The Medina Model: Advanced Vocational Environmental Education

Designing a Combined Learning Model in Technical and Vocational Education

Purpose: The aim of this study was to design a combination learning model in technical and vocational education. Methodology: This study was applied in terms of purpose and exploratory (quantitative and qualitative) in terms of implementation method. The research population was in the qualitative part of documents and resources and specialists in the field of combined learning and in the quanti...

Vocational education and training

Vocational Education Voucher Delivery

This report describes the ongoing Technical and Vocational Vouchers Program (TVVP) in Kenya and provides early results from the intervention. Implementation began in 2008 with the recruitment of approximately 2,160 out-of-school youths (ranging in age from roughly 18 to 30). Study participants were drawn from the Kenya Life Panel Survey, an unusual on-going panel dataset of detailed educational...

The Assessment Challenge Facing Vocational Education

The process of selecting or developing an assessment begins with an examination of the intended uses of the assessment results. The first section of this chapter explores the purposes of vocational assessment and classifies the case studies of alternative assessment systems by purpose. Then, because vocational assessments must take into account the characteristics of the students being educated...

The Relation of Vocational Training to Academic Education

The Relation of Vocational Training to Academic Education M. Bohlooli Faskhoodi S. Zarghami, Ph.D. Y. Ghaedi, Ph.D. R. Barkhordari, Ph.D. The traditional approach to education advocates a dichotomy between vocational training and academic education. Some scholars contend that the knowledge which resides in minds of individuals is more valuable than hands-on skills, wherea...