Gender
issues in vocational education and training and workplace achievement of 14-19
year olds: an EOC perspective.
The
Curriculum Journal Vol. 10 no. 2 summer 1999
1.0 INTRODUCTION
This article currently discusses about
the gender issues and young people in vocational education. In a few decades
ago, people will live in a traditional pattern where they segregate according
to their gender in an employment. Even when there is a new policy in 1975 state
that they can work together but still it remains the same as the traditional
pattern. This article also states that even though girls perform better than
boys in the academic but it is not a vocational choice. The article said that
based on experiment of this issue; show that women have lower potential for
their career development than in men.
2.0
GENDER ISSUES
Historically, the role of education and
training was to prepare men and women for different roles beyond schooling. Boys
and girls learn in a different thing. Girls’ performance is better than boys’
when it’s come in education such as mathematics, science and so on that related
to education whereas boys’ performance are better in vocational education such
as woodwork, metalwork as well as technical skills. That’s why many women
prefer to work as a lawyer and educator than to be an engineer and pilot which needs
a big skill and energy. In vocational education and training also have the
stage as education, the higher the level, the higher the qualification. This
article also discussed about the qualification in the vocational education.
3.0
ROLES OF TVEI
The role of Technical Vocational
Education Initiative (TVEI) makes the development of gender equality in school.
It also tells us the achievements of TVEI that want to produce more innovative
product from different gender. TVEI also
have their success in encouraging girls to get involved in technical skills
which they were under-represented.
The part 1 GNVQ encourages the
development in a vocational education by young students. GNVQ also shows that
the young people involving more in vocational education than the adults. At
first, GNVQ only has 3 subjects such as business, health and social care and
also in manufacturing. After a few years, GNVQ increases rapidly and expanding
to more subjects.
Nowadays, young people need better
information about the implication of the choices that they will make in
selecting the courses. In further education, the majority of the students are
women. This is because the women are more to academic stuff then be in a skills
education. Male students normally will get involved in courses such as
engineering field while female students will more interested in the science
field and get involved in business. But all this doesn’t mean that they cannot
study the opposite field. There are some female students that success in
engineering but just a few of them. It is because they think that they can’t
make in if they do the men’s job. The other reason is also because of the
traditional patterns makes segregation occurs in their education.
Usually the women will take the
lower qualification in finding a job whereas men will get a professional job
such as pilot and engineer. At the age of 14-19 years old, young people may
take the work based training for their future if they do not go for further
study. There’re a lot of options that can help them such as a variety of
activities focused on life and work skills as well as career preparation.
4.0
CRITICS ARTICLE
In
my opinion, I see that nowadays most of the young people prefer to be in a
vocational education. This article is good but it’s better if this article
contains more information about the organization of vocational education to refer for young people
so that they can make the best decision for their future. Not only that, it
also can be the guidance for them to make a choice. However, academic education
is important as well. Without academic education, people won’t be first-rate in
vocational. This article should put an option for both educations so that
teenagers can be good in both ways.
I am agreeing with the statement
that says women only work on their ability. But this is also because of they
can’t give full commitment to any ‘’Man’s
job’’ because if they will have another important commitment. For example a
mother, she has to look after her children and at the same time working. If she
works as an engineer, then it will make her busy and her children will be
neglected. This could be the reason why most of the women didn’t choose ‘’Man’s job’’ such as engineer, mechanics
and a carpenter as their job. At the same time, I think occupation such as
lawyer and businesswomen also are a professional occupation.
This article also clearly stated
women get involved with the lower qualification in finding the job. This is
because some women don’t have much commitment to take the heavy job as man such
as to be an engineer. However, there are some women becoming an engineer
nowadays and also with the men also likes to be a teacher which is suitable for
women. This is because the ability of people nowadays getting higher and more
people whether man or girl competent to do all job based on their personality
and requirement of current situation in our country. However, it's just a
minority of them want to try the new things and new challenge as having
satisfaction in their jobs. . The rest still remains the same in their own
profession.
Nowadays, young people whether boys
or girls should get involved more in vocational education to have more ability
and skills in finding job after finished their school due to world economic
transformation. This is because the vocational actually are very important and
needed to develop the country’s industries, as the major producer of workforce,
for creating, re-creating and transforming resources. The education system also can no longer operate in isolation but must
integrate and reflect society’s needs and be the medium for transforming
society so that teenagers can enjoy equal rights. The government may have the
primary responsibility for education but every individual has a role to play
and a contribution to make in order that female education becomes a reality. The young
students are needed and also with the fresh mind, they can make a difference in innovation to enhance
productivity.
In conclusion, I totally agree with
this article that shows young students will make the difference in developing
the country. It’s also clearly stated that women and men has been segregated in
vocational education because of the traditional patterns happens in the
previous age group and the competency in doing task in technical and vocational
field.
Prepared
by,
Noriadah
binti Abdul Karim
Master
of Edu.(Management and Administration)
Universiti
Teknolgi Malaysia
REFFERENCE
- Gender issues in vocational education and training and workplace achievement of 14-19 year olds: an EOC perspective. The Curriculum Journal Vol. 10 no. 2 summer 1999
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