Studies show a lack of evaluation as a fundamental element of curriculum design in further education. To this end, a model is proposed and its advantages outlined. The importance of relevant evaluative skills as objectives within college staff development programs is discussed. (CT)

This article aims to make a critical analysis of the African attempts at vocationalizing the school curriculum, looking at certain major issues with the views of one prominent critic, Philip Foster, in mind. (Author/CT)

The author presents two interviews: one with Geoff Melling on identifying new vocational realities for adult education in the seventies, and one with Jack Mansell on driving the adult education engine of curriculum review and development in the eighties. (CT)

Attitudes of engineering technician students enrolled in Britain's new Technical Education Council (TEC) curriculum were compared with those of students in two older programs. TEC schemes were perceived as being more complex and less successful at meeting personal needs. Overall attitudes to the new program were less favorable. (SK)