Vocational education and development: key issues, with special reference to the Arab world     

Abdul Ghafour Al Heeti  Colin Brock 《International Journal of Educational Development》1997,17(4):373-389

Despite the considerable capacity of most Arab governments to invest in education for development, relatively little has been achieved in the vocational and technical sector. Yet, as is well known, it is the production of good quality technicians that is crucial to sustainable industrial development at a national level. In this paper we attempt an analysis of the situation — to identify key issues that need to be addressed if progress is to be made. Two broad problems underlie the contemporary crisis: aspects of Arabic culture that tend to constrain wider involvement in vocational and technical employment, and the low status of technical education in the Western model of education bequeathed to these nations by the legacy of colonialism. Some recommendations are made to assist the resolution of the problem.  相似文献