ISBN:
9789400722729
,
128345632X
,
9781283456326
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVII, 269p. 10 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects 15
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Work and education in America
Keywords:
Adult education
;
Education
;
Education
;
Adult education
;
Vocational education
;
United States
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
USA
;
Berufsbildung
;
USA
;
Berufsbildung
Abstract:
This, the first comprehensive academic volume on vocational education and training (VET) or career and technical education in the United States, features insights into a variety of issues in this field of research. The international reader will find an up-to-date synthesis as well as a critical analysis of the relevant history, philosophy, governance, legislation and organizational structures. The coverage is structured according to the benchmarks applied to, as well as the theoretical discussions around, VET. The topics covered all have a strong contemporary relevance and include education ve
Abstract:
This, the first comprehensive academic volume on vocational education and training (VET) or career and technical education in the United States, features insights into a variety of issues in this field of research. The international reader will find an up-to-date synthesis as well as a critical analysis of the relevant history, philosophy, governance, legislation and organizational structures. The coverage is structured according to the benchmarks applied to, as well as the theoretical discussions around, VET. The topics covered all have a strong contemporary relevance and include education ve
Description / Table of Contents:
Foreword; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; About the Authors; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Dilemmas of Design: Education Versus Qualification in the US Vocational System; 2.1 The Empirical Context: The Place of Vocational Education in the United States---"Wanted: Qualification"; 2.2 Recent and Current Efforts at Reform: The Many Roles of Vocational Education; 2.3 The Political-Cultural Context: Efforts to Modernize Struggling Amidst Institutional Weakness; 2.4 Outlook: Crisis and Potential System Redesign; References
Description / Table of Contents:
3 The Multitiered CTE/VET System in the United States---From High School to Two-Year Colleges3.1 Funding and Financing Vocational/Career and Technical Education; 3.2 Vocational/Career and Technical Education Within the US Educational System; 3.2.1 Secondary Vocational/Career and Technical Education; 3.2.2 Postsecondary Vocational/Career and Technical Education; 3.3 Program Areas Within Vocational/Career and Technical Education; 3.3.1 Agricultural Education; 3.3.2 Business Education; 3.3.3 Family and Consumer Sciences Education (Formerly Home Economics Education)
Description / Table of Contents:
3.3.4 Health Occupations Education3.3.5 Marketing Education; 3.3.6 Trade and Industrial Education; 3.3.7 Technology Education; 3.4 Curricular Approaches Within Vocational/Career and Technical Education; 3.4.1 Career Clusters and Career Academies; 3.4.2 Tech Prep; 3.4.3 High Schools That Work; 3.4.4 Project Lead the Way; 3.5 Leadership Components of Vocational/Career and Technical Education; 3.5.1 Vocational/Career and Technical Student Organizations; 3.5.2 Advisory Committees; 3.6 Overall Effectiveness; 3.7 Conclusion; References; 4 The American Community College; 4.1 Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
4.2 History and Background4.3 Social Role; 4.4 Students; 4.5 Student Services; 4.6 Programs; 4.7 Organization and Leadership; 4.8 Finances; 4.9 Faculty; 4.10 Toward the Future; 4.11 Conclusion; References; 5 Governing VET in the United States: Localization Versus Centralization; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Local, State, and Federal Roles; 5.2.1 Regular Public Education; 5.2.2 State and Local Roles in Vocational Education; 5.2.2.1 State Role in VET; 5.2.2.2 Local Programs; 5.2.3 Federal Role in Vocational Education; 5.3 Federal Efforts to Implement Reforms; 5.3.1 The Context of VET Reform
Description / Table of Contents:
5.3.2 Academic and Vocational Education5.3.3 Secondary and Postsecondary Education; 5.3.4 Curricula, Standards, and Certification; 5.3.5 The School-to-Work Transition; 5.4 Conclusion; References; 6 The Education Gospel and Vocationalism in US Higher Education: Triumphs, Tribulations, and Cautions for Other Countries; 6.1 Introduction: The Education Gospel and International Borrowing; 6.2 From Moral to Occupational Purposes: Vocationalizing the University; 6.2.1 The Rise of the Professions; 6.2.2 The Great Transformation of US Higher Education
Description / Table of Contents:
6.3 The Dilemmas of the Professionalized University
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-2272-9
URL:
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