Integration Von Allgemeiner Und Beruflicher Bildung In Westlichen Industrienationen

Zusammenfassung Bisher besteht in vielen Ländern eine Ungleichheit in den beruflichen Abschlüssen des beruflichen Schulwesens und des Allgemeinbildenden Schulwesens. Inzwischen kann man in einigen Industrieländern Entwicklungen beobachten, allgemeine und berufliche Bildung zu verbinden. Es erscheint günstig, am Anfang der Ausbildung eine breite berufliche Grundlagenausbildung in Verbindung mit Allgemeinbildung zu vermitteln, und erst danach eine Spezialisierung vorzunehmen. In diesem Zusammenhang werden Beispiele aus Schweden, den USA (Career Education), der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Dänemark und der Republik Irland dargestellt.

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Up to now in many countries there exists no equality between vocational education and general education in the educational system. In the meantime in some industrial countries a development can be observed to integrate vocational and general education in schools. It seems favourable to offer a broad vocational education in connection with general education at the beginning, and to specialize afterwards. In order to demonstrate this development examples are presented from Sweden, the USA (Career Education), the Federal Republic of Germany, Denmark and the Republic of Ireland.

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Résumé Dans de nombreux pays l'égalité entre enseignement professionnel et enseignement général n'est pas encore un fait accompli. Par ailleurs, dans certains pays industrialisés, on a pu observer une tendance à intégrer dans les écoles ces deux types d'enseignement. Il paraît avantageux, au début, de dispenser un enseignement professionnel sommaire en rapport avec l'enseignement général, et de passer à la spécialisation plus tard. L'auteur appuie son exposé d'exemples empruntés à la Suède, aux USA (Career Education), à la République Fédérale d'Allemagne, au Danemark et à la République d'Irlande.

     

Teaching by tape: Some benefits,problems, and solutions

An examination of the development of tape as a teaching medium illustrates both its attributes for distance education and some of its drawbacks. Attention is drawn to methods of preparing and presenting audiorecorded information to maximize the potential of the medium. In particular ‘reading by listening’ for print handicapped people is addressed, along with ways of reducing the difference in time required to access information which presently favours readers of print. Organization of cassette contents, cassette indexing, self‐pacing techniques, and time‐compressed speech presentations are techniques which improve the versatility of teaching by tape.     

Engineering work integrated learning placements: the influence of capitals on students’ access

ABSTRACT

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is embraced in Australian higher education (HE) and is a feature of most Australian HE ‘entry to profession’ engineering education programs accredited by Engineers Australia. Accreditation guidelines articulate the need for curriculum-integrated engagement with professional practice (EPP) and encourage EPP in a separate workplace environment, e.g. WIL. This article reports on the analysis of semi-structured interviews with staff and student engineers from four Australian HE institutions with mandatory engineering WIL. Framed by a Bourdieusian theoretical perspective, the influence of capitals on student access to engineering WIL placements was investigated. The research found that students’ capitals influenced access to engineering WIL placements. Policy and educational practice recommendations are made.     

Preservice Teachers' Stories Of Mathematics Classrooms: Explorations Of Practice Through Fictional Accounts

This report describes four preservice secondary teachers' fictional accounts about mathematics classrooms. The narrative structures and meanings of the preservice teachers' stories, written while the preservice teachers were enrolled in a secondary methods course, were examined with the goal of gaining insight into the preservice teachers' emerging identities as mathematics teachers. Although past research has examined experienced teachers' stories, little research, if any, has focused on stories written by preservice mathematics teachers or on intentionally fictional stories about mathematics classrooms. This report uses methods of narrative analysis to develop understandings about preservice teachers' storied identities and specifies areas for further investigation into the role of narrative in mathematics teacher education.     

An Integrated Analysis of School Students’ Aspirations for STEM Careers: Which Student and School Factors Are Most Predictive?

Declining enrolments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and a lack of interest in STEM careers are concerning at a time when society is becoming more reliant on complex technologies. We examine student aspirations for STEM careers by drawing on surveys conducted annually from 2012 to 2015. School students in years 3 to 12 (n?=?6492) were asked to indicate their occupational choices. A logistic regression analysis showed that being in the older cohorts, possessing high cultural capital, being male, having a parent in a STEM occupation and high prior achievement in reading and numeracy, were significant. This analysis provides a strong empirical basis for school-based initiatives to improve STEM participation. In particular, strategies should target the following: the persistent lack of interest by females in some careers, improving student academic achievement in both literacy and numeracy and expanding knowledge of STEM careers, especially for students without familial STEM connections.