Office Workers, Factory Workers, Cashiers or Cooks: A North American Perspective on Vocational Education Reform at the Secondary School Level.

McKinnon, Margaret; Ahola-Sidaway, Janice

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ERIC Number: EJ484459

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Office Workers, Factory Workers, Cashiers or Cooks: A North American Perspective on Vocational Education Reform at the Secondary School Level.

McKinnon, Margaret; Ahola-Sidaway, Janice

Vocational Aspect of Education, v46 n1 p41-60 1994

Occupational sex segregation is characteristic of pink and blue collar jobs. The work that women do is consistently undervalued in comparison, and many jobs held by women have become less secure. Initiatives in traditional and nontraditional vocational education and secondary school-workplace linkages are needed. (SK)

Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Educational Change, Employed Women, Job Security, Occupational Segregation, Secondary Education, Sex Discrimination, Vocational Education

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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