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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. education
  3. vocational education
  1. Rural Development, Communities, Education, Extension
  2. education
  3. vocational education

Preferred term

vocational education

Type

  • Topic

Definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • vocational training

Scope note

  • Use for works on vocational instruction within the standard educational system, usually below the baccalaureate degree; for works on the efforts of educational institutions and the community to teach individuals the values of a work-oriented society in preparation for meaningful employment USE career education; for works on the process of training individuals in a particular skill after termination of their formal education USE job training.

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/142446

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