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Current issues in vocational education and training in New Zealand

The following issues are discussed: participation rates in vocational education and training in New Zealand; the ch ... Show more
The following issues are discussed: participation rates in vocational education and training in New Zealand; the changing role of vocational education and training in secondary schools; new initiatives in light of youth unemployment and transition difficulties; recognition of competence and responsiveness of the system to the need for change. Show less

Authors: Wood, Derek E.

Corporate authors: National Center for Research in Vocational Education (U.S.) (NCRVE)

Date: 1988

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia; New Zealand

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Occasional paper

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Youth; Employment ... [+] Show more
Directions in postsecondary vocational education

Review of trends in post secondary education with emphasis on articulation, finances and internal campus governance ... Show more
Review of trends in post secondary education with emphasis on articulation, finances and internal campus governance. Show less

Authors: Ellison, Nolen M.

Corporate authors: National Center for Research in Vocational Education (U.S.) (NCRVE)

Date: 1988

Geographic subjects: North America; United States

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Occasional paper

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Outcomes; Finance ... [+] Show more
Routes into the mainstream: career choices of women and minorities

Joint implications from five recent studies on occupational choice indicate that a more in-depth concentration on t ... Show more
Joint implications from five recent studies on occupational choice indicate that a more in-depth concentration on the occupational consistency or discontinuity of women and minorities will provide direction for future academic discipline and policy for this population. The discipline and policy process is potentially one of the most important areas in research because it begins to raise questions about concepts of occupation. The studies show the extent to which identities seem to organize occupational choice for all individuals. A set of occupations consistent with how these identities are put together seems to be emerging. There seems to be a sense of occupational persistence with upward mobility within the context of tribe, class, or gender. Arguably, two factors--tribal/cultural concept and social class--seem to contribute to the relationship between ethnicity and mathematical performance at each educational stage. Both affect family behavior patterns, which, in turn, powerfully affect children's school performance. Literature indicates that girls' occupational expectations depend on how they expect to allocate their time during adulthood between the labor force and work in the home. Career choices seem to reflect how and when to resolve the conflict between achievement in the labor force and family responsibilities.
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Authors: Berryman, Sue E.

Corporate authors: National Center for Research in Vocational Education (U.S.) (NCRVE)

Date: 1988

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Occasional paper

Subjects: Disadvantaged; Gender; Demographics ... [+] Show more

Current issues in vocational education and training in New Zealand

Directions in postsecondary vocational education

Routes into the mainstream: career choices of women and minorities