For twenty-five years, development in Thailand has been guided by five-year National Economic and Social Development plans, each of which has contained an educational component. During these years, educational policy, including policy vocational education, has been changed. The purpose of this study was to examine why and how vocational education policy shifted over time. / A comprehensive review was made of vocational education as part of the larger education and social enterprise. The review of literature examined education, especially vocational education in the broad context. Four areas were explored: (a) the meaning of vocational education; (b) global education expansion and reform trends over the past 25 years; (c) persistent educational problems, such as illiteracy, the "diploma disease," continuing inequality, and class reproduction; and (d) enduring controversies related to vocational education, such as the relationship between vocational and academic education and the implications for vocational education in the changing world of work. / Historical and qualitative methods were used in the investigation. Interviews were held with key people involved in the developement of Thai vocational education policy. Documents and research literature related to Thai vocational education policy were also examined. The policy analysis literature that deals with the forces shaping policy development and the review of global trends in educational expansion and reform served as a contextual framework within which to analyze and interpret Thai vocational education policy over the past 25 years. / The study found that Thai vocational education policy has shifted in order to guide related government agencies in meeting the needs of national economic development. Policy shifts and Ministry of Education programs were shaped by domestic, economic, social, and political pressures. There was also some influence from external forces. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-07, Section: A, page: 1633. / Major Professor: Steven J. Klees. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77794 |
| Contributors | Cleesuntorn, Athipat., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 394 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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