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Ashley Nicole Nixon – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Career and Technical Education (CTE) is vital in students' secondary education, vocational skills, and college, career, and military readiness. To determine how CTE affects students' success, Texas CTE teachers were asked about their perceptions of CTE elements to determine how secondary education students are experiencing fundamental knowledge…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Hiim, Hilde – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2017
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…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Relevance (Education), Curriculum, Foreign Countries
Khuntia, Dillip Kumar; Barik, Prasanta Kumar – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2019
Human beings came to the world along with ideas which got nurtured and transmitted from generation to generation. To upgrade the quality of life, he became educated through formal, informal and non-formal ways. The curriculum was structured formally at different levels of education, which is being upgraded and refined from time to time. Here in…
Descriptors: Models, Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, Moral Values
Gessler, Michael; Howe, Falk – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2015
The "Riga Conclusions" of the European Ministries of Education of 22 June 2015 for the orientation of vocational education and training in Europe are promoting work-based learning as one of five "medium-term deliverables" for the next five years. But: How should and can work-based teaching and learning be designed? Our approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Experiential Learning, Task Analysis
Khaled, Anne; Gulikers, Judith; Biemans, Harm; van der Wel, Marjan; Mulder, Martin – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2014
The intentions with which hands-on simulations are used in vocational education are not always clear. Also, pedagogical-didactic approaches in hands-on simulations are not well conceptualised from a learning theory perspective. This makes it difficult to pinpoint the added value that hands-on simulations can have in an innovative vocational…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Competence, Educational Innovation, Curriculum Development
McLaughlin, Patricia; Mills, Anthony – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2010
Australian post-compulsory vocational or technical education and higher education (university) has traditionally been delivered separately. Attempts to collaborate on curriculum development and delivery have mostly been at the margins of articulation and educational pathways. This study examines a pilot project in construction management education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Higher Education, Construction Management
Anderson, Melinda; Swafford, Melinda – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
The Carl D. Perkins Career Technical Improvement Act of 2006 encourages integration of academic instruction to improve student learning, impact employment skills of students, and enhance problem-solving skills by using authentic real-world situations. Academic integration is accomplished by integrating concepts of English, math, science,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Obesity, Consumer Science, Course Content
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2013
To keep pace with accelerating technology and workplace expectations, high school and technology center students need access to high-level programs and courses that open the doors to further education and careers. The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and nine states have launched a far-reaching program to provide rigorous and relevant…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Career Readiness, College Readiness
Shulock, Nancy; Chisholm, Eric; Moore, Colleen; Harris, Latonya – Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, 2012
California's community colleges are key to resolving the shortage of educated workers that is threatening the competitive position of the state's economy. Tremendous potential for addressing this challenge resides in the system's career technical education (CTE) mission which, with appropriate structures and support, could help many more students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Community Colleges, College Role
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2007
In this article, the author presents a model of the career academy concept. The author states that in New York's Putnam and Northern Westchester counties, the eight career academies of the Tech Center at Yorktown are not only providing hands-on programs that teach job-related skills, but a team of evaluators from the Association for Career and…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Models, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum
Shulock, Nancy; Moore, Colleen – Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, 2013
The California Community Colleges are vital to closing the projected shortfall of Californians with a postsecondary credential and sustaining the state's economic competitiveness. Increasing the number of students who pursue and earn certificates and associate degrees in career technical education (CTE) fields is an important component of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Community Colleges, College Role
Fischer, Martin; Bauer, Waldemar – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2007
In 1996, a new curricular framework for vocational education in schools called "Lernfelder" (learning arenas) was implemented in Germany. In the concept of learning arenas learning situations in schools have to be related to work activity in a particular occupation. For this reason work process orientation currently plays a significant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Vocational Education, Training Methods
Perry, Sarah – Vocational Education Journal, 1989
The author describes how one teacher started a vocational agriculture program at a small high school and developed it into an agricultural institute featuring a money-making 11-acre farm. She discusses how he raised the necessary start-up funds and how the institute has helped unify the school. (CH)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Grants
Vo, Chuong-Dai – Vocational Education Journal, 1996
The Rindge School's innovative curriculum is based on the following principles: the importance of academic knowledge in technical training; teaching of all aspects of an industry; student participation in community development projects; and interdisciplinary courses, career pathways, and internships. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Dai, Shujun – Chinese Education: A Journal of Translations, 1991
Describes three women's vocational schools in China. Discusses campuses, specialities, curriculum, and facilities available to students at Fujian Hua'nan Women's Vocational College, Xi'an Peihua Women's University, and Hunan Women's Vocational University. Notes an emphasis on practical experience at the three schools. (DK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Facilities, Experiential Learning, Females