Vocational Education Flashcards
1
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criticism of vocational education 1:
Cohen
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though that in many vocational programmes young people were used as cheap labour instead of being trained in the workplace to learn new and valuable skills
2
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criticism of vocational education 2:
Stephens
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argues that there has been class snobbery between those that are trained and those that are educated
In the UK a-levels are seen as being socially more acceptable than vocational qualifications
3
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criticism of vocational education 3:
Pring
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refers to a ‘new tripartism’ consisting of those with a-levels those with BTEC and those who have received some type of youth training.
He argued that qualifications can be connected to social class, occupation and pay in wider society
