The marginalisation of VET in an Australian secondary school

It has been argued that the culture and traditions of secondary schooling explicitly exclude vocational learning from the mission of secondary schools. Analyses have further highlighted the role played by vocational learning in sifting and sorting students by social background. In many continental systems, Germany, France or Italy for example, the fragmentation of the upper secondary curriculum into general and vocational tracks has been the means by which the 'integrity' of the academic stream has been maintained. In the Australian context, the abolition of technical schools in favour of a mo ... Show more

Authors: Polesel, John; Clarke, Kira

Published: Abingdon, England, Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2011

Resource type: Article

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