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Integrating Education and Work: The Status of Vocational Education in Brazil

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This chapter aims at providing an insight into the implementation of policies that take into account adapting technical and vocational education and training to the technological changes taking place in the Brazilian economy. Here, general statistical data, legal measures and concepts function together in order to tackle the present situation, and make a general statement that may start a dialogue with UNESCO’s Member States.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. UNA University Centre, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Lucília Regina Machado

  2. Department of Education, Pontifical Catholic University of the State of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Carlos Roberto Jamil Cury

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  1. Lucília Regina Machado
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  1. International Centre for Education, UNESCO-UNEVOC, Gorresstr. 15, 53113 Bonn, Germany

    Rupert Maclean

  2. University of Toronto, Canada

    David Wilson

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Machado, L.R., Jamil Cury, C. (2009). Integrating Education and Work: The Status of Vocational Education in Brazil. In: Maclean, R., Wilson, D. (eds) International Handbook of Education for the Changing World of Work. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5281-1_42

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