It is argued that vocational education belongs in the common core of school knowledge. Distinction is made between vocational education for jobs and vocational education about work. It is the latter aspect of the subject that allows the general education claim to be made. The former aspect, it is ar…
With investment in human capital an urgent economic imperative in America's quest for competitiveness, policymakers and analysts have focused on the bottom half of the labor force. In doing so their vision of literacy has been constricted by workplace needs. The literacy discourse is framed in terms…
Recent research points to an association between participation in certain kinds of secondary vocational programs and the development of improved attitudes (e.g. toward self, school, work, and others). There is considerable disagreement, however, over the meaning of these findings. Supporters of voca…
