Meeting the Demand for Vocational Courses: Influences on the Development of Engineering Technician Training in New South Wales, Australia in the 1950s and 1960s.

Barker, Ray|Holbrook, Allyson

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ERIC Number: EJ535256

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Publication Date: 1996

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Meeting the Demand for Vocational Courses: Influences on the Development of Engineering Technician Training in New South Wales, Australia in the 1950s and 1960s.

Barker, Ray; Holbrook, Allyson

Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, v48 n3 p213-28 1996

As engineering technician training developed in New South Wales in the 1950s-1960s, technical educators were marginalized by power struggles over apprentice recruitment and the complications of industrial legislation. However, educators and professional associations took a leadership role in the development of technician training in the metal industry. (SK)

Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Educational Demand, Engineering Education, Engineering Technicians, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Professional Associations, Teacher Role, Technical Education, Vocational Education

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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