vocational
adjective
uk/vəʊˈkeɪ.ʃən.əl/us/voʊˈkeɪ.ʃən.əl/C1
(of aneducationalcourseor aqualification)providingknowledgeandskillsthatprepareyou for aparticularjob:
The Swedesregardvocationaltrainingas apartof ayoungperson'seducation.
Allourtraineesare given theopportunitytoworktowards arecognizedvocationalqualification.
Ouraimis totransformvocationaleducationandbridgethe academic-vocationaldivide.
When I was amathematicsstudentmanyyearsago, somepeoplelookeddown onengineeringas beingpurelyvocational.
- Vocationalcoursesstilltendto be takenmainlybyworking-classstudents.
- History is notprimarilya vocationalsubject, but theskillsofanalysisand writing whichitsstudydevelopsare much indemand.
Types of education
- abstinence education
- abstinence programme
- abstinence-only
- academically
- adaptive learning
- CAL
- child-centred
- classroom
- communicative
- homeschooler
- homeschooling
- hothouse
- hybrid
- m-learning
- mainstreaming
- mobile learning
- nursery
- special educational needs
- VLE
- vocationally