The rift between academic and vocational education has been magnified by the physical isolation of vocational facilities. Vocational educators must abandon their apologetic soapboxes to help parents and students realize the vocational nature of almost all education. Dialogue is essential. Teachers must assume responsibility for educating all…

Multiple observations of 27 high school classrooms (academic, vocational, special education academic, or integrated academic/vocational) were used to validate an instrument measuring features of integrated curricula. Integrated curricula or vocational classes could be differentiated from academic or special education using the instrument. (SK)

Examines the relationship between general knowledge, skills in applying reading strategies, and reading comprehension for ninth-grade students in Israel at varying educational levels: academic, semi-academic, vocational and learning disabilities. Reveals differential contributions of general knowledge and strategy application to reading…

The attempt to bring all postsecondary qualifications into a single qualifications framework has not been without a struggle between the New Zealand Qualifications Authority and the universities. The resolution of these issues has implications for policy developments in Britain. (SK)

Survey responses of 91 general education and 155 occupational faculty and 107 administrators in technical colleges indicated agreement that communication and critical thinking are most important learner outcomes and uncertainty about the meaning of academic-vocational integration. Administrators rated benefits of integration higher than the…

Britain's General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQs) appear to perpetuate a three-track system: academic credentials for the elite, work-related National Vocational Qualifications, and GNVQs as a new class of qualifications. Despite claims of parity, GNVQs could merely equip students with minimal skills. If they can gain parity, their…

University education was originally intended for an elite group; the campus environment and teacher-student relationships were as important as study. Now access has widened and fewer students live on campus. Failure to distinguish between various forms of higher education (e.g., vocational qualifications) is harmful to the status of the college…

This paper is designed to help educators to incorporate the competencies developed by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) into their curricula. (SCANS is a commission composed of representatives of education, business, labor, and state government established in 1990 to define a common core of skills that constitute job…

Mrs. Barbara A. Sizemore, superintendent of the Washington D. C. school system, spoke at the New Orleans American Vocational Association (AVA) Convention. She expressed viewpoints on necessary student skills, occupational training, teaching methods, vocational/academic debate, and competency-based education. (EA)

A study was conducted to ascertain if there were a difference in the work values of students who participated in cooperative education classes as compared to students who were enrolled in regular vocational and academic classes. Two questions, each with three subparts, were formulated to determine the effects of the three different programs on…

Higher education must find an appropriate mix between liberal and vocational education to assure that every individual, upon leaving postsecondary institutions, will understand society and how it functions and will be able to earn a living. Dewey's thoughts on integrating the two are still relevant today for dispelling the false notion of…

THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE DISADVANTAGED ENGLISH-SPEAKING YOUTH OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE SIMILAR IDENTIFIABLE EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL PROBLEMS AND WHETHER THE SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE APPLICABLE IN SIMILARLY DISADVANTAGED CULTURES. ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PUPIL PERSONNEL WORKERS, AND…

A total of 4,197 course withdrawal questionnaires completed during the normal course withdrawal process at ten Texas community colleges during fall 1976 provided the data for this study of reasons for course withdrawal. Total withdrawals comprehended in the study included 3,394 university transfer/academic courses (81%), 745 occupational/technical…

Georgia's Coordinated Vocational and Academic Education (CVAE) Program is a statewide program administered with considerable local autonomy in approximately 125 high schools around the state. It serves underachieving students who are potential dropouts, providing them with career education through CVAE classes, interlocking career-related…

A two-building arrangement with connecting walkways provides for separation or mixing of academic and vocational programs at the Pulaski County High School in southwestern Virginia. (Author/MLF)