VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN TURKEY AND COMPARISON WITH COUNTRIES

Sema Ay, Hi̇lal Yildirir Keser, Yesi̇m Kaygusuz and Gözde Arcan Yilmaz
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Sema Ay: ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL, TURKEY
Hi̇lal Yildirir Keser: ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL, TURKEY
Yesi̇m Kaygusuz: ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL, TURKEY
Gözde Arcan Yilmaz: ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL, TURKEY
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Hilal Yıldırır Keser () and Hilal Yildirir ()

Annals - Economy Series, 2015, vol. 2, 37-45

Abstract: In Turkey, vocational education has been made by vocational highsSchools in the body of universities since 1981 as per law No: 2547. As per this law No: 2547, vocational high schools are four semestered high schools which aim to train workforce for specific jobs. According to this, vocational high schools have an important role in education of qualified intermediary work force for industries like service industry, agro industry and other industries. Till today, many projects have been applied to continue the effectiveness of vocational high schools in addition to solutions to solve the existing problems of them. These projects are involved in Bologna process which aim to integrate with European High School Area and European Research Area. As per this aim, the problems of vocational high education in Turkey have been searched and on the other hand innovations have been made. In our study, According to the EU integration process, we will firstly set the current situation of vocational high schools in Turkey and discuss the effectiveness of development projects. Secondly, we will analyse the practices of vocational high education models of EU countries, USA and far east countries and compare them with our model to see the differences and similarities. In conclusion, we will try to find out some solutions to improve the effectiveness of vocational high schools in Turkey.

Keywords: Education; Vocational High Schools; Vocational Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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