Assessing Advances and Challenges in Technical Education in Brazil.

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Note -- References -- Chapter 1 General Education and the VET System in Brazil: An Overview -- Introduction -- Recent Improvements and Challenges in Education -- Structure of Brazil's Education System -- Technical Education in Brazil: VET at the Upper Secondary Level -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Selected Design Features and Implementation Arrangements of the VET System in Brazil -- Introduction -- VET Tracks and Program Modalities -- A Typology of Technical Courses -- Modes of Delivery: Classroom, Distance, and Workplace Learning -- Main VET Providers -- Eligibility Criteria: Merit, Ordering, and Priority Criteria -- VET Regulatory Framework: Bridging Occupations and Courses -- Certification of Competencies in Technical Education -- VET Teacher Selection, Career Trajectories, and Compensation -- Spending on and Funding of Technical Education -- Monitoring and Evaluation of Technical and Technological Education -- Expanding VET with the National Technical Education and Employment Program (PRONATEC) -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Brazil's VET System: Implementation Challenges, Opportunities, and International Examples -- Introduction -- Aligning Skills Provided by the VET System with the Needs of the Labor Market -- Monitoring and Evaluation of the VET System -- Disseminating Information to Help Students in Their Education and Career Choices -- Raising the Quality and Relevance of the VET System -- Promoting Innovation in VET -- Implications for PRONATEC: Expanding VET and Reaching the Most Vulnerable -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Policy Directions for Reform -- Summary -- Boxes -- I.1 World Bank Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER).

2.1 The Experience of São Paulo: Paula Souza Center -- 2.2 Expanding State-Level VET: The Experiences of São Paulo and Minas Gerais -- 3.1 Developing an Education and Training System for the Mining Sector in Chile -- 3.2 International Examples of Workplace Learning -- 3.3 Australia's National Centre for Vocational Education Research -- 3.4 Information Systems: Examples from Chile and the United States -- 3.5 Alma Laurea, Italy: Placing Emphasis on Labor Market Intermediation -- 3.6 Virginia's Academic and Career Plans of Study -- 3.7 Mexico's Occupational Competency Standardization and Certification Council (CONOCER) -- 3.8 Building a Flexible Cadre of Teachers -- 3.9 VET Teacher and Trainer Preparedness in Switzerland -- 3.10 VET for Innovation and Competitiveness: Chicago's City Colleges -- 3.11 Ideas for Innovating in VET -- Figures -- I.1 Challenges to Hiring Skilled Workers As Reported by Employers by Region and Country: Brazil, circa 2003 -- 1.1 Education Quality, National Math Score Averages (IDEB and SAEB): Brazil, 2005-11 -- 1.2 Number of Enrollments in Vocational Education by Administrative Dependence, 2015 -- 1.3 Percentage of Upper Secondary Students Enrolled in Vocational or Prevocational Programs: Selected Countries, 2011 -- 1.4 Academic and Vocational Education Tracks, Brazil -- 1.5 Enrollment by Level of Basic Education: Brazil, 2013 -- 1.6 Enrollments in Technical Education at the Upper Secondary Level by Modality: Brazil, 2013 -- 1.7 Percentage of Population (15 Years and Older) That Had Enrolled in Technical Education: Brazilian States, 2013 -- 2.1 Vocational and Technical Education and Training (VET) Program Enrollments as Percentage of Total Enrollments in VET: Brazil, 2007 -- 2.2 Industries with Highest Percentage of Vocational and Technical Education and Training (VET) Graduates by Level of VET: Brazil, 2007.

2.3 Technical Courses with Largest Enrollments through Bolsa Formação: Brazil, 2010 -- 2.4 Total Enrollment in Vocational and Technical Education and Training (VET) by Type of VET Provider: Brazil, 2007 -- 2.5 Enrollment in Technical Education by Provider Type: Brazil, 2014 -- 2.6 Brazil's Education Funding System since 2007, FUNDEB -- 2.7 PRONATEC: Program Beneficiaries and Providers -- 2.8 PRONATEC Funding Flow, 2011-14 -- 3.1 Percentage of Students by Type of Course and Income Quintile: Brazil, 2007 -- 3.2 Wage Premiums for Technical Education Graduates Relative to Those with Only Academic Upper-Secondary Education, 2007 -- Maps -- 2.1 Location of E-TEC Brazil Centers -- 2.2 Federal System of Vocational Education: Brazil, 2010 -- Tables -- 1.1 Public Spending on Education by Education Level: Brazil, -- 1.2 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED1997) and Brazilian Education System -- 2.1 Eligibility Criteria for Vocational Education (Secondary Level), State of São Paulo -- 2.2 Public Expenditure on Upper Secondary and Technical Education and Enrollment by State: Brazil, 2008 -- 2.3 Monitoring Systems for Technical Education by Type of Provider: Brazil, 2007 -- 2.4 PRONATEC Targets for Enrollment by Policy: Brazil, 2011-14 -- 3.1 Categories and Types of Indicators Used in VET Evaluation, 2012 -- 3.2 Secondary Education Course Loads, Total Hours per Year by Modality: Brazil, 2012 -- Back Cover.

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