出版社：Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research
摘要：This paper arises from an exploratory comparative study of student
transition to vocational education (voced) from middle secondary school in
Australia and Lebanon. Following an elucidation of the educational contexts in
which this transfer may occur, data arising from surveys of first-year voced
students who made this transition are presented and discussed. Converging
themes were the link between vocational education and the acquisition of
employment-related skills, and the perceived inadequacy of mainstream
secondary schooling to meet these students’ needs. Issues which brought about a
divergence between the two groups highlight major differences between the two
education systems. The paper ends with a series of recommendations for the
beleaguered Lebanese voced system.
