Contributions from job-cluster research include greater understanding of the desired end-product of vocational education, potential for curriculum development, and better understanding of job analysis. Presentations by specialists who are presently active in research on the problems of job-clustering include: (1) "A Functional Approach to…

This federally funded report provides the results of a task inventory analysis survey for data processing occupations. Presented before completion of the major project so that pertinent occupational data may be available for curriculum developers, instructors, and others involved in planning and conducting vocational and technical programs, this…

A MAJOR PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS THE DERIVATION OF A PROCEDURE FOR ANALYZING THE FUNCTIONS OF A MEDICAL LABORATORY ASSISTANT IN SUCH A WAY THAT CHARACTERISTICS USUALLY DESCRIBED ABSTRACTLY AS SKILL OR BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE, WHICH CAN BE EVALUATED ONLY INTUITIVELY AND SUBJECTIVELY, CAN BE DEFINED INSTEAD IN CONCRETE TERMS THAT CAN BE DEALT WITH…

This final report of the Career Options Research and Development (CORD) Project reviews the original assumptions, objectives, problems, and opportunities related to training the poor for employment in the human services areas. Specific objectives of Project CORD were: (1) to test the validity and reliability of the social mobility theory, (2) to…

RESEARCH WAS DONE ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, STUDYING AN APPROACH WHICH STRESSES TEACHING GENERAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGES, AND UNDERSTANDINGS BEFORE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR A SPECIFIC JOB IS PURSUED. TWO INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATIONS WERE DEFINED FOR STUDY--(1) AGRICULTURE RELATED AND (2) NONAGRICULTURE RELATED, INCLUDING THE METAL…

This first phase of a project initiated to develop, demonstrate, and test curricula for the preparation and inservice education of vocational and technical education teachers, was devoted to determining the performance requirements of teachers. During this phase, 237 performance elements were identified through application of occupational analysis…

The major focus of the study was the development of a clear concise description of job tasks of the "educational development officer," a role model of which had been developed and piloted in North Carolina by a governmental research unit, the Junior and Community College Division of the National Laboratory of Higher Education, located in…

A study was conducted to enhance basic knowledge concerning the activities and needs of curriculum developers with emphasis on those relating to vocational education. More than 300 persons actively involved in curriculum development in public education, business and industry, and government responded to a questionnaire based upon a list of 68…

A study evaluated the approach used for validation of job profiles for curriculum development in three health care programs in the Netherlands: dietetics, podotherapy, and activity therapy. It also evaluated the quality of these job profiles and the relation between process and product quality. The validation approach used was a practical…

This task analysis report for the Robotics/Automated Systems Technician (RAST) curriculum project first provides a RAST job description. It then discusses the task analysis, including the identification of tasks, the grouping of tasks according to major areas of specialty, and the comparison of the competencies to existing or new courses to…

Materials relating to the curriculum guide development phase of this project are presented in this volume of the report. Included are a definition of agribusiness competencies; a listing of occupational advisory committee members; rating forms showing the level of education appropriate for job preparation in the occupations covered by the guides;…

Education for school counselors in the area of assessment was studied in an effort to develop recommendations to improve the quantitative literacy portions of counselor education programs. To identify skills needed by school counselors, information was obtained from the Educational Research Service (an independent non-profit corporation) from…

Under the Idaho state system for curriculum development in vocational education, Technical Committees made up solely of industry personnel are responsible for drawing up task lists for each program. The first part of this guide contains a curriculum for instruction of practical nurses who are eligible to sit for the license examination upon…

Under the Idaho state system for curriculum development in vocational education, Technical Committees made up solely of industry personnel are responsible for drawing up task lists for each program. Accordingly, a task list for dental assistants was drawn up and used as a basis for revising the curriculum guide for fundamentals of dental assisting…

This report provides results of Phase I of a project that researched the occupational area of environmental horticulture, established appropriate committees, and conducted task verification. These results are intended to guide development of a program designed to address the needs of the horticulture field. Section 1 contains general information:…