Vocational Education Flashcards

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vocational - act that introduced vocational education

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new vocationalism act - 1979

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vocational - what does vocational education do?

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prepare young people for work

develop human capital (education meet needs of economy)

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vocational - what do functionalist?

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its a beneficial way to boost the economy

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vocational - what do marxists think?

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its a second-rate education for the working-class

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vocational - aims of vocational education

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  • improves quality workforces’s basic skills
  • breaks status division between academic and vocational qualification
  • produces skilled labour force to meet employers needs
  • work experience eases transition from school to work
  • more training related to learning work-related skills
  • strong emphasis on communication, problem solving, literacy and numeracy in national curriculum
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vocational criticisms - work experience

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seen as boring, reparative, little development of skills and have nothing to do with future ambitions

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vocational criticisms - post-school training schemes

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employers use these schemes as a source of cheap labour and don’t lead to proper jobs

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vocational criticisms - reinforce division between social class

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working-class more likely to take vs
lower status
less likely to lead to university
more likely to lead to lower-status/paid jobs
inferior to academic subjects
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vocational - birdwill

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schools focus on children destined to go to higher education
fail to help them prepare for work, offer little careers advice or help in finding jobs
vocational qualification turn out to be worthless and training is low-quality

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vocational - parity of esteem

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sources should be different but viewed as equal

most vocational courses lack this as its seen as second-rate

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