{"product_id":"9789814699617","title":"50 Years of Technical Education in Singapore: How to Build a World Class TVET System","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book describes in vivid detail how a newly independent nation with neither a history of technical education nor industry, developed in a short period of time a world-class system of technical and vocational education that helped it make rapid progress in its manufacturing and industrial sector. The economy and the education sector both developed in parallel, with each complementing the other, utilizing strategies and making the decisions that were to bring the country quickly to advanced status.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudies show that premature investment in higher education at the expense of technical and vocational education has created many leaders but few doers, leading to high unemployment. The Singapore Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) story demonstrates how governmental support helped changed the image of technical and vocational education to one equal with higher education, yet including bridges and ladders to allow everyone to maximize their potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Colonial Legacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Adrenalin of Independence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVocational Training Takes Off\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Role of the Economic Development Board in Technical Education\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolytechnics Come of Age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Transformation of TVET\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Labour Movement and Worker Upgrading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConnecting TVET with Higher Education\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreparing for a Skills-Based Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKey Lessons for Policy-Makers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Professional researchers, government officials, as well as the general public.\u003cbr\u003eSingapore;Technical Education;Vocational Education;History;Polytechnics;Apprenticeship\u003cb\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe book is important in helping policy-makers in emerging and developed economies to understand the link between economic strategy and human development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovered herein are both vocational as well as technical education, and it includes technical and non-technical services\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA very useful aid to education policy-makers as well as educationists everywhere round the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119953789168,"sku":"9789814699617","price":19.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814699617_p0.jpg?v=1763692735","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814699617","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}