Purpose: This paper presents a qualitative systematic review of Swedish research on vocational education and training (VET) at the upper secondary school level over the past 20 years. The review is based on a theoretical model on curriculum making as social practice that may serve as model for comparative studies between countries. By introducing…

This report from the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Research Network Lead team provides final results from an evaluability assessment of CTE programs that feasibly could be evaluated using a rigorous experimental design. Evaluability assessments (also called feasibility studies) are used in education and other fields, such as international…

Too many students with disabilities leave secondary school without being connected to an agency. This is especially true for those students with more severe disabilities that require a modified curriculum. Students with disabilities learning in a modified curriculum often need more support during school and usually will need the same or more…

Recognizing the significance of education in promoting sustainable development (SD), China has developed a number of policies and initiatives relating to education for sustainable development (ESD) and climate change education (CCE). The article first reviews China's national policies and initiatives with regard to SD, climate change, education,…

This report describes the Achieve 180 Program in Year 3, the last of the three years initially planned for this comprehensive program. The 54 participating schools received Texas Education Agency campus accountability ratings of "Improvement Required" (IR), "Not Rated," or "Former Improvement Required". The 2019-2020…

The 1974 seminar for State directors of vocational education focused on improvement of vocational curricula at the local education agency level. One hundred fifteen persons, representing 43 State vocational units, one territory, and Washington, D.C., attended the seminar. Sepcial emphasis was given to processes and innovative concepts relating to…

From a 1977 study in the Chicago (Illinois) area school districts, the author reports changes in occupational programs and secondary enrollments relative to the Illinois Office of Education's five recognized occupational clusters (industry, services, health, business, and agriculture). (MF)

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…

Evaluation of a school-based program in the United Kingdom for inservice teacher education related to developing vocational and technical aspects of the secondary curriculum is described. The Technical and Vocational Educational Initiative Related In-Service Training (TRIST) program evaluation demonstrates the importance of considering local and…

This article focuses on the response from a specially constructed questionnaire which was completed by 431 education social workers/education welfare officers located throughout England and Wales in 2005. The findings are supported by interview data obtained from fifty-nine education social workers/education welfare officers in selected local…

The author describes how the Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) public school system changed its mainstreaming vocational program for educable mentally retarded students from child care to care-giving. Illustrating the change model, the child care curriculum was modified to include care of the aged and the retarded. (MF)

Results of a planning grant received by the Devils Lake, North Dakota, school district under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) are presented. The project included an enrollment survey of the public and non-public schools in a 10-county area; a vocational survey of seniors, parents of seniors, juniors, and sophomores in…

The purpose of this conference is illustrated by the following objectives --(1) To provide descriptive data, information, and insights essential to an understanding of the current status of school district organization in Idaho, (2) To examine various approaches in trends of school district organization, (3) To determine a structure which will…

One of two publications developed to facilitate bilingual vocational training, this guide is designed to assist educational agencies at the national, state, and local levels in determining priorities for development of materials needed for bilingual vocational training programs. (CE 019 071 contains a handbook for developers of bilingual…

This is a report of oversight hearings held in Washington, D.C., on January 23 and 24 and February 5, 6, and 7, 1980, to provide the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee of Education and Labor, with a general picture of the current state of American secondary education. The focus…