This paper explores how vocational, occupational, practical or indeed experiential education can assist in the development of "phronesis" or practical wisdom within the responsible learner. It proposes that formalized, institutionalized education might inhibit the development of phronesis in the quest for knowledge. We propose that…

The standards in this document are for digital video and broadcast production programs and are designed to clearly state what the student should know and be able to do upon completion of an advanced high-school program. Digital Video and Broadcast Production is a program that consists of the initial fundamentals and sequential courses that prepare…

Interests are a part of the motivational system in man. The psychological needs in early life become the interests of youth which develop into values and a value system in later life. The measurement of interests appears to have taken a practical turn with the finding that interests, although significant in vocational development, may not be…

While the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) faces a labor shortage, Azerbaijan has a labor surplus. Efforts are underway to ensure appropriate changes in industrial employment. Policymakers are also attempting to achieve an optimal concentration of industry, increase worker mobility, improve vocational training, and ensure sex equity.…

Analyzes the criticisms of linking middle-class values with the philosophy of rehabilitation. (AG)

Rebuttal to an article which appeared in the December issue of Man/Society/Technology--A Journal of Industrial Arts Education.'' (SB)

Discusses the role of the teacher in helping students achieve self-actualization. (SB)

Off an inner-city highway, on a neglected industrial strip in Washington, D.C., is a woodshop operated by Covenant House Washington. In this least likely of places, six young women and men are working alongside an instructor to fabricate and assemble a set of child-sized tables and chairs. The furniture is kid contemporary, with curved backs and…

This report is the fourth and final paper in the research series by the Commission on the nexus between postsecondary education and workforce development. Prior reports have reviewed the overall context, considered employers' concerns with whether postsecondary education is doing enough to ensure California has a competitive workforce, and…

The article describes a work/study program for slow learners where the students spend a month at the Brooklyn Bureau's Department for the Handicapped, an agency where the physically and emotionally handicapped are given a comprehensive program of work training, job placement, homemaker training, and recreation. (Author/JB)

The vocational education volume considers questions of career development, the role of guidance in the school, vocational training, the relation of self-concept to vocational choice, and occupational information. Twenty-six papers deal with theories of vocational behavior, the success of vocational education programs, and testing information.…

To promote and assist the development of quality state and local occupational education programs, and to help assure accountability of federal and state funds allocated to local programs, the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education launched a 3-phase evaluation study of its existing system. Visitations were made to 71 Local…

This paper describes a study which was intended to identify those characteristics of ninth grade males which differentiated among the following four tenth grade groups: successful vocational; unsuccessful vocational; successful academic; and unsuccessful academic. The criterion for the findings was composed of four mutually exclusive categories…

This study examined the stability of students' educational and vocational plans over a two-year period. The Student Information Questionnaire of the Ohio Vocational Interest Survey was administered to a sample of eighth-graders who were again tested two years later. In general, the older students had more stable plans than the younger ones and the…

In addition to specific occupational skills, vocational students must learn how to interact effectively with people on the job. The author discusses how job tasks affect interaction patterns and how these interactions affect the work. (MF)