Schooling in the workplace : how six of the world's best vocational education systems prepare young people for jobs and life / Nancy Hoffman.
By: Hoffman, Nancy
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, c2011Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and index.Description: xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 1612501117; 9781612501116 (pbk.); 1612501125; 9781612501123 (lib. ed.).Subject(s): Vocational education | Business and education | Business and education -- United StatesDDC classification: 375.0086 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 375.0086 H675 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003746112 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and index.
Introduction -- 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 -- Journal essay: the German dual system : A U.S. observer reflects on a strong VET system / Robert B. Schwartz -- Workplace learning : "the school is not the center of the world" -- Journal essay: ordinary teenagers, extraordinary results : apprentices at work / Nancy Hoffman -- Changing the outcomes of youth left behind : policies and practices that protect and support -- Conclusion : possibilities in the United States.
"Which non-American education systems best prepare young people for jobs and adult lives? And what can the United States learn, adopt, and adapt from these other systems? Explores the vocational education programs in Australia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland.
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