Fully integrating upper-secondary vocational and academic courses: a flexible new way?

The tracking of students in upper-secondary school is often criticised for narrowing the post-secondary pathways of student in the vocational education and training (VET) track, which can stigmatise VET. To tackle this problem, countries have introduced courses that integrate aspects of VET and academic study, which provide the dual purpose of preparing students for work and vocational study and providing university pathways for more academic students in the VET track. In this study [the authors] assess the latter purpose by examining the outcomes of university aspirants who take these courses ... Show more

Authors: Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico

Published: Oxford, England, Elsevier, 2016

Resource type: Article

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