This article addresses challenges regarding relevance in vocational education and training (VET) curricula. Recent research on Norwegian VET shows that the educational content is not sufficiently related to the students' needs for qualification in the actual vocations. I will present a new curriculum research project aimed at investigating and…

The world is undergoing a major transformation that requires new skills and qualifications, new ways for people to know about skills and qualifications, and new ways to acquire skills and qualifications. This toolkit is about skills and qualifications, and the benefits they provide for people in a changing environment. It focuses specifically on…

This paper presents a philosophical approach to undergraduate curricula. The approach, informed by research, has been conceptualised as "socially critical vocationalism" (SCV). SCV is neither training nor pure traditional academic provision but an approach to curriculum that is academically defensible, practically relevant and socially…

FROM DETAILED ANALYSES OF 16 ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAMS, EFFORTS WERE MADE TO COORDINATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF A.A. DEGREE NURSING EDUCATION. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RELATE THE INFORMATION TO BACCALAUREATE AND DIPLOMA SCHOOLS OF NURSING. FROM QUESTIONNAIRES, INTERVIEWS, AND COLLEGE CATALOG DATA, SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN…

From October 1 through December 31, 1965, activity was concentrated on the selection of a curriculum and the development of topic objectives within each course of study. The proposed curriculum outlined for grades 9 through 14 is based on meeting the four identified domains of specific vocational, general vocational, citizenship, and…

Sixteen research reviews are organized under these topics: (1) Curriculum Development, treating a national conference report, a guide for the development of a curriculum, occupational analysis as a basis for curriculum development, and a shared-time concept for area programs, (2) Agricultural Education, reviewing innovative aspects of off-farm…

CURRICULUM PATTERN OPTIONS FOR VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE ARE PRESENTED IN THIS GUIDE. MAJOR PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ARE TO DEVELOP--(1) AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCY FOR PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE, (2) AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCY FOR OFF-FARM OCCUPATIONS, (3) AN UNDERSTANDING OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND REQUIRED TRAINING, (4) THE ABILITY TO ENTER AND ADVANCE IN AN…

THE DATA SOURCES WERE (1) A QUESTIONNAIRE MAILED TO ALL PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES LISTED IN THE 11TH EDITION OF THE "COLLEGE BLUE BOOK," (2) CATALOGS AND BULLETINS OF SELECTED COLLEGES, AND (3) LITERATURE IN THE FILED. A 52-PERCENT RESPONSE INDICATED THAT 70.7 PERCENT OF THE INSTITUTIONS OFFERED TECHNICAL INSTITUTE CURRICULUMS IN 1956, AN INCREASE OF…

AREAS OF TRAINING WHICH ARE OFFERED IN THE VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENTS OF MARYLAND ARE PRESENTED IN THIS DOCUMENT. AGRICULTURE TEACHERS AND ADVISORY GROUPS MAY SELECT AREAS OF TRAINING FROM THE TOPICAL OUTLINE OR ADD NEW AREAS AS NEEDED IN THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. PHILOSOPHY, SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES, GROUPS SERVED, AGRICULTURAL TRENDS…

CONDUCTED FOR COCHISE COLLEGE BY THE CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, THIS STUDY ASSESSED THE EMPLOYMENT NEEDS FOR TECHNICALLY TRAINED PERSONNEL. EXAMINATION OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, AND COMMUNICATION WITH INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SHOWED THAT FIVE OF SIX MAJOR EMPLOYERS OF AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT ("A AND P") MECHANICS PREFERRED…

STUDIES OF JUNIOR COLLEGE CURRICULA VARY WIDELY IN TYPE AND SOURCE. DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES, RECOGNIZED AS A FIRST STEP IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, IS DESCRIBED IN SIX STUDIES AS AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE A RATIONALE FOR PROGRAMS, COURSE CONTENT, AND CURRICULUM EVALUATION. SURVEYS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS, REPORTED IN 20 STUDIES,…

Local curriculum coordinators and local vocational directors were surveyed to investigate the relative importance of selected competencies needed by the former. (Editor/TA)

This document presents the basics of the career academy, a method of integrating vocational with academic educational systems and of providing a contextually valid education. The first section outlines the problems that the academy systems attempt to address, the four major principles essential for the success of career academies, and the nine…

In order to make chemistry teaching interesting and relevant, a special course was planned with an intent to teach industrial laboratory techniques to juniors and seniors in high school. The program was taught through laboratory experiments and utilized individualized instruction. List of topics covered in course are included. (PS)

This matrix and these word lists are intended for use as a practical working tool in the area of competency-based curriculum. In the curriculum terminology matrix, inclusions are primarily concepts critical to curriculum development. The matrix indicates whether terms are found in word lists for Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland,…