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Educational Reform and Technical Education?

dc.contributor.authorBishop, John H.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-25T14:51:51Z
dc.date.available2020-11-25T14:51:51Z
dc.date.issued1993-01-01
dc.description.abstract[Excerpt] Even though educational reform marches under a banner of economic renewal, the school subjects that appear to be most directly related to worker productivity-- business education, vocational education, economics, computers--have received little attention from reformers. The five "core" subjects proposed for periodic assessment are English, mathematics, science, history/civics and geography. Yet, if competitiveness is the objective, it is not clear why geography, a subject that is not taught in most American universities, has higher priority than subjects like computers, economics, management and technology? Some of the reform reports have expressed doubt about the economic benefits of vocational education (Committee on Economic Development 1986). Indeed, new graduation requirements introduced by reformers have contributed to an 8 percent reduction in vocational course taking between 1982and 1987.
dc.description.legacydownloadseducationalreformWP93_04.pdf: 823 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020.
dc.identifier.other136287
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/77125
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectreform
dc.subjectproduct
dc.subjectmarket
dc.subjectlearning
dc.subjecteconomic
dc.subjectskill
dc.subjectprogram
dc.subjectjob
dc.subjectperformance
dc.subjectschool
dc.subjectworker
dc.titleEducational Reform and Technical Education?
dc.typepreprint
local.authorAffiliationBishop , John H.: Cornell University

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