Incorporating industry specific training into school education: enrolment and performance trends in senior secondary system
Incorporating industry-specific training into senior secondary education has not always succeeded in attaining status alongside general education courses. This paper reports enrolment and student performance trends from 2001-2008 in industry-specific training courses developed in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) where around one in five students take such a course as part of their Year 12 Senior Secondary Certificate. Data presented here show that this proportion has been relatively stable over time. Trends show that the later cohorts of students perform better in these subjects t ... Show more
Authors: Stanley, Gordon; McCann, Robert G.
Published: Abingdon, England, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2009
Resource type: Article
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