Changes in the job and labor markets are a critical concern to vocational education and call for curriculum development to deal with the emerging and new occupations created by advancing technology. The author presents a model to represent the developmental patterns for emerging occupations. (MF)

The author presents a methodology to identify new and emerging occupations for the purpose of appropriate vocational education curriculum development, involving collection of occupational data, development of criteria, and evaluation of occupational data for curriculum development. (MF)

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

This report spells out the educational needs and criteria in the overall transportation systems field, offering guidelines for the educational community to help renew or develop careers in the changing transportation systems professions. Intended to allow for career mobility for those already employed in transportation, the comprehensive…

Designed as a manual for human and social service agencies and programs engaged in curriculum and career development, this technical paper describes the Social Service Aide Project (SSAP) Functional Task Analysis Data System resulting from Phase I research and Phase II analysis and refinement. Sections discuss and diagram these system components:…

This resource guide provides practical information to educators directly involved with vocational education for the limited-English-proficient (LEP) population. Part I describes the nine major features of promising vocational education programs for LEP students: program approach, program duration, institutional support, staff commitment,…

This fact sheet describes vocational education within historical and legislative perspectives, focusing on how the components of vocational education programs can be adapted to include disabled students. Examples from a variety of postsecondary programs illustrate how assessment, curriculum modifications, devices and technology, testing, and job…

Project Proud Option of Palmer, Massachusetts, had the following objectives: (1) develop and implement a system for assessing the functioning levels of handicapped students in institutional schools as these functional levels relate to already existing job task outlines and performance objectives; (2) develop new job opportunities within the…

The history of educational programming for the handicapped has unfortunately been one of quiet discrimination. This pattern has come from the evolution of an isolation-based society. Society is moving increasingly toward the human and equity-based treatment of disabled people. Reflecting some court decisions, the Education of the Handicapped Act…

The energy manpower research project was established to review the process used to identify skills needed in emerging energy sources and to discover any new occupations for which additional post-high school, vocational/technical training would be needed. A supplemental part of the project was the development of a solar energy instructional module.…

This catalog contains descriptions of the programs funded by governor's grant funds during fiscal 1980. (The governor's grants are funds provided by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 for use at the state level by the state governors.) It is divided into four parts. Part 1, which identifies programs funded under the coordination…