Using contracted services to support costs of preparing vocational personnel has become fashionable in spite of its many flaws; however, a viable alternative is to apply the principle of excess costs to the support of vocational personnel development programs. This system puts the emphasis on quality and improvement. (CT)

Some strategies for inservice education for special needs teachers are outlined by a teacher educator, with areas to be included in a presentation format. Well-planned inservice programs help both the special needs students and the special/vocational teachers, according to the author. (MF)

So that vocational teachers will be able to deal effectively with special needs students, higher education must plan and develop adequate personnel preparation at the preservice level. Seven strategies for vocational/special needs teacher education program development are given. (MF)

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is often used as an example of motivational theory in both practitioner and scholarly journals, yet considerable motivational research is being conducted that is not widely known, nor applied in practical settings. This paper summarizes several of those lines of inquiry and suggests applications for career and technical…

The authors review the role of special needs teacher education to meet the challenges of providing appropriate public education and vocational training for handicapped and disadvantaged learners under applicable provisions of recent legislation (P.L. 94-142 and P.L. 93-516). Major changes in teacher education required by the legislation are…

Focuses on some of the potential consequences of educational changes for vocational and industrial teacher preparation. Most of the consequences are not peculiar to vocational and industrial teacher education and should be of interest to other disciplines as well. (JOW)

Technology and the job of educating students about technology has been changing and evolving since the dawn of humanity. Many technology education (TE) teachers have readily adapted to recent changes and seek to educate a diverse group of students about the ever changing world of technology. However, there are some within the TE community that…

The paper's proposition is that many "overtly behavioristic" innovations in teacher education (performance-based education, microteaching, microsupervision, and microcounseling) are not in conflict with the humanistic approach; the critical need for understanding and application of the construct of intentionality demands that humanists…

This article describes a project directed at preparing industrial arts teachers to better understand and teach students of different cultures, and contains segments detailing the background and how a mixture of national experts and public school officials provided direction for the project. It also describes how the materials to provide inservice…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the cognitive style and teaching style preferences of instructors enrolled in the Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor course at the Academic Instructor School at Maxwell Air Force base. Sixty-five cases were examined for two research questions: (1) To what extent is there…

A study of employed Tennessee postsecondary technical teachers was conducted which resulted in a generalized profile covering their background and preparation, their priorities for teacher preparation items, and their preferences regarding content for inservice programs. Implications are drawn and recommendations made. (AJ)