Curriculum Development in Vocational and Technical Education


Book Description

Textbook on principles of curriculum development in technical education and vocational education - discusses curriculum planning and content with respect to decision making, assessment of the current educational system, labour supply and labour demand, goal-setting, etc., and identifies methods of implementation regarding the selection of teaching and training materials, modular training and evaluation techniques. Bibliography after each chapter, diagrams, questionnaires and statistical tables.




Planning for Technical and Vocational Skills Development


Book Description

The position of skills development on the agenda of policy-makers and development agencies improved markedly around the turn of the 21st century. This book tracks the ways skills have gained importance both in the developing and the more industrialized world. It analyses critically the multiple ’drivers' of skills development and the linkages of skills to the knowledge economy, growth, and employment in an increasingly competitive world. It also acknowledges the many modalities and delivery systems for skills development, arguing that this institutional diversity, often spread across several ministries and training authorities, has made it more difficult to give a national account of the skills development sector. The re-emergence of skills has triggered many reform initiatives associated with TVSD, some of which have become almost ’fashions' and are in danger of being adopted without sufficient evidence of their effectiveness. This work provides cautionary advice and fresh insights that planners will find rewarding.



















A Model for Planning Vocational Education at the Local Level


Book Description

Research report applying a generalized educational planning model to promotion of social participation in vocational education at local level in the USA - describes model elements focusing on integration of an information system, management functions and change processes into a network for planning, implementing, evaluation and reporting, and includes brief description of four planning programmes. Bibliography pp. 24 to 28.




The Planning Papers for the Vocational Education Study


Book Description

Educational research papers contributing to a general study of vocational education and related educational planning issues in the USA - addresses various aspects of the interrelationships between educational policy objectives, state implementation and the Federal grant-in-aid process; discusses resource allocation, financing and state aid at national level and local level; includes vocational rehabilitation and special education needs, sex discrimination issues, information needs, data collecting and evaluation, etc. Bibliography.