The concept of competence is increasingly the basis for (re)designing VET. In competence-based VET academic disciplines are no longer starting points for curriculum development. Competence needed for working in practice, however, is. Competence-based learning is a dominant trend in VET in several countries because of fewer expected problems in the…

CREATING IN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AN AWARENESS FOR THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY UPON THEIR DAILY LIVES WAS THE AIM OF THIS STUDY. A NEW ORIENTATION FOR INDUSTRIAL ARTS TEACHERS ATTEMPTED TO DEFINE A CURRICULUM AREA FOR COMPREHENSION OF THE BROAD SCOPE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY, RATHER THAN THE USUAL FOCUS UPON ISOLATED TRADES, OCCUPATIONS, OR…

This booklet is part of the "Getting to Grips with..." series, which is intended for the general reader who wants to understand important trends in vocational education and training. It is designed to provide the reader with an understanding of the concept of key technologies, to describe the potential importance that this way of…

This review, based on a variety of information sources, discusses vocational education under the following major headings: Forces Contributing to Curriculum Change in Vocational Education (summarizes four of the major elements which seem to be contributing to rapid change in vocational education--knowledge explosion, rise of technology, change in…

This guide contains eight learning modules which are designed as samples which fuse the career development concepts, subject matter, and occupational information into learning activities using occupations as the nucleus. There is one module for each of the eight occupational areas: agricultural equipment and mechanics, agricultural products (food…

This guide is intended to be used as a model to develop Career Education Experiences in a classroom program. It includes eight sample learning modules for the primary grade level (K-3) and another eight for the intermediate grade level (4-6). Each module has three basic parts: instructional information, instructional activities, and culmination or…

Prepared for State University of New York/Buffalo researchers participating in a state-sponsored educational financing project, this background paper focuses on the vocational education "program effects" of changing financial aid formulas and/or the rationale for organizing school districts and regional services. It scrutinizes the role of Boards…