The purpose of this article is to assess the course content relevance in contributing to wage- or self-employment of adult non-formal education and training (NFET) in the context of South Africa. The concern that informed this article is that adults who face long-term unemployment due to a lack of marketable skills remain unemployed after…

Correlation, the connection between lecture class content and related laboratory experiences, is a vital ingredient for the successful occupational class but it must be planned. (KP)

The Secondary School Taxonomy (SST) was developed as part of an analysis of the high school course-taking behavior of high school graduates between 1969 and 1987. Based on high school transcripts, it is intended to answer questions about secondary vocational education, such as: (1) who took vocational education and how much did they take?; (2)…

This manual is designed to provide ready access to information about the industrial education program in Alberta to junior and senior high school teachers, counselors, and administrators. The manual is organized in 10 sections. The first three sections introduce the concept of industrial education, define it, and set forth the objectives of the…

Part 1 of this article presents a systematic methodology for organizing course content, a review of literature relevant to the structuring and sequencing of instruction, and its implications. Part 2 discusses five factors that provide insight for persons who develop instructional strategies for the delivery of course content. (CT)

Course objectives, student competencies, and class session schedules are outlined for two high school vocational agriculture summer courses: Livestock and Livestock Products Evaluation and Agribusiness Leadership Seminar. (MS)

This project validated the competencies and curriculum for telecommunications technology programs and specified a generic curriculum design/structure that could be useful to community colleges and technical institutes that are beginning or revising their curricula. The project took advantage of and built upon the first program development work…

The Environmental Protection Agency developed this curriculum to train technicians to monitor water quality. Graduates of the program should be able to monitor municipal, industrial, and commercial discharges; test drinking water for purity; and determine quality of aquatic environments. The program includes algebra, communication skills, biology,…

A listing and description of ways in which the vocational educator can make course content and training time work together for a more efficient vocational program operation. (HD)

This document contains program development information and a curriculum developed for a 2-year nursing program. The first five sections provide the following: development materials, samples of committee activities, program brochure, information sheet, course descriptions, and study guides and evaluation instruments for the nursing assistant and…

Consistent with the principles of the Connecticut Common Core of Learning, this competency-based curriculum guide for drafting provides a reference guide for educators to research and prepare for teaching the field of drafting communications. The guide contains 44 units in three levels. The introductory level covers the following topics:…

Principles of Technology (PT) is an applied science course intended for high school vocational students. It emphasizes the basic principles of physics that form the foundation of modern technology, combining science and mathematics concepts with extensive hands-on laboratory experiences. This handbook helps teachers and administrators in Indiana…

Consistent with the principles of the Connecticut Common Core of Learning, this competency-based curriculum guide for electronics provides a reference guide for educators to research and prepare for teaching the field of electronics. The guide contains 22 units that cover the following topics: theory of matter; safety; direct current; magnetism;…

This curriculum guide for a postsecondary legal assistant program is divided into five sections. Section 1 provides a brief overview of the growth of legal assistant programs. Section 2 discusses the primary factors the college president and other administrators should consider prior to the implementation of a legal assistant program. Topics…

A study was conducted to determine what subject areas should be taught in a prevocational agriculture program, as perceived by instructors with existing prevocational programs. Following a review of literature that found only a few sources on prevocational agriculture programs, most of them guides for middle school curricula, a survey instrument…