TRACK C-1: Career and Technical Education as a...

 

 

[Track C] Session 1 - ‘Career and Technical Education as an Alternative Pathway to Success’

[Moderator] Sang-hoon BAE, Professor of Education, Sungkyunkwan University [Presenter] Kenneth Gray, Professor of Education, Pennsylvania University [Presenter] Paryono, Director, SEAMEO VOCTECH [Discussant] Hae-ryong HWANG, Director of Strategy & Planning, Sudo Electric Technical High School  [Discussant] Jae-young CHOI, Vice President, Youngjin College [Discussant] Young-chul KIM, Director, Ministry of Education, Science & Technology

 

 

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Career and technical education (CTE) has long been stigmatized as a second-class education for lowachieving and non-college bound students. With the ongoing disdain for CTE coupled with 'the one way to win mentality' leading a significant number of teens to college after high school, the college advancement rate in Korea reached over 80%. However, there are a considerable number of college graduates who are either underemployed or unemployed.

Given the compelling evidence that there is a shortage of technicians in the current labor market and that technical skills are a requisite in being successful in the labor market, it generates both economic as well as social problems to leave CTE-related issues unsolved. This session will provide the audience with the opportunity to rethink about the importance of CTE and explore the ways to strengthen CTE as an alternative pathway to success.

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