Comments on: Bad Idea for Dealing with the Behaviour Crisis #4: Have More Vocational Subjects http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2007/04/26/bad-idea-for-dealing-with-the-behaviour-crisis-4-have-more-vocational-subjects/ A Blog About Teaching in Tough Schools in the UK Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:11:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Newsisgood http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2007/04/26/bad-idea-for-dealing-with-the-behaviour-crisis-4-have-more-vocational-subjects/#comment-506 Newsisgood Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:29:05 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2007/04/26/bad-idea-for-dealing-with-the-behaviour-crisis-4-have-more-vocational-subjects-2/#comment-506 The very idea of 'vocational qualifications' that are 'worth somethines to employers' IS a 'second tier'. Are academic qualifications <b>designed</b> to be useful to employers? They are so only, I hope to heavens, indirectly. As soon as you are <i>training</i> people to meet the needs of employers you are not educating. Employers don't want educated workers, they want workers with the required 'skills'. To me the difference is immense, and I base my argument for this difference mainly on Plato's Republic, with its idea of a three-tiered society (and a corresponding three-tiered self). The very idea of ‘vocational qualifications’ that are ‘worth somethines to employers’ IS a ’second tier’. Are academic qualifications designed to be useful to employers? They are so only, I hope to heavens, indirectly.

As soon as you are training people to meet the needs of employers you are not educating. Employers don’t want educated workers, they want workers with the required ’skills’.

To me the difference is immense, and I base my argument for this difference mainly on Plato’s Republic, with its idea of a three-tiered society (and a corresponding three-tiered self).

]]> By: lilyofthefield http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2007/04/26/bad-idea-for-dealing-with-the-behaviour-crisis-4-have-more-vocational-subjects/#comment-505 lilyofthefield Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:14:51 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2007/04/26/bad-idea-for-dealing-with-the-behaviour-crisis-4-have-more-vocational-subjects-2/#comment-505 One day I'll find something on here I disagree with. One day I’ll find something on here I disagree with.

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