This article seeks to provide a school perspective on the nature and quality of the partnerships which schools form with businesses in order to deliver work placements and workplace learning in Australia. It found that the ability of schools to engage with external partners depended on the ability of school leaders to define and communicate the…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how the technology beliefs of New York State Career and Technical Education Board of Cooperative Education Services administrators influenced their leadership behaviors. The participants were from a purposive selection from five suburban and rural Boards of Cooperative Education Services in…

Five steps helpful in obtaining and maintaining administrator support for summer programs in vocational agriculture are discussed. Teachers must (1) take the offensive in showing the importance of their programs, (2) present a comprehensive plan, (3) be specific, (4) conduct a worthwhile summer program, and (5) report their accomplishments.…

Degrees in technical and further education (TAFE) are relatively new, but are likely to grow as a consequence of government policies that both seek to increase the percentage of Australians holding a bachelor degree and create a more unified tertiary education sector. There are ten TAFE institutes authorised to offer higher education in five…

A study examined summer programs of vocational agriculture in Oklahoma and administrator opinions of selected portions of summer programs judged to be superior. Compares teacher and administrator perceptions of what activities are most important for summer programs. Compares the activities of teachers in the superior programs to activities of…

A QUESTIONNAIRE, DESIGNED TO DISCOVER WAYS IN WHICH THE STATE STAFF COULD PROVIDE MORE EFFECTIVE SUPPORT TO LOCAL VOCATIONAL DIRECTORS AND PREPARED BY THE RESEARCH COORDINATING UNIT AT THE REQUEST OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, WAS DISTRIBUTED TO VOCATIONAL DIRECTORS IN A SUMMER WORKSHOP. CONCLUSIONS BASED ON 20…

This study was undertaken to determine a set of belief statements that, when validated, would serve as principles for vocational education. The instrument selected was a modified version of the Q-sort technique, referred to as a card-sort. The final instrument included 91 statements of belief selected from the literature, and was validated through…

A recent educational reform in India is the restructuring of the years spent in elementary-secondary, higher secondary, and higher education according to a 10+2+3 year pattern. Addressed is the 2-year higher secondary stage, a study of this stage as it was implemented in Bombay, and the problems associated with its implementation. (JMD)

Favorable attitudes toward Future Farmers of America (FFA) activities in providing leadership experiences for vocational agriculture students, shown by a survey of Jamaican high school administrators and vocational agriculture teachers, indicated that selected FFA activities could be transported to Jamaica. A proposed program of activities for a…

A project was conducted to (1) determine the potential for serving more and a greater variety of students in New Hampshire's secondary vocational centers through individualized instruction techniques, (2) clarify associated terminology and concepts, (3) study teacher, student, and administrator attitudes towards individualized instruction, and (4)…

Designed as a survey of 124 Nebraska public schools offering vocational agriculture, the primary purpose of this study was to obtain opinions of school administrators regarding selected aspects of the vocational agriculture program. A secondary purpose of the study was to present these opinions in a form useful to state and local supervisors of…

A study was made to identify needs and barriers related to the mainstreaming approach and to assess attitudes of secondary principals and occupational education teachers toward mainstreaming and their perceptions of needs and barriers. The design of the project involved a three-phase research effort. The first phase utilized the Delphi Technique…

To assist regional planning efforts, this study reviews methods for successful articulation programs (between secondary and postsecondary occupational education) that have been identified and suggested by previous studies. Thus, it can serve as a guide for those leaders who are planning articulation programs or those ready to launch and promote…

Using the DELPHI technique, 111 individuals identified as management team members for occupational education (in eight selected California community colleges), were chosen for this study designed to provide information perceived to be needed and useable for effective planning of occupation education in community colleges in California. Three…

The major purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics, problems, and recommendations for developing and improving open-entry/open-exit systems of individualized, competency-based vocational instruction for Florida high school students. A survey instrument was developed to collect relevant data. Those surveyed in the descriptive…