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ERIC Number: EJ636641
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0739-3369
Vocational Education and the Dilemma of Education.
Lewis, Morgan V.
Journal of Vocational Education Research, v25 n4 p575-84 2000
Argues that, in industrialized societies, adolescents are not developmentally ready to make career decisions. Urges secondary vocational education to return to principles of manual training and use occupational contexts to improve academic skills and teach competencies identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. (Contains 14 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Role of Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Socialization, Two Year Colleges, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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