The purpose of the research is to analyse the use of active learning technologies in training students and to assess the effectiveness of their use in the teaching process in secondary vocational education. In order to verify the effectiveness of the developed pedagogical methods, methods of experimental work and analysis of the obtained data were…

On September 22, 2017, the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) and the National Center for Education Research (NCER) at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) convened a group of experts in policy, practice, and research related to Career and Technical Education (CTE). The goal of the meeting was to seek input from…

Vocational education and training in Denmark has embarked on a process of modernisation aiming at, primarily, increasing flexibility, and individualisation, quality and efficiency. Assessment and recognition of informal and non-formal learning, competence-based curricula, innovative approaches to teaching, and increased possibilities for partial…

Pacesetting high schools, middle grades schools and technology centers have changed classroom and other practices to prepare students to meet postsecondary requirements and rising workplace needs. The strategies include raising expectations, project-based learning, guidance and advisement, improving students' reading and writing skills,…

This instructor's guide to the Career Alert Planning (CAP) program is one of 14 components (see note) of a set of individualized materials designed to help participants find out about themselves and about the kind of work for which they are suited. In this program, participants become acquainted with occupations that are representative of 10 basic…

This guide is specifically designed to accompany materials developed for occupational orientation (particularly in Illinois) in the following five cluster areas: Applied biological and agricultural occupations; personal and public service occupations; health occupations; business, marketing, and management occupations; and industrial oriented…

This document provides a description and discussion guide for each of the filmstrips developed to accompany the Career Decision-Making (CDM) program developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. (See CE 019 229 for an overview of the total CDM program.) The following filmstrips and cassettes are listed: "Career Goals";…

This curriculum guide, developed by a project committee of administrators, supervisors, instructors, and a counselor in the areas of industrial and vocational education, contains three extensive 12-week laboratory units at the junior high school level covering careers in the occupational clusters of business education, home economics, and…

A unit of study involving vocational guidance and career planning is well suited to the general education aims of basic business and economics instruction and helps students select, prepare for, and progress toward business careers or other occupations of their choice. (LRA)

This learning activities book is designed as a resource to help school counselors, teachers, and career specialists to integrate career development into programs and curricula. It contains 65 activities organized under 8 curriculum areas: fine arts, science, vocational studies, language arts, physical education, mathematics, social sciences, and…

Describes an independent study activity designed for secondary students, in which the students researched the desirability of funding the construction of a sea-level canal through Nicaragua by assuming the roles of the scientific specialists who would be involved in such a project. (MLH)

The Michigan program for teaching career education through social studies is described. This program provides career preparation through the necessary academic or vocational training and career development through the acquisition of self-awareness knowledge, career awareness knowledge, career decision-making skills, and career planning and…

The article outlines procedures for the marketing and distributive education teacher to use in guiding students toward career planning and decision making. Resources to aid students and teachers include tests, publications, computerized information systems, and community resources. (MF)