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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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A Reconstituted General Education: The Integration of the Vocational and the Liberal.
Wirth, Arthur G.
Journal of Curriculum Studies, v26 n6 p593-600 Nov-Dec 1994
Asserts that a rapidly growing high-tech job market requires better educated students. Argues for a more integrated and holistic approach in general and vocational education. Describes the Integrated Studies Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a model of this approach. (MJP)
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Experiential Learning, General Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Job Skills, Labor Market, Occupational Information, Postsecondary Education, Secondary Education, Thinking Skills, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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