The Standing of Vocational Education and the Occupations It Serves: Current Concerns and Strategies For Enhancing That Standing

The book explores the low standing of vocational education in an era of high aspiration, discussing the nature, extent, and consequences of this issue. It suggests how supra-government agencies, governments, schools, industry and professional bodies, and employers can address this problem and provide an authoritative text to understand and respond to it.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 401 pages
Publication date: 22 April 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This book delves into a crucial issue facing vocational education in an era of high aspirations: its relatively low standing. It explores the nature, extent, and consequences of an educational sector that, despite its increasingly significant role in contemporary societies, is perceived as having low status across both developed and developing economies. The standing of vocational education is influenced by the occupations it serves, particularly in an era where young people and their parents have high expectations. The repercussions of this low standing are far-reaching, affecting how governments, communities, parents, and familiar advisors perceive and support vocational education, as well as the decision-making of young people regarding their post-school pathways.

Rather than merely describing this problem, the primary focus of this collection is on exploring how this issue can be addressed through the actions of supra-government agencies, governments, schools within tertiary education institutions, industry and professional bodies, and employers. It provides a comprehensive examination of societal sentiments that shape the projection of vocational education and the occupations it serves across countries, continents, and cultures. The book offers a diverse range of perspectives and contributions from scholars, aimed at providing actionable insights and solutions for redressing this issue.

These contributions are synthesized and organized into sets of propositions, practices, and approaches directed towards governments, schooling, tertiary education institutions, educators, researchers, industry and professional bodies, and employers. By presenting an authoritative, seminal, comprehensive, and central text on this critical issue, the book aims to serve as a valuable resource for understanding and responding to the challenges facing vocational education.

Weight: 646g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030962395
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022