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¶ … vocational education in high school. The review discusses all types of vocational education including agriculture, industrial arts, business, and family & consumer sciences. This paper includes opinions from students, administrators, counselors, parents, and vocational teachers
The importance of vocational education at the high school level has been a controversial topic for several years. The mindset that all high school students must aspire to attend four-year universities has taken hold and the school of thought for years was that any student not interested in such an endeavor was doomed to flip hamburgers for the rest of their adult life (Weisentein, 1991). In recent years this idea has been challenged and today high schools across the nation are recognizing the importance of a solid vocational education for their students who will not be attending university after graduation. The vocational education today is more than the woodshop courses of yesteryear. Today they include things such as agriculture, industry, arts, business and family or consumer sciences (Greenan, 1983). The wide range of availability of paths for vocational education has provided students with a solid and acceptable option following their high school term. Because of the shift in the importance placed on vocational education many studies have been conducted to determine the value and importance of offering such programs at the high school level, and the consensus is that the programs provide a solid and fulfilling alternative to a
... "A number of studies conducted between 1985 and 1993 specifically examined the relationship between vocational education programs and adult employment opportunities for students with mild disabilities. A significant relationship was found between taking vocational classes or having a job while still enrolled in high school and postschool employment rates (Evers, 1996)." Further studies presented evidence that this continued outside of the special needs students.
In 1990 the federal government developed something called the Tech-Prep Act. This act provided for the reorganization of vocational programs in schools. Today vocational education provides the academics as well as the vocational skills needed to move into the field after high school (Evers, 1996)." Of primary importance is the requirement that vocational programs deliver academic and job-related information to students in curricula that are clearly related to the workplace. In other words, class work must be occupationally oriented. In addition, the secondary phase of Tech-Prep includes a core of required competencies in mathematics, science, communication, and technology (Evers, 1996)."
Vocational education in high school provide students with competence in skills they will need in the workforce. The programs provide the basic skills in reading, math, listening and speaking. This study measured the ability to prepare high school students for the workforce during their high school career.…
Greenan, J.P. (1983). Identification of generalizable skills in secondary vocational programs: Executive summary. Springfield: Illinois State Board of Education.
Benz, M.R., & Halpern, A.S. (1986). Vocational preparation for high school students with mild disabilities: A statewide study of administrator, teacher, and parent perceptions. Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 9, 3-15.
DeStefano, L., & Wermuth, T.R. (1992). Chapter 29: IDEA (P.L. 101-476): Defining a second generation of transition services. In F.R. Rusch, L. DeStefano, J. Chadsey-Rusch, L.A. Phelps, & E. Szymanski (Eds.), Transition from school to adult life (pp. 537-549). Sycamore, IL: Sycamore.
Vocational Education Purpose of Vocational Education and Its Oppressive Nature: Inequality in Education as Japanese Woman (A Reflection of Oppressive Outside World). Education is often viewed as the panacea to social marginalization; it is a tool members of society can use to obtain better wages, acquire social recognition and become socially mobile. Unfortunately, education can also be a tool used for subjugation. It is a tool that aids in continuing the support
Future of Vocational Education in America Four years of college is not the route for many students for many reasons. Perhaps money is an issue, or grade point, or simply the desire to continue in the academic world. Everyone cannot be teachers, lawyers, or doctors. Moreover, it would be a sad world if they were. Vocational education gives the world plumbers, wood craftsmen, welders, hair stylists, electricians, and the list goes
National Defense Act: This act was passed on June 3, 1916. The National Defense Act was a federal law that restructured the organization of the military, this also entailed the development of the Army and National Guard, along with the formation of an Officer's and an Enlisted Reserve Corps among others. Smith -- Hughes Act was an act passed by Congress in which promotion of vocational agriculture was used to train
Education and National Security Education is essential for the advancement of our nation as well as our children. A good education gives children the ability to succeed physically, intellectually, and emotionally. The American nation has been labeled as having a threat to national security because of the education system failing to provide the needed learning and skills to know how to protect the nation. The condition of America's education system has
(Stasz, and Bodilly, 2004) In the press release by Mike Bowler and David Thomas (2005), High School Students Using Dual Enrollment Programs to Earn College Credits, New Reports Say. According to this report, the federal budget proposes to increase access to "dual enrollment" programs for at-risk students. Out of the approximately 2,050 institutions with dual enrollment programs, almost 110 institutions, or 5% (about 2% of all institutions) offered dual enrollment
This means that all teachers will be familiar with disability categories instead of specializing in only one or two. Practice teaching is inclusive in practically al degree programs at universities. Degree requirements differ from state to state. Some states require or recommend a masters degree while others have different requirements in educational attainment. There are many states that require teachers of special education to be both generally as well