Purpose: This paper aims to report on a project re-imagining of a Level 1 English-model broad vocational curriculum for low-attaining youth. The project, funded by Rothschild, has sought to develop a knowledge rich and engaging curriculum, which is more consistent with notions of social justice than contemporary low-level vocational curricula.…

This paper discusses the developments in the renewable energy sector and their impact on jobs and training. It compiles and makes an analysis of how the available technologies in the market will further develop corresponding with global trends in the energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors, and the corresponding capacities that are needed…

In this study, we argue that vocational education and training in Spain have increased their status and value over the past four decades at a steady and consistent pace. This pace has been perhaps too slow for the wishes of some but has been properly grounded on a wide consensus among all involved stakeholders (companies, union representatives and…

Although China has witnessed the rapid growth of public administration (PA) education during recent decades, few studies have focused on the practical issues of lower-level tertiary PA education, namely, PA programs in vocational colleges. The methods that vocational PA programs can apply to improve educational quality are a theoretical gap since…

This multiple case study explored Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs that were identified as having a focus on sustainability. Using the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (AASHE STARS) as a conceptual framework, the researchers interpreted…

An empirical study using descriptive-quantitative methods was conducted to investigate this hypothesis and examine the appropriateness of the framework components on the potential offering of an academic program at Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges (CSPC). The Identify, Determine, Assess and Establish (IDAE) model provided strategies and results…

This paper presents formal interactions between vocational education and training and the labour market in France, part of a large European study commissioned by the Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop). The paper examines the nature of vocational education and training system, the feedback mechanisms and the…

A simplified and abstract model of a manpower delivery system is presented. The relationships among the functions of occupational demands, guidance activities, placement work, occupational barriers, and interests of the job-seeker are discussed. The model points out to educational and training planners the principal aspects to consider when…

Three members of the National Commission on Secondary Vocational Education, which produced the report "The Unfinished Agenda," give their opinions on the progress and prospects of vocational education reform: "Improvements Coming, But Problems Remain" (Silberman); "Advancing the Agenda" (Herr); and "A Still Unfinished Agenda" (McDaniels). (SK)

A primary rationale presented for the continuance of vocational research and development is that major technological changes will require the development of curriculum programs to meet the changing needs of industry as new job skills continue to emerge. Additional factors that challenge vocational research are the development of marketable skills…

A vocationally-related adult basic education curriculum would include diagnostic testing, identifying academic skills, group planning, availability of instructional materials, parallel teaching of office procedures, and team teaching. (DS)

Key-punch training in high school can be justified only if it is vocational, involving some on-the-job experience, as well as classroom drill. (Author/JS)

This report describes the status of marine career education in the United States as of July 1975. The objectives of this work are: (1) to assess the current and future manpower needs, (2) to determine the extent of curriculum offerings, (3) to report the availability of relevant materials, (4) to describe the need for new program offerings, (5) to…

The purposes of the research reported were (1) to determine future needs in Ohio for vocational education and (2) to develop useful planning information related to vocational education. The first section, Paradoxes in the Educational System, provides the reader with an understanding of the complexity involved in developing useful planning…