Career decision-making, a recently initiated program now in its design and engineering state, is described. Early interaction between the product development process and the evaluation process has served several purposes. Evaluation specialists have contributed information to be used in program development as well as tentative plans for summative…

Symposium participants met to develop guidelines for developing curriculum for the area of business and office education, K through adult. The session reports are presented in outline form according to topic definition, problem areas, and recommendations. Topics discussed include: organizational patterns in the business and office education…

A summary is presented of the proceedings of a South Carolina conference of vocational and technical college presidents and directors which focused on (1) the articulation of selected secondary level vocational education and similar postsecondary level technical institution programs and (2) mutual concerns of vocational directors and technical…

An approach to implementing competency-based education programs using a combination of self-instructional modules, individualized management processes, and group instructional techniques was designed and used for a comprehensive consumer education program incorporated into various high school business education programs. This instructional…

This publication contains four papers presented at three 1-day conferences. "Career Education: An Overview" by Gary R. Bice discusses the aims of career education, points to consider in developing career education programs, and areas of emphasis for the primary grades (K-4), middle grades (5-8), and high school grades (9-12). "Facilities for…

A comprehensive Career Education Project for 10 secondary non-urban high schools in Missouri has been developed to implement job development and job placement programs and follow-up of area high school seniors. The program components seek to: (1) establish a Centralized Job Placement Office; (2) implement a job placement service in each high…

The time has come to reexamine the role of industrial arts in the high schools. Our society is no longer in the industrial era but rather in the post-industrial era which is characterized by pressing social problems. Solutions must be found for the problems of pollution, power generation, housing, transportation, communication, conservation, more…

The experiences gained in developing a competency based teacher education program (CBTE) for secondary social studies are related in this speech. The program originated from the following needs: to revamp the traditional education program; to develop an experiential base reflecting the realities of public schools; to examine various models of…

Proceedings of two workshops held to improve vocational education through advisory committees, along with an evaluation of each workshop, are presented. A format is included for a workshop for secondary vocational administrators and local advisory committee members and a workshop held for postsecondary vocational administrators and local advisory…

Two major areas of concern to vocational education are cost benefit and job and task analysis. In recent years vocational education has broadened its outlook in terms of general human development, but the historical context of vocational education and concerns for accountability require evaluation of vocational education programs to consider cost…

Schools have been encouraged by recent legislation to develop vocational programs for all students interested in any phase of agriculture. In 1968, a total of 524,775 high school students were enrolled; 26 percent were engaged in off-farm agricultural education programs. The 12,000 teachers of these students also conducted programs for…

In focusing on local school board response to citizen desires for change in public school operations and on significant issues changing education from the perspective of school boards, three principles must be kept in mind: (1) public schools are controlled by three arms of government at three levels; (2) the federal government has limited powers;…