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ERIC Number: EJ320530
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Upgrading and Downgrading of Occupations: Issues, Evidence, and Implications for Education.
Spenner, Kenneth I.
Review of Educational Research, v55 n2 p125-54 Sum 1985
A debate which is concerned with skill upgrading versus downgrading of occupations in the United States and relationships to schooling and vocational preparation is reviewed. The article summarizes major position, surveys the evidence on skill changes, and discusses research and policy implications for general and vocational education. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Automation, Economic Change, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Improvement Programs, Industrialization, Job Skills, Literature Reviews, Skilled Occupations, Technological Advancement, Technological Literacy, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United States