work as they have responded to national pressure to develop competency-based professional standards. A particular concern is whether thi…
