By ancient tradition, training for a job was excluded from the school curriculum - and then came 1917 and Smith-Hughes. (Editor)

Developments leading to the American Vocational Association's study of accreditation are reviewed; the article describes in detail the work of the project and the new thinking that guided the preparation of the published instruments. Maintaining surveillance of accreditation practices is the purpose of a scheduled convention. (Author/AJ)

States that the enforcement of further education for nineteenth-century artisans has rarely been studied from the craftsmen's viewpoint. Asserts that only within this context can the resistance to scientifically generated vocational information be examined. Discusses various arguments in support of resistance to further education. (Author/GEA)

Reviews the history of industrial training in Finland and analyzes the Finnish school system and the work environment. Highlighted are (1) development of rationalization training, (2) development of managerial training, (3) development of correspondence training courses, (4) training in private companies, and (5) industrial training in the past…

Discusses the history of the relationship between vocational education and community colleges and the current status of this relationship. (CH)

Reviewing the history of the development of comprehensive high schools, the author reflects on an appropriate role for vocational education in the comprehensive high school and the necessity for overcoming the vocational stigma. (SK)

Explains a comprehensive curriculum as a means to introduce youngsters to a wide extent of knowledge and experience. Discusses problems regarding vocational education: (1) it must become integrated with rest of curriculum; (2) it must avoid being only a means of tracking students, and (3) it must direct students' attention to whole question of…

Ways in which career education and vocational education have supported each other the past 10 years are examined, along with major ways in which career education serves to enhance vocational education. The implications of career education/vocational education relationships for American education in the 1980s are also examined. (CT)

Since independence from Britain in 1960, the establishment and organization of technical education has been one of the Cyprus government's primary concerns. Recently, Cyprus has stressed the college-preparatory course in both the gymnasium (high school) and vocational/technical curriculum. The Cyprus education system produces highly qualified…

Looks at the history of the national advocacy group now known as the Association for Career and Technical Education. Profiles three people, Lowell Burkett, Byrl Shoemaker, and Kay Clayton, who have dedicated their lives to career and technical education. (JOW)

Education for work has changed in terms of the amount of education required, the nature of skills/knowledge needed, and instructional delivery formats. In addition to new forms of preparing people for work, old forms should be changed in terms of when and how they are applied. (SK)

The Federal School was a correspondence art school in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the early 20th century. At that time, scientific methods changed the organization and practice of commercial art training and industrial education, which included correspondence courses from the Federal School. Standards of intelligence were determined with…

Briefly mentioned are the educational trends in vocational agriculture since 1917, the influences of urbanization and specialization on the future of agricultural education, and an outline of achievements in vocational agricultural and FFA from 1917 to 1971. (BP)

Today's vocational education program can be traced to basic principles established during the formative period of vocational education. Although the implementation of vocational education may change, basic principles continue to stand. Four points of view, randomly selected from the past 200 years, which seem to be present in vocational education…