Beyond Vocational Education

by Pucel, David

• ISBN13: 9781930556041
• ISBN10: 1930556047
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Eye on Education

Summary

This book provides the practical information you need to make the transition from traditional "vocational" education programs to the new approaches to career and technical education. It shows you how to organize your schools around relevant career majors using a variety of evolving school formats such as Career Major programs, Tech Prep programs, Academies, and Magnet Schools.

Table of Contents

About The Author	vi
Preface	vii
Purpose of This Book	vii
What You Will Gain from This Book	vii
Internal Organization of the Book	viii
Rationale for the Transformation of Vocational and Academic Education	viii
The Transformation Model	ix
Why Applied, Context-Based, And Community-Based High School Reform?	1	(30)
Applied Context-Based and Community-Based Education	3	(4)
Changing Views About the Role of Schools	7	(1)
Implications for Changing High Schools	8	(3)
Realigning Educational Practice with Current Societal Needs	11	(7)
The Challenge to Education	18	(1)
Implications for Changing the Mission of Vocational (Career) Education	18	(5)
Implications for Teaching Methodologies of the Past and Present	23	(4)
References	27	(1)
Sample Schools	28	(3)
School Formats And High School Reform Innovations	31	(22)
Career Major Programs	33	(2)
Tech Prep Programs	35	(3)
Academies	38	(1)
Magnet Schools	39	(2)
Curricular Innovations	41	(8)
Applied Instruction	42	(1)
Teaching Around Applied Examples	43	(1)
Including Applied Learning Exercises	43	(1)
Including Applied Problem Solving	44	(1)
Career Majors	45	(1)
Advising Around Career Majors	45	(1)
Teaching in the Context of Student Majors	46	(1)
Developing an Integrated Curriculum	47	(1)
External Relationships	48	(1)
Requiring Community-Based Experiences	48	(1)
Articulating the Curriculum with Postsecondary Institutions	49	(1)
The Ideal	49	(1)
Macro Curricular Decisions	50	(3)
Establishing Career Majors	53	(22)
What Are Career Majors?	55	(2)
Defining the Role of Majors in the School	57	(7)
Determining a School's Majors	64	(3)
Determine the Scope of Each Major	67	(8)
Developing Career Major Courses	75	(40)
Detailing Courses to be Developed	77	(2)
Differences Between Career and Academic Career Major Course Development	79	(1)
Detailing Career Major Courses	80	(13)
Course Title and Content Description	81	(1)
Overall Course Career Scope	81	(1)
Course Instructional Strategy	82	(1)
Course Parameters	82	(1)
Broad Course Goals	83	(3)
Specific Technical or Academic Competencies	86	(2)
Career Course Content	88	(1)
Academic Course Content	89	(4)
Career Activities	93	(3)
Planning to Reinforce Content Taught in Other Major Courses	96	(2)
Community-Based Activities	98	(1)
Student Assessment	99	(4)
Summary	103	(12)
Integrating And Articulating The Curriculum	115	(10)
Integrating the Curriculum	118	(4)
Articulating the Curriculum	122	(2)
References	124	(1)
Planning Community-Based Experiences And School-To-Work	125	(24)
What are Community-Based Experiences?	127	(2)
Forms of Community-Based Experience Programs	129	(8)
Community-Based Partnerships	137	(3)
Connecting Activities	140	(9)
Evaluating Program Effectiveness	149	(11)
Where to Start	151	(1)
Measures of Program Effectiveness	152	(8)
Past Measures	152	(1)
Future Measures	153	(1)
Student Retention and Satisfaction	154	(1)
Academic Skill Development and Contextual Problem Solving	155	(1)
Career Exploration and Skill Development	156	(3)
Employability Skill Development	159	(1)
Summary	160