An Investigation of Emphasis Given to Teaching Basic Skills for Entry Level Employment in Korean Vocational High Schools

This study investigated the emphasis on basic skills in vocational high schools in Korea as perceived by vocational high school teachers, personnel managers in selected business and industrial fields, and selected employees with vocational high school diplomas. Instruments were developed based on data generated by recent studies in the United States and the curriculum of vocational high schools in Korea. The basic skills identified in the study were reading, writing, speaking and listening, math, reasoning, scientific skills, and affective work competencies. Respondents were asked to indicate their opinion of current emphasis (what is) and future emphasis (what should be) placed on each skill. Subjects were randomly selected and included 281 vocational high school teachers, 208 personnel managers, and 244 employees.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Won, Sang Bong

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kazanas, H.C.,

• Education, Vocational

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8803239

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69172