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ERIC Number: EJ656906
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1911
On the Upgrading of Vocational Studies: Analysing Prejudice and Subordination in English Education.
Hyland, Terry
Educational Review, v54 n3 p287-96 Nov 2002
Numerous reforms and initiatives have attempted to reduce the gulf between pure/theoretical and applied/instrumental knowledge and create parity of esteem for vocational studies. Changing terminology and tinkering with curriculum will not bring about the values transformation needed to overcome deep-seated prejudices underlying the negative valuation of vocational education. (Contains 42 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bias, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Social Status, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Vocationalism