Vocational education prepares learners for certain careers or A profession is a specialized work function within society, generally performed by a professional. For the monastic sense, see Profession (religious). Definitions In a more restrictive sense, profession often refers specifically to fields that require extensive study and mastery of specialized knowledge, such as law, medicine, the military, nursing, the... professions, which are traditionally non-academic and directly related to a trade, occupation or 'vocation' in which the learner participates.

Vocational education is in most cases a form of High School also refers to the highest form of classical riding, High School Dressage. Secondary education, or secondary school, is a period of education which follows directly after primary education (such as intermediate school or elementary school), and which may be followed by tertiary or post-secondary education. The purpose... secondary or Post-secondary education is a form of secondary education that is taken after first attending a secondary school, such as a high school. The purpose of a post-secondary education can be to receive vocational education and training or to prepare for a tertiary education. Post-secondary education in itself... post-secondary education. In some cases, vocational education can contribute towards a Tertiary education, also referred to as third-stage or third level education, is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education such as a high school, secondary school, or gymnasium. Tertiary education is commonly higher education which prepares students for a quaternary education, but it... tertiary education at a A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education. University is derived from the Latin universitas, meaning corporation since the first medieval European universities were often groups of scholars-for-hire. History Arguably the first western... university as academic credit however, it is rarely considered in its own form to fall under the traditional defintion of a Higher education is education provided by universities and other institutions that award academic degrees, such as university colleges, and liberal arts colleges. Higher education includes both the teaching and the research activities of universities, and within the realm of teaching, it includes both the undergraduate level (sometimes referred to as... higher education.

Up until the end of the twentieth century, vocational education focused on trades, for example building, agriculture and crafts, and was therefore associated with the activities of lower A social class is, at its most basic, a group of people that have similar social status. The relative importance and definition of membership in a particular class differs greatly over time and between societies, particularly in societies having a legal differentiation of groups of people by birth or occupation... social classes. As a consequence, it has attracted a level of stigma.

However, as the labour market becomes more specialised and economies are demanding more skills, governments and business are increasingly investing in the future of vocational education through publicy funded training organisations and subsidised If youre looking for the TV show, see The Apprentice. Apprenticeships form a traditional method of training a new generation of skilled crafts practitioners. Apprentices (or in early modern usage prentices) built their careers from apprenticeships. The system of apprenticeship first developed in the later Middle Ages and came... apprenticeship or traineeship initiatives for businesses.

Vocational education has diversified over the last century and now exists in industries such as retail, tourism, IT, funeral services and cosmetics.

The largest and the most unified system of vocational education was created in The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик... Soviet Union (see PTU (ПТУ, пэ-тэ-у́) is acronym for Russian professional`no-tehnicheskoye uchilische (профессиона́льно-техни́ческое учи́... PTU, Tekhnikum (Russian: те́хникум) was a Soviet mass-education facility of medium special education category similar to PTU, but aimed to train low-level industrial managers (foremen, technical supervisors etc.) or specializing in occupations that require skills more advanced than purely manual labor... Tehnikum). But it became less effective with the transition of post-Soviet countries to market economy.

Vocational education is related to the age-old If youre looking for the TV show, see The Apprentice. Apprenticeships form a traditional method of training a new generation of skilled crafts practitioners. Apprentices (or in early modern usage prentices) built their careers from apprenticeships. The system of apprenticeship first developed in the later Middle Ages and came... apprenticeship system of learning.

Readings

Achilles, C. M.; Lintz, M.N.; and Wayson, W.W. "Observations on Building Public Confidence in Education." EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION AND POLICY ANALYSIS 11 no. 3 (1989): 275-284.

Banach, Banach, and Cassidy. THE ABC COMPLETE BOOK OF SCHOOL MARKETING. Ray Township, MI: Author, 1996.

Brodhead, C. W. "Image 2000: A Vision for Vocational Education." VOCATIONAL EDUCATION JOURNAL 66, no. 1 (January 1991): 22-25.

Buzzell, C.H. "Let Our Image Reflect Our Pride." VOCATIONAL EDUCATION JOURNAL 62, no. 8 (November-December 1987): 10.

O'Connor, P.J., and Trussell, S.T. "The Marketing of Vocational Education." VOCATIONAL EDUCATION JOURNAL 62, no. 8 (November-December 1987): 31-32.

Ries, E. "To 'V' or Not to 'V': for Many the Word 'Vocational' Doesn't Work." TECHNIQUES 72, no. 8 (November-December 1997): 32-36.

Ries, A., and Trout, J. THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF MARKETING. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993.

Sharpe, D. "Image Control: Teachers and Staff Have the Power to Shape Positive Thinking." VOCATIONAL EDUCATION JOURNAL 68, no. 1 (January 1993): 26-27.

Shields, C.J. "How to Market Vocational Education." CURRICULUM REVIEW (November 1989): 3-5

Silberman, H.F. "Improving the Status of High School Vocational Education." EDUCATIONAL HORIZONS 65, no. 1 (Fall 1986): 5-9.

Tuttle, F.T. "Let's Get Serious about Image-Building." VOCATIONAL EDUCATION JOURNAL 62, no. 8 (November-December 1987): 11.

"What Do People Think of Us?" TECHNIQUES 72, no. 6 (September 1997): 14-15.

External Links

• Choosing a Career or Vocational School (http://www.fact-sheets.com/education/choosing_vocational_school/)
• U.S. Job Training and Vocational Education Programs (http://www.policyalmanac.org/economic/job_training.shtml)
• Vocational Education's Image for the 21st Century (http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-2/21st.htm)
• Constructivism, Workplace Learning, and Vocational Education (http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-1/learning.htm)
• The Business of Vocational Education (http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/business.htm)
• Reducing the Dropout Rate through Career and Vocational Education (http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-925/rate.htm)
• Vocational Education Performance Standards (http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9215/vocational.htm)
• Employers' Expectations of Vocational Education (http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9213/vocational.htm)

See also

• Family and consumer sciences, or home economics, is an academic discipline concerning consumer science, nutrition, cooking, parenting, interior decoration, textiles, gardening, and other subjects related to home management. Family and Consumer Sciences combines social science, including its emphasis on the well-being of families, individuals, and communities, and natural science... Home economics
• A finishing school is a private school for girls that emphasizes cultural studies and prepares students especially for social activities. The name reflects that it follows ordinary school and is intended to complete the educational experience. It may consist of an intensive course, or a one year program. A finishing... Finishing school
• Training refers traditionally and meaningfully to what many folk now grandiloquently term professional development. Educational training tends to the vocational or practical and relates to specific useful skills. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at technical colleges or polytechnics. Sporting training appears more mechanistic... Training
• IEK (Greek: Institouto Epagelmatikis Katartisis; Vocational Educational Institute) is a type of vocational education school in Greece. Other European Union countries have similar schools, though they are not called by the Greek name IEK. IEK schools are post-secondary (meta-deuterovathmio) educational institutes, recognized by the European law, offering two... IEK: Vocational education schools in Greece, formally called the Hellenic Republic ( Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. It has land boundaries with Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav... Greece.

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