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Auteur(s) : Hoffman, Nancy (19..-.... ; spécialiste en éducation)
Titre(s) : Schooling in the workplace [Texte imprimé] : how six of the world's best vocational education systems prepare young people for jobs and life / Nancy Hoffman
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard Education Press, cop. 2011
Description matérielle : xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Comprend : Qualifying for a calling: the philosophical rationale for vocational education ;
Employer engagement: good for the bottom line, good for young people ; State-directed
VET systems: formal public/private partnerships in action ; The German dual system:
A U.S. observer reflects on a strong VET system / by Robert B. Schwartz ; Workplace
learning: "the school is not the center of the world" ; Ordinary teenagers, extraordinary
results: apprentices at work / by Nancy Hoffman ; Changing the outcomes of youth
left behind: policies and practices that protect and support ; Possibilities in the
United States.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and index
Which non-American education systems best prepare young people for fulfilling jobs
and successful adult lives? And what can the United States, where far too many young
people currently enter adulthood without adequate preparation for the twenty-first-century
job market, learn, adopt, and adapt from these other systems? In this work the author
addresses these questions head on, arguing that "the smartest and quickest route to
a wide variety of occupations for the majority of young people in the successful countries,
not a default for failing students, is a vocational program that integrates work and
learning." As she notes, the programs that successfully integrate work and learning
all share a fundamental commitment to helping young people find successful careers:
"The purpose is not 'college for all,' as in the United States today, but rather to
provide the education and training young people need to prepare for a career or calling."
This book explores the vocational education programs in a wide range of countries,
focusing in rich and useful detail on six in particular: Australia, Austria, Germany,
the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland. Framing these discussions, however, is a
persistent focus on American circumstances and challenges. Far more than a survey
of six "foreign" programs, this is a book prompted by and organized around the policy
and practical challenges facing the United States
Sujet(s) : Enseignement professionnel
Éducation et emploi
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781612501116 (pbk.). - ISBN 1612501117 (pbk.). - ISBN 9781612501123 (library).
- ISBN 1612501125 (library)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43645954c
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