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White, Thomas R. – 1975
This project explored the feasibility of using the correspondence study concept as a means of providing vocational education. A search of the literature supplied information on the past use of independent study programs in vocational education and other areas. Factors related to the acceptance, cost, and development of independent study programs…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Correspondence Study, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Research
Jesser, David L.; Keilholtz, Linda – 1974
Prepared as part of the Career Education Project of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the paper deals with curriculum development and implementation. Using current literature on the topic as a point of reference, topics dealt with include: (1) the role of curriculum in career education, (2) the impact of career education on State…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Research
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Behar, Linda S. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1994
Higher education institutions can enhance school reform by establishing accountability measures for professional preparation of curriculum specialists. The article describes a knowledge base of curriculum domains and related practices. A quantifiable compendium of operationalized behaviors and skills can help establish frameworks for program…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Change
Ritz, John M. – 1974
The primary purpose of the study was to develop, test, revise, and publish instructional materials which would aid in the implementations of "The Wisconsin Guide to Local Curriculum Improvement in Industrial Education, K-12". A major task was the development of illustrative instructional materials which would make the classroom teachers'…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Curriculum Research, Industrial Education
Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Research and Demonstration. – 1974
The report provides an account of how the U.S. Office of Education's discretionary vocational education research program for fiscal year 1974 was planned and implemented under the administration of the new Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education and its component new Division of Research and Demonstration. The report contains basic information…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Curriculum Research, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Herring, Don R. – 1976
Three project objectives were (1) to identify the competencies required for entry into the professional role of the teacher of vocational agriculture (exclusive of the technical competencies of scientific agriculture), (2) to validate the competencies identified, and (3) to initiate procedures for incorporating the validated competencies into the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Cooperating Teachers, Cooperative Planning
Hamilton, James B.; And Others – 1977
Documenting the processes and procedures, this report reviews phases of development, testing, and revision of 100 modules in a set of performance-based teacher education (PBTE) curricular materials. The first of two chapters discusses the need to develop a professional development program for vocational education teachers. A two-phase process is…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation