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Educational change and its implications for social control and power in technical/vocational education
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of vocational education as a process for social control in the United States and Portugal, emphasizing the contributions of industry and the corporate world through educational partnerships. Specifically, the study examines how vocational education is perceived by educators and corporate leaders, and role of industry in either promoting social mobility for students or perpetuating social control. The study also analyzes the 1990 Carl D. Perkins Act and the 1986 Portuguese educational reform. This study uses a comparative/qualitative case study research methodology that includes historical research in vocational/technical education in the two countries, and analysis of data collected in interviews that reflect the perceptions of the interviewees in vocational education.
Subject Area
Vocational education|Teacher education|Curriculum development
Recommended Citation
da Cunha, Serafim Verissimo Leite, "Educational change and its implications for social control and power in technical/vocational education" (1992). Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest. AAI9233051.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9233051