The purpose of this investigation is to tell the story of how six states are developing Programs of Study (POS) as mandated by the Perkins IV federal legislation. The authors' effort focuses on how states' technical assistance systems evolved and what successes and challenges existed for states developing POS. There was no intent to compare one…

Offering lifelong and developmental learning to over 13 million students at nearly 1,200 schools, community colleges in the United States attract a student body with remarkable economic, ethnic, and cultural diversity. They provide students with skills and foundational knowledge upon which successful professional careers and rewarding personal…

This summary of consultative discussions is not intended to represent a definite study of the topic, but rather a beginning. Four general guidelines of themes emerged from the seminar regarding vocational education for persons with special needs: (1) Professional vocational education personnel must become more concerned with people and less…

The relevance of career education in meeting the needs of the disadvantaged is explored; the important components of a career education are presented; and suggestions are made for state planning. Career education is seen as the effort to help students integrate work oriented values into their lives and providing them with the experiences and…

The purposes of the workshop were (1) to provide a means by which professionally trained educators in special education and vocational education chould work as a team in designing local school programs for educable mentally retarded students, (2) to create favorable attitudes in special education and vocational education teachers toward combined…

To aid in the successful interdisciplinary team planning of vocational education, this study sought to determine: (1) which of certain selected skills in agricultural, distributive, home economics, office, and trade and industrial occupations are being taught at the secondary level, and (2) the similarities in selected instructional content in the…

Vocational students require their own humanities courses not because they differ from liberal arts students in their abilities, values or aspirations, but because their programs are more structured and allow less time for electives. In order to serve vocational students, humanities courses should fit the tight time and credit constraints of…

The article outlines and discusses aspects of a pilot scheme in the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative introduced in 14 local education authorities in England and Wales in 1983. Points are made about the value of interdisciplinary assignment work, dilemmas in assessing and recording, matters of continuity, and issues surrounding…

At Clark County Community College, efforts to integrate occupational and humanities curricula have focused on introducing humanities materials directly into selected vocational courses, which are required for program majors. In fall 1982, philosophy was introduced to students in a "Fundamentals of Nursing" course through a module…

One of five articles concerning trends in vocational education, which describes a leadership development program that began as an (Education Professions Development Act) EPDA internship project in 1972 and has since become a permanent service offered by Indiana State University. (Editor/HD)

Cites the necessity of involving students in their own career decisions and shows how to accomplish articulation based on this philosophy. (SB)

The review examines the literature on services and needs of learning disabled students at the postsecondary level. Statistics are given showing that many learning disabled students do seek postsecondary education. Problems of definition and identification at the postsecondary level are noted. Observable characteristics of learning disabled…

Discusses two major issues confronting any attempts to make technology education an integral part of the school curriculum. One issue is the lack of agreement about core concepts and student outcomes. The second issue concerns the relationship of technology education to the existing curriculum. Contains 25 references. (DDR)

This report presents results of a project to provide useful information for planning pregnancy prevention programs. It focuses on five project objectives: (1) identification of factors associated with adolescent sexual behavior, contraceptive behavior, and pregnancy; (2) development of instructional objectives or skills associated with pregnancy…