Constructing Futures on Fault Lines: Secondary Vocational Education in a Shifting Economic Landscape.

Bettis, Pamela J.

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ERIC Number: EJ576750

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Publication Date: 1998

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Constructing Futures on Fault Lines: Secondary Vocational Education in a Shifting Economic Landscape.

Bettis, Pamela J.

Journal of Vocational Education Research, v23 n4 p287-309 1998

A qualitative case study of a declining secondary vocational program identified the following causes: community's shift to a postindustrial economy, state-mandated proficiency tests, loss of the vocational director, and teachers' and students' attitudes about students' future prospects. (SK)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Case Studies, Declining Enrollment, Economic Change, High Schools, Qualitative Research, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Vocational Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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