What Schultz refers to as human capital; preparing young people for the workforce and making education meet the needs of the ecnonomy.
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How to marxists view Vocational education?
Second-rate education for those from working-class backgrounds, concerned with producing passive and conformist workers to support well-paid positions of power and influence in society.
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How to functionalists and the New Right view vocational education.
They see it as beneficial, helping to boost the econonomy.
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What is the main focus of vocational education in Britain?
1. Improving quality of basic skills of the workforce. 2. Ending status division between academic and vocational education so practical and technical is integrated with academic learning.
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Why does Britain want to focus on improving the quality of basic skills?
Because of the high levels of unemployment among young people. 16% of 16 - 24 year-olds were unemployed in 2014
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What are the benefits of vocational education?
Producing a more skilled and flexible labour force to better meet the needs of the economy and employers. Allowing britian to maintain a successful position in the world economy. Also, globalisation needs are met.
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What measures have been taken to encourage vocational education?
1. Work experience programmes 2. expansion of post 16 training 3. Stronger emphasis on key skills e.g. problem solving, numeracy, literacy
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Criticisms of vocational education.
1. Work experience seen by students as boring and repetitive 2.Post school training programmes criticised for being used as a source of cheap labour. 3. Schemes seen as attempts to lower NEETs 4. Vocational seen as lower status that traditional qual
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Birdwell et al criticism of vocational education
Secondary schools in England and Wales routinely neglect pupils with vocational aspirations and focus on brighter children destined to go onto higher education. Schools fail to help children prepare for world of work.
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What did the report on vocational qualifications find?
Many of the vocational qualification young people are encouraged to aim for turn out to be worthless. the work-training low quality and schools undervalued part time work, after school clubs and volunteering for building skills and experience.
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How to marxists view Vocational education?
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Second-rate education for those from working-class backgrounds, concerned with producing passive and conformist workers to support well-paid positions of power and influence in society.
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How to functionalists and the New Right view vocational education.
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Card 4
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What is the main focus of vocational education in Britain?
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Card 5
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Why does Britain want to focus on improving the quality of basic skills?
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