Education
Vocational Education
Vocational education (or Vocational Education and Training (VET), also called Career and Technical Education (CTE)) prepares learners for careers that are based in manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic and totally related to a specific trade, occupation or vocation, hence the term, in which the learner participates. It is sometimes referred to as technical education, as the learner directly develops expertise in a particular group of techniques or technology.
Typically, vocation and career are used interchangeably. Vocational education can be acquired at the secondary (high school) or postsecondary (after h.s.) level and can interact with the apprenticeship system. Increasingly, vocational education is recognized in terms of prior learning and partial academic credit towards postsecondary education - college credit, that is - however, it is rarely considered in its own form to fall under the traditional definition of a higher education.The study was undertaken to determine the value to students of vocational education and training (VET) in schools programs in New South Wales, given that the number of students undertaking VET subjects as part of their Higher School Certificate (HSC) has increased dramatically in recent years. A total of 52,484 NSW students in Years 11 and 12 enrolled in one or more HSC VET subjects in 2005, representing over 34 per cent of the total number of students.
Congress enacted further legislation in the 1980s and 1990s, including the 1982 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), which replaced CETA and further devolved responsibility to the states. Other notable laws included the 1984 Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, which continued federal support for vocational education provided through the Department of Education, the 1985 Food Security Act which established a training program for food stamp recipients, and the 1988 Family Support Act, an early attempt at reforming the federal welfare system that replaced WIN program with a new Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program targeting welfare recipients.Cooking for the Classroom
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