Vocational Education Theories
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This research considers the following proposition: Vocational Education As A Viable Option for the Academically Qualified (the German Approach), As Opposed to Vocational Education As A Last Resort for the Chronic Underachiever (the All too typical American Approach). Technical labor in the United States of the 1990s is by and large unskilled and unprepared (Business Higher Education Forum, 1988). Most experts agree that the American economy requires "more highly educated entry workers in order for our country to remain competitive" (United States Department of Labor, 1988, p. 9). Unfortunately, all too many of these experts also agree that "much of our human talent is being wasted, and a growing proportion of the next generation is slipping beyond the reach of the institutions and values of our society" (Business Higher Education Forum, 1988, p. 6). American businesses, for the most part view the contemporary high school diploma as signifying nothing more than time spent in the classroom (Rosenfeld, 1987).Business, government, and the education establishment in the United States recognize that a problem exists with respect to vocational education. Business, for its part, expresses a willingness to participate in educational reform (The Business Roundtable, 1988). Business, however, is not willing to part with any money for this task, unless it gains some decision making powers in the policy making and program implementation (The Business Roundtable, 1989
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There have, however, been exceptions to this general state of affairs. In the Silicon Valley high technology complex south of San Francisco, as an example, there has been a high level of industry education cooperation. As might be expected in the case of such a high profile high technology industry, much of this cooperation has been on the research level, but, significantly, much of the cooperation has also involved vocational education programs (Useem, 1981). The high technology organizations functioning in Silicon Valley have significant requirements for competent electronic technicians and assemblers, in addition to their high profile requirements for conceptualists and researchers. The community colleges in the area have benefitted from industry input and cooperation; however, the cooperation has not extended to any significant extent to the secondary school level (Useem, 1981). Certainly, the industrial organizations have been rewarded for their participation in the planning and implementation of vocational and education programs in the local area community colleges.
In the United States, studies have found that both industry and educational institutions benefit from industry participation in the planning
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