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Job Training versus Career Development: What Is Voc Ed's Role? ERIC Digest.
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Lankard, Bettina A. – 1996
Many educators believe the role of vocational education is to prepare students for work in a given trade or vocational area with the focus on job skill training. Some contend vocational education should concentrate more broadly on all aspects of students' career development, including lifelong learning, employability, and cognitive skills. One way…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Development, Constructivism (Learning), Critical Thinking