Vocational education and training in schools - an Australian initiative: towards the integration of vocational and academic studies in the senior secondary curriculum
This article examines the introduction of the vocational education and training in schools (VET in schools) program by the Victorian Department of Education in Australia. The program integrates vocational education and training (VET) into the senior secondary curriculum and represents an attempt to remove the strong barrier between vocational and general education. This innovative program locates accredited VET content and accompanying credentials within the leaving certificate rather than as 'add-on' programs. The article also reports on research into the destinations of 1997 graduates from t ... Show more
Authors: Polesel, John
Published: Thessaloniki, Greece, CEDEFOP, 2000
Resource type: Article
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