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vocational education

American  

noun

  1. educational training that provides practical experience in a particular occupational field, as agriculture, home economics, or industry.


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But despite joining a cohort of new classmates all pursuing a vocational education in the arts - he said he did not immediately feel represented within this new environment.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

When we opened the floor, the questions were about vocational education, social media bans, early-childhood education and other substantive issues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

And from the party’s centrist wing, former Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel describes his program as “build, baby, build,” arguing that Democrats should focus on making housing affordable and expanding technical and vocational education.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2025

In the end, wrote Burger, the track record of the Amish in maintaining alternative modes of informal vocational education was a showing “that probably few other religious groups or sects could make.”

From Slate • Jul. 1, 2025

Put in concrete terms, there is danger that vocational education will be interpreted in theory and practice as trade education: as a means of securing technical efficiency in specialized future pursuits.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John

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