Are the strengths of vocational education pedagogy underappreciated?
“What’s wrong with standard academic education is its method. That’s exactly the strength of vocational education. The strengths of traditional voc ed pedagogy include: hands-on, project-based instruction which addresses multiple learning styles; team teaching; cooperative learning; performance assessment; and experiential learning. When these are integrated with academics, it’s a really powerful mix …. Unfortunately, this is not the way integration is usually played.
