How is upper secondary education organised across OECD countries? This level of education, which most frequently serves students aged between 15 to 18, is generally the first time when learners have significant capacity to shape the content of their learning, for example by opting for general or vocational education, choosing their subjects and…

Context: Vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in reducing early leaving from education and training, and integrating youth at risk in upper secondary education. To ensure that more young people complete upper secondary education, the OECD suggests designing interventions that address the specific needs of youth at risk such as…

This occasional paper provides an overview of the development of Australia's national training system and is a key knowledge document of a wider research project "Consistency with flexibility in the Australian national training system." This research project investigates the various approaches undertaken by each of the jurisdictions to…

At the request of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Industry Skills Council (ISC), and the Skills Senior Officials Network (SSON), a National Training Product Reform Group, comprising representatives from all of the jurisdictions, considered the longer-term reform of training products. This exercise, conducted during 2016, aimed to…

The Commissioner of Education presents his ideas concerning career education and the need for change. (JS)

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOCIOECONOMICALLY HANDICAPPED, STEPS WHICH MUST BE TAKEN TO HELP THEM SUCCEED IN REGULAR VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES OPENED FOR THEM BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 ARE DESCRIBED. POVERTY, RACE, AND MOBILITY ARE SOME OF THE CONDITIONING FACTORS OF THE HANDICAPPED. MANY OF THE YOUTH…

This document contains excerpts from two larger studies illustrating how two communities have approached problems of bias and neglect in the occupational education area. The first series of excerpts come from a curriculum study conducted in an affluent suburb where a high motivation for college preparatory work exists but not for occupational…

Discusses the implications of the 1968 Vocational Education Amendments in terms of vocational and technical education programs, considering separately each of the Law's major parts. (JS)

Comments on the need for more effective teaching in vocational agriculture programs by vocationalizing agriculture, or re-emphasizing "learning by doing" and offers one specific suggestion of organizing the work of teachers of agriculture in multi-teacher programs so each teacher serves a community (geographic area) within the school district. (HD)

This guide presents a process for school-to-community transition planning for students with disabilities, based on individual need. In order for the school to support transition planning, it must put in place a school-based transition system, with the following essential components: local education agency administrative and program…

To improve the educational services to the handicapped and disadvantaged youth of the County, the characteristics of the national population with special needs and the employment opportunities ultimately available to them are reported. The study focuses on appropriate guidelines to develop special programs to increase and improve the educational…

Discusses steps taken by vocational agriculture teachers in revising the agriculture curriculum in Westwood High School, Mesa, Arizona. (SB)

Some of the major concerns of education stem from the fact that young men and women leave our educational system without sufficient skills to survive in the world of work. Vocational education has a vital role to play in solving the problems related to this situation. The staff at this Research and Development Unit believes the problems can best…