This document is intended to provide evaluation researchers with information about vocational education as a substantive area to be evaluated, existing methodologies for evaluating vocational education programs, and the theoretical basis for a proposed evaluation method termed critical inquiry. Addressed in the individual chapters of the monograph…

Based on the premise that the major emphasis in population education should be on the development of problem analysis and values clarification, the manual offers guidelines for program evaluation. It consists of eight chapters. Chapter I discusses the nature of educational research and in-school and out-of-school population programs. Chapter II…

This article sets Youth Training Scheme (YTS) curriculum development work in Great Britain against the background of national policymaking in education and training which has to take account of social, political, and economic imperatives and acceptability. Section 1 deals with how curriculum developers/researchers may have to decide what to…