Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of 25 terminal objectives for a basic appliance repair course. The materials were developed for a 36-week course (2 hours daily) designed to enable the student to be well-grounded in the fundamentals of electricity as well as applied electricity.…

The document is a student manual and teacher's manual for a simulated office practice class designed to give students training in a business office on school premises. In the simulation, students perform as office personnel and as customers and creditors. The first part of the guide, directed to students, contains: general information on the…

The prevocational course in business education is designed to enable the sophomore student to complete a full year of typewriting, explore careers in business, and gain beginning skills for business jobs. The 12-unit course includes units on introduction and typing review, machine and manual math, communication and self-awareness, punctuation,…

This teaching guide for still photographic technician aide is one of a series of five performance-based secondary level guides for vocational education. Part 1 provides tools, resources, and a process to be used at the local level to develop a still photographic technician aide training curriculum. It includes a comprehensive overview of the…

A selective review of the literature in the field of clerical education provides insight into a number of problems in clerical programs that face business educators in this decade. Discusses competency-based instruction, evaluation, guidance methods, technological advancement, and decision-making skills. (CT)

Presents a session by session description of a "meats" class, which is offered to high school students (9-week period) and adults (8-week period). The classes cover identification of cuts (beef, sheep, hogs, and veal; grades and grading of live animals and carcasses; economics of butchering and cutting your own meat; actual slaughtering; and the…

This curriculum guide is designed to prepare students in grades 6-10 to work in the world of the future. The 8-day course provides exploratory, hands-on learning activities and information that can enhance the education of students of all types in an integrated curriculum that provides practical applications of academic skills. The guide contains…

A study examined the training required for a wide range of occupations in which workers use computers or computer-controlled equipment. It was determined that although computer use is widespread and growing rapidly, relatively few workers (about 5 percent) need extensive education or training in computer-related skills. Because most workers…

A project was conducted at the University of Missouri-Columbia to develop, revise, and complete curriculum materials for nine secondary vocational education programs and specialized areas: forestry, advanced crops, clerical/secretarial, junior high home economics, textile fibers, drafting and design, metals, licensed practical nursing/advanced…

A project was conducted to implement the third phase of a model--the Project SERVICE Model--to teach and train young persons from vocational-technical schools, comprehensive vocational high schools, private trade schools, labor unions, and minority organizations to develop the technical and pedagogical skills necessary to teach in existing, new,…

Activities and procedures by which secondary vocational education can be designed to prepare students for entrance into new technology programs or employment were developed in the Illinois Employment for Technology Education (ETE) project during the 1983-84 school year. These activities included the following: (1) formation of a high technology…

This guide, which was written as an initial step in the development of a systemwide articulated curriculum sequence for all vocational programs within the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System, outlines the suggested scope and sequence of a 3-year program in health occupations. The guide consists of a course description; general course…

This report describes an Indiana project to develop occupational matrices in six vocational service areas--agribusiness, business and office, health, home economics, marketing and distribution, and trades and industries. (These matrices cluster industry-verified job titles in an occupational field on the basis of task commonality.) These…

Working women, at all levels, throughout the state of New Jersey were studied to determine what patterns, if any, exist among these women and to explore the implications of the findings for both the education and employment systems. Research was conducted in two stages: by a questionnaire distributed to 1,150 women employed by 23 institutions and…

This curriculum guide provides an introductory course for secondary students interested in health careers. The instruction is sequential and exposes the student to a core curriculum including interpersonal, vocational and practical skills basic to the health occupations cluster. The course objectives are to: (1) Identify jobs and job opportunities…