Sentences with phrase «do vocational courses»

Mr Howard told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the plans were «absolute nonsense», and said more students should do vocational courses instead.

Not exact matches

With skillful teaching it is often possible for the same course of study to be vocational for those students who need it to be and a liberal study for those who do not.

In Brad's article the author says «Classes such as physical education, health, visual arts, music, foreign languages, vocational work, etc. don't qualify as core courses» which is what I found odd.

Some will also offer tutoring, assessment, pre-assessment, verification and expertise in any subject, for any age group for those doing core, academic or vocational courses.

Secretary Bell conceded that the report of the excellence commission «didn't touch enormously on vocational education» because vocational courses are not considered part of the traditional «academic core» subjects.

Students who had completed a calculus course earned 65 % more than students whose math education did not progress past a vocational math course.

Consequently, lower achieving students enroll in vocational or general education courses that do not demand higher level mathematics and science knowledge (Berryman, 1983; Oakes, 1990).

Overall, non-college goers did much better in the labor market if they had completed high - level math and science courses; earned average to above average grades; completed multiple vocational courses focusing on a specific labor market area (occupational concentration); and obtained a professional certification or license.

So I did what society told me to do, worked hard in school, got good grades and chose a vocational degree course (Podiatry) so that I'd never be out of work.

Often I tried to encourage the most obvious of these to pursue a degree in a subject that really interested them (short conversion courses covering the core legal principles are available to non-law graduates who want to enter the vocational training stage), rather than waste their and my time on an endeavour that didn't fully engage them.

It was also alleged that Corinthian falsified records to the government offering vocational programs that did not meet the minimum standards for course completion or subsequent employment.