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Soviet Industrial Strategy and Reforms in Vocational Education, 1984-88: Policy Implications and Implementation.
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Sowtis, Dennis – Comparative Education, 1991
In 1984, Soviet educational reforms increased the number of vocational secondary schools, introduced pupils to vocational education at an earlier age, and strengthened vertical integration between local enterprises and schools. Unintended consequences may be occupational rigidity, course offerings based on obsolete manpower needs, and…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
On the Need for an Integrated Policy Infrastructure for the Delivery of Technical and Vocational Education in the Arab Gulf Region.
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Garrett, Larry Neal; Farghaly, Ali – Comparative Education, 1987
The key to long-range economic development in the Arab Gulf region is an integrated, cooperative approach to technical education of indigenous manpower resources. This can best be accomplished through a visible and formal policy infrastructure designed to deliver vocational/technical education which is targeted to the specific needs of each state.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Delivery Systems, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
The Impact of Educational Reform: Empirical Evidence from Two Dutch Generations.
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Faasse, J. H.; And Others – Comparative Education, 1987
Focuses on changes that occurred in the Dutch educational attainment process in a 25-year period, comparing a group of students born around 1940 with a group born around 1965. Discusses implications of educational reforms and changes in the Dutch systems of labor and welfare.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Change