CRITIQUE OF ARTICLE_PART 1_Mahfuzah Musban

ASSIGNMENT 1: CRITIQUE OF ARTICLE

PART 1 : Article resource:

Lee N. and Sun Chug J. (September 2002). Changes of Economic Environment and Technical & Vocational Education in Korea. Journal of America Academy of Bussiness , 172-176.

 1.0   Introduction

The industrial structure of the nation in Korea changed whereby transforming from manufacture industry to knowledge-based structures. However, the changes of economics give implication to industrial structure, labour market participation and TVE programs (Beck N., Kabst R. & Walgenbach P., 2009). Also, suggested future direction for technical vocational and education.

2.0  Discussion

The Korea economic has changes (Lee N. and Sun Chug J. September 2002). The two factors are the technology and human capital. The technology has played role important rule in the growth of the services sector in Korea. However human capital is a major industrial economics are becoming “knowledge-based” where the creation, distribution and use of information and knowledge including both technology and human capital. The impact restructured of Korea’s economic give important implications. Therefore the article mainly discussed on the implication of economic changes in Korea. These highlighted on the employment, labour market participation, and TVE programs (Lee N. and Sun Chug J. September 2002). In Korea, TVE programs to prepare students to get employment by providing adequate knowledge and skills for the work force and management caliber in various industries after their graduation. However, TVE programs should theoretically and practically be modified in order to meet the dynamics change in the business environment and labour market. Therefore, a study of employment and its changes in the industrial will enable us to understand the changes in Korean economics structure and the demand shift of labour market industries. In the labour market, the participation rate for women increased whereby the ratio of female labour market participation rates highest than male rates participation because the implication of economic changes. Developing economic depends on the TVE programs (Lee N. and Sun Chug J. September 2002). In Korea, TVE programs provided Vocational high and junior colleges. The Vocational high school aim to providing capable skilled workers equipped with sound vocational awareness and professional knowledge in order to cope with rapid changes in an information-oriented industrial society. The graduates of these vocational high schools are the major sources of skilled, craft level, industrial manpower in Korea to meet the progressive demands due to the continuing growth in industrial advanced technology. A change economic environment causes the percentage of enrolls concentrating in commercial high school program decreased while technical high school increased in same period. However, junior colleges focus on practical education which is direct outgrowth of increasing demand for attendant technical manpower and rapid industrialization as to produce mid-level skills or technicians who various industries and to also cultivate students skills. The implication is the percentage of employment after graduation increased (Beck N., Kabst R. & Walgenbach P., 2009). However, during Asia economic crisis (1997-1998) the labour market participation was decreased (Beck N., Kabst R. & Walgenbach P., 2009). This is show that the economic crisis affected workers participation in Korea. In Korea, gender segregation in labour market is high, and most women have worked in a few female-dominated occupations (Lee N. and Sun Chug J. September 2002). Moreover, half employed women work in the public sector comprised mainly of social services, teachers, nurses, ad social working special importance for female employment.

3.0  Conclusion

The article stress that TVE programs emphasize the development of human’s entrepreneurial capacity. Therefore, as the future direction of TVE the article suggested that the government attempting to contrast an open system lifelong learning which provides everyone with an education of his or her choosing and accessible at any time from any place then to transform efficiently the system of vocational education.

References

1.      Lee N. and Sun Chug J. (September 2002). Changes of Economic Environment and Technical & Vocational Education in Korea. Journal of America Academy of Bussiness , 172-176.

2.      Malamud O. and Pop-Eleches C.  (2006), General Education versus Vocational Training: Evidence from and Economy in Transition

3.      Beck N., Kabst R. & Walgenbach P. (2009), The cultural dependence of vocational training, Journal of International Business Studies (2009) 40, 1374–1395

Prepared by: MAHFUZAH MUSBAN MPP11004

Master of Technical Vocational Educational & Training,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia