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A 4 page research paper that offers a philosophy for vocational and technical education. Issues addressed include the nature of voc-tech ed., who the students are and how and by whom it is taught. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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(Lynch, 2000). According to public law, the Perkins Act defines vocational education as "organized educational programs offering a sequences of courses directly related to preparing individuals for paid...employment in current
or emergency occupations" (Mupinga and Livesay, 2004, p. 261). Sometimes referred to as "career and technical education") addresses the needs of "students, workers and lifelong learners of all ages," helping
them to fulfill their full potential. Primarily, however, it aids high school and college students by addressing subject matter that has relevance to the real world of the job
market by teaching them employable skills (ACTE, 2007). As this suggests, the nature and purpose of vocational and technical education is provide pathways between the world of academia, student interests,
and the job market. In addition to aiding high school and college students, vocational and technical education also offers "second-chance education and training for the unemployed," and also those adults
seeking to upgrade their skills (ACTE, 2007). There are programs such as the Micro-Entrepreneurial Training program which aid welfare recipients by funding micro-enterprises (Banerjee, 2002). The basic assumption
of this program is that individuals have the skills and talent to undertake such service-oriented businesses as "day care, catering, cleaning, selling crafts and desktop publishing" (Banerjee, 2002, p. 315).
Clearly, vocational and technical education is required in many instances for such programs to be successful. Vocational, career and technical education (defined by Public Law 105-332) includes competency-based applied
learning that is designed to contribute to the individuals overall academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning skills and occupational-specific skills (Schulte, et al, 2005). Vocational-technical education provides students with marketable
skills, which greatly reduces their chances of facing unemployment, while enhancing their chances of finding employment as a skilled, and therefore a higher paid, worker (Harvey, 2001). The U.S. Department
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