The goal of this module is to expand the teacher's skill in working with parents of young handicapped children to foster the children's learning. It is designed to extend the teacher's skill in exchanging information with parents, and provides guidelines on working with individual families as well as conducting group meetings with parents.…

This book, aimed at mathematics and vocational educators and researchers, analyzes the historical, sociological, and practical elements of mathematics within vocational education against the emerging impact of technology. Focus is on the current situation of mathematics within Australian vocational and technical education and how that might be…

The effects of the inclusion of literacy and numeracy competencies within Australia's food processing industry training package were examined in two case studies of training at two food processing facilities in Victoria. The first case study involved a large pasta factory that had approximately 270 employees and a contract with a registered…

This module on tracking and reporting data is 1 in a series of 10 modules written for vocational education teacher education programs. It is designed to provide a basic understanding of Missouri's Vocational Instructional Management System (VIMS) and Vocational Administrative Management System (VAMS). Introductory materials include the following:…

This module, one in a series of performance-based teacher education learning packages, focuses on a specific skill that vocational educators need to be an effective teacher-coordinator in a cooperative vocational education program. The purpose of the module is to aid educators in gaining the skills needed to guide students in planning and…

This module, which is one in a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, trains teachers in how to evaluate their instructional effectiveness. Addressed in the individual learning experiences included in the module are the following topics: sources…

This module, one in a series of performance-based teacher education learning packages, focuses on a specific skill that vocational educators need to create appropriate learning environments and to plan and manage instruction that is well-suited to the learning and psychological needs of today's adults. The purpose of the module is to help the…

One of five modules in the administrative series of the 16-module series designed to train vocational education curriculum specialists, this module is intended for use in classes or individual study arrangements at the preservice or inservice level by students with varying amounts of experience in vocational education. (These modules are revised…

This module, one in a series of performance-based teacher education learning packages, focuses on a specific skill that vocational educators need to be successful in the area of instructional management. The purpose of the module is to give educators skill in planning, designing, and organizing the physical facilities of the vocational education…

This fifth in a series of six learning modules on instructional planning is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in selecting and obtaining the kinds of student instructional materials which support the lesson and meet the needs of students with varying reading levels or expertise in the subject matter involved.…

This first in a series of five learning modules on guidance is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in developing competency in gathering information about students through the use of the following data-collection techniques: cumulative records, anecdotal records, sociograms, student autobiographies, and…

This first in a series of six learning modules on student vocational organizations is designed to help secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers develop a rationale for a vocational youth organization and a knowledge of how to use youth activities to motivate student learning. The terminal objective for the module is to develop and…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on societal changes affecting the consumer habits of individual living units is the first in a set of five modules on consumer education related to human development. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on consumer aspects of parenthood is the fifth in a set of five modules on consumer education related to human development. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on management view of the multiple role is the sixth in a set of seven modules on consumer education related to management. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE…