This virtual conference was the eleventh in a series of moderator-driven discussions introduced by UNESCO-UNEVOC in 2011. Conducted on the UNEVOC e-Forum--a global online community of over 4,000 members--and guided by an expert, these discussions provide a platform for sharing of experiences, expertise and feedback and wish to inspire people to…

The impact of national education policies on programme design practice in post-compulsory education tends to be marginalised in scholarly literature. This paper reviews and analyses the literature to explore how neo-liberalist discourses introduced in tertiary education and qualifications policies in New Zealand since 1989 continue to influence…

Neither the Oklahoma public schools nor vocational rehabilitation had the resources requisite to an adequate preparatory program for educable mentally retarded children. Thus, a number of meetings, attended by public school and rehabilitation personnel, resulted in the decision to pool the resources of both into a cooperative program designed to…

The document contains two readings and a competency list meant to serve as an introduction to the area of special vocational needs. A special vocational needs program is defined as a program designed for those in need of vocational training who cannot succeed in a regular vocational program due to a handicapping condition (mental, physical, or…

The job of the school administrator is to provide meaningful and effective occupational education programs to help the disadvantaged segment of our population become useful, productive, and self-sufficient. This guide describes the special problems of the disadvantaged and the administrative procedures required in programs for the disadvantaged.…

Presents a model for organizing vocational curriculum to better serve individual students' career development needs and delivering it in an efficient (less costly) manner. Rationale and administrative structure for the Performance-Based, Multi Occupational (PBMO) program are presented and a seven-dimensional program organization and curriculum…

This project developed from a need for knowledge and information concerning a problem of growing concern to most American communities and particularly those comprising metropolitan areas. Increasing evidence of disregard for law and order on the part of individuals of all ages, and especially teen-age children, points up the need for intelligent…

Relevant curriculums for post-secondary vocational-technical programs can be designed only after manpower needs are identified and a study is made of job skill requirements. This paper, the result of a review of current literature, was written in an attempt to decide: (1) What programs should be made available at the post-secondary level? (2) What…

Agricultural Education teacher educators are interested in and are making efforts to keep their training programs abreast of changing patterns and emphases in agricultural education. There is a real sense of interest and need among those people interviewed in this study for a better means of communication among teacher training institutions…

Accompanying the growing concern for environmental control are expanding job opportunities and an ever-increasing demand for trained personnel to fill these jobs. Thus, vocational educators are confronted with the need to design and develop programs to train needed personnel. To do this in the most effective way, educators need to: (1) assess the…

The author states that vocational education leaders must face three kinds of decisions: (1) fundamental reexamination of the design and structure of the educational system; (2) whether or not vocational and nonvocational education should be co-mingled at the secondary and postsecondary levels; and (3) updating and upgrading of the school-based…

With the decline of manufacturing, industry faces the layoff of many low-skilled workers and a shortage of skilled workers. To fill the gap, workers will need more skills, often those not taught in schools. Language minority individuals are most affected by these changes. The situation has brought a new political focus on the role of vocational…

This guide, which derives from planning work at Southeast Community College (Nebraska), is designed to improve the practice of vocational program planning at the postsecondary level. After an overview is provided in the first section, a compilation of seven separate categories is presented which deals with gathering needed information for…

Activities conducted by the Massachusetts Bureau of Special Needs (BSN) Division of Occupational Education designed to strengthen communication between BSN central staff and regional staff, and to explain more fully to the regional staff the goals and priorities for service to the disadvantaged and handicapped, are described in this handbook.…

For a variety of reasons, vocational education has not made it in America. Our high schools have not been able to make sure that every young man and woman who receives a diploma is qualified either for immediate employment or further education. To solve the problems of this situation, the Office of Education is giving major emphasis to the design…