Incorporating Industry Specific Training into School Education: Enrolment and Performance Trends in a Senior Secondary System

Autor/inn/en	Stanley, Gordon; McCann, Robert G.
Titel	Incorporating Industry Specific Training into School Education: Enrolment and Performance Trends in a Senior Secondary System
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 61 (2009) 4, S.459-466 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
Schlagwörter	Secondary Education; Vocational Education; Industrial Education; Enrollment; Academic Achievement; Cohort Analysis; High School Seniors; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarbereich; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Einschulung; Schulleistung; Kohortenanalyse; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Incorporating industry-specific training into senior secondary education has not always succeeded in attaining status alongside general education courses. This paper reports enrolment and student performance trends from 2001-2008 in industry-specific training courses developed in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) where around one in five students take such a course as part of their Year 12 Senior Secondary Certificate. Data presented here show that this proportion has been relatively stable over time. Trends show that the later cohorts of students perform better in these subjects than in their other subjects despite there being no overall change in the general ability profile of the cohorts. It is suggested that feedback from the earlier cohort performance may have led to improvement in examination preparation and more focus on developing underpinning knowledge. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10