Great Oaks Joint Vocational School (Ohio) devised an experimental model for instructional programs in dental assisting, chef's training, electronics, welding, and industrial maintenance. The vocational instructors provide occupational and job-readiness skills and subject-matter specialists provide related instruction in mathematics, science, and…

A modular system titled "Principles of Technology" for grades 11 and 12 is described. The program, which blends academic and vocational education to meet increased science and mathematics requirements, uses video presentations and hands-on laboratory exercises and can be used as part of a one-or two-year technical program or integrated…

Contains "Adult Learner and the Perkins Act" (Terry); "Special Needs Provisions of the Perkins Act" (Cobb, Kingsbury); "Strengthening the Academic Foundations of Vocational Education" (Parks, Henderson); "Planning New Directions for Consumer and Homemaking Education" (Kister, Smith, Hughes); "Sex Equity…

The Georgia Coordinated Vocational Academic Education (CVAE) program for underachieving or alienatated youth focuses on combining vocational competencies and adjustment with remedial academic instruction in a classroom atmosphere where disadvantaged students can experience success and become interested in learning. An important program success…

Describes the Coordinated Vocational Academic Education in Office Duplication Practices program designed to keep disadvantaged students in school, provide them with entry-level skills, and supply them with confidence. Examines the problems these students face, type of student served, equipment needed, instructional areas, teacher training, and the…