2007
DOI: 10.1007/s10798-007-9031-7
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Technical education in Scotland: Fit for purpose?

Abstract: As Technical education strains to find a niche in the educational market place, are teachers suffering from a crisis of confidence? How comfortable are they with the everchanging curriculum, with the subjects they are teaching and the reasons why they are teaching them? The broadening of the Technical curriculum in secondary schools to include Practical Craft Skills has proved popular with some teachers, while others perceive a drift back to a purely skills based curriculum along with a further deterioration o… Show more

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“…Beyond the primary and early secondary stages, externally assessed courses (developed by the Scottish Qualifications Authority) allowed pupils to study technology subjects including Craft & Design and Graphic Communication. However, it was difficult to shift the view of these subjects as being anything other than vocational in nature (Canavan & Doherty, 2007). Gradually from the 1980s on, the false dichotomy between vocational and academic education has been reconsidered to some extent in Scotland as we have moved from a tracked to a more unified system (Raffe et al, 2001).…”
Section: History Of Technological Education In Scotlandmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Beyond the primary and early secondary stages, externally assessed courses (developed by the Scottish Qualifications Authority) allowed pupils to study technology subjects including Craft & Design and Graphic Communication. However, it was difficult to shift the view of these subjects as being anything other than vocational in nature (Canavan & Doherty, 2007). Gradually from the 1980s on, the false dichotomy between vocational and academic education has been reconsidered to some extent in Scotland as we have moved from a tracked to a more unified system (Raffe et al, 2001).…”
Section: History Of Technological Education In Scotlandmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bu bakımdan çeşitli ülkeler eğitim programlarındaki reform hareketlerinde, toplumdaki tüm bireylerin teknoloji okuryazarı olarak yetiştirmeye yönelik bir eğilim vardır (MEB, 2006). Çünkü teknoloji eğitiminin en temel amacının bireylerin teknoloji okuryazarı olmalarını sağlamak olduğu ileri sürülmektedir (Canavan ve Doherty, 2007). Teknoloji okuryazarı olmaya yönelik beceriler şu şekilde sıralanabilir; i. teknolojinin zararlarını fark edebilme (Kabakçı ve Odabaş, 2004), ii.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…Apabila lulusan dari pendidikan kejuruan tidak dapat memenuhi persyaratan dan kebutuhan yang telah ditetapkan lapangan pekerjaan, maka pendidikan kejuruan dianggap "gagal" (Canavan, 2005;Hodge, 2011;Miller, 1985). Perubahan yang sangat cepat di dunia kerja mengisyaratkan bahwa kurikulum perlu selalu ditinjau ulang untuk melihat apakah masih ada kecocokan antara apa yang diajarkan di sekolah dengan kebutuhan dunia kerja.…”
Section: Pendahuluanunclassified