Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of People with Disabilities: From Principles to Practice
Nota 1 Principles of Vocational Education-HistoricalContext
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Principles of Vocational
Education
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The Historical Context
First decade of the 20th century schools held
based on elements of liberal education
School play a role in preparing a few of them for
.
To those who see little value in further schooling -
-- work opportunities were more attractive.
A large number of them chose to leave schools
and enter the work force --- but have little or no
preparation for work.
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Typically, youth left the public schools at
fourteen --- school attendance laws for
persons older than fourteen not yet fully
.
Schools did not adequately serve the needs of
youth --- planned for only the few who were
preparing for college rather than the large
number who would go into industry.
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Roles of Vocational Education
To make the school more democratic --- welearn to train all kinds of men, all kinds of
ways, for all kinds of things (Prosser,
1913:406) Extend general education --- continuing school
attendance for those who fourteen and above
To provide greater efficiency in production To increase the wage ability --- move from
non-educative workers to skills workers.
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Roles of Vocational Education
To encourage better teaching processes ---
children who did not respond to book
instruction might be reached and educated
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Reason to why Vocational
Education emerged
Vocational education emerged due to the real
concern for youth and of the failure of the
schools to provide an educational program
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needs.
Vocational education was intended to help
change the schools inability to hold students.
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Vocational Education in National
Education Agenda (US context)
Barlow (1967) proposed seven principles:
Vocational education is a national concern;
Vocational education provides for the common
Vocational preparation of youth and adults is a
public responsibility;
Vocational education requires a sound basiceducation;
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Vocational education is planned and conducted in
close cooperation with business and industry;
Vocational education provides the skills and
knowledge that are valuable in the labour market;
and
Vocational education provides continuing
education for youth and adults. These principles if adopted helped to shape
the policies and practices of the profession.
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TVET in UNESCO Perspective
(UNESCO, 2001: 2)
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Principles
Defined as generalizations that state preferred
practices and serves as guidelines for program
and curriculum construction, selection of
,
development.
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Principles for Vocational Education
In 1985, Melvin Miller established a set of
principles which contributes towards the
adoption of a guiding set to develop policies
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His framework was one that focused upon the
categories of people, programs, and
processes.
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Principles in TVET