This is one of a series of reports by technical consulting groups that are advisory to the Montana Commission on Post-Secondary Education. The primary purpose of these reports is to provide the commission with information relevant to its task of developing plans for the future of Montana postsecondary education. The technical group was required:…

Discusses modular strategies for integrating academic and vocational education, such as those advocated in proposals for a unified system of postcompulsory education and training. Focuses on the "aggregative" strategy allowing students to combine academic and vocation modules in programs matching their individual needs and circumstances.…

Past and present forces affecting curriculum articulation between schools and colleges are discussed. There now exist sufficiently pressing conditions, at both secondary and postsecondary school levels, to bring the issue of program continuity to the forefront. Particular attention should be paid to the assumptions underlying new articulation…

This paper reviews some of the acts, reports, and study council actions which have impacted on further (post-compulsory) education since 1944, especially the trend to integrate academic and vocational studies, coordinate core courses, and design innovative instructional packages. (SJL)

The goal of this project was to develop, validate, and utilize a process for vertically articulating curriculum between secondary and post secondary levels of vocational technical education throughout the state of Minnesota. Procedures involved the identification of two areas of staff responsibility: research and development, and service to local…

A new approach is needed to develop effective energy education programs. Energy education for teachers will be increasingly based on cooperative efforts between teacher education programs, school districts, energy companies, federal agencies, and environmental organizations. (JN)

This manual on the provision of Professional, Industrial, and Commercial Updating (PICKUP) programming by colleges in England, Scotland, and Wales consists of a summary of recommendations, an introduction, 8 sections, and 11 appendices. Section 1 discusses planning; the requirements of the 1988 Education Reform Act; provision of programming;…

Increasing duplication in occupational-technical education programs calls for increasing articulation in high school and college curriculums. The joint use of citizen advisory committees is suggested as the best tool for program articulation. (MF)

A partnership between the Bergen County Vocational-Technical Schools (New Jersey), the Wakefern Food Corporation/Shoprite, and Cornell University developed and implemented supermarket skills training programs. The programs were held in two vocational schools that educate mentally handicapped students, aged 14-21, during daytime hours and adult…

A national network of six regional curriculum centers and at least 40 state-level curriculum materials centers are designed to identify and provide job training materials. These centers are supported with funds from federal and state legislation for vocational and technical education. The extent to which services of these centers are currently…

This paper consists of six short articles concerned with different facets of student articulation programs and a brief background description of Syracuse University's Project Advance, an experimental effort to improve program articulation between the senior year of high school and the freshman year of college. The articles, which were prepared by…

An extension of the 1999 Manual, "Development of Standards in Vocational Education and Training," this second volume presents the key terms and attitudes, reports on experience and knowledge in standards development collected in recent years on the basis of questions raised during the process, and suggests how to deal with the problems…

Working together, the author, an educator, and a police training officer used their professional expertise to develop a curriculum for a program in report writing. The team approach enabled the author to teach elements of narrative style while the training officer concentrated on the application of these elements to specific kinds of police…

The Leander Independent School District in Austin, Texas, undertook a project to (1) research the training needs for high-technology occupations in the Greater Austin area, (2) develop a statewide model of an articulated 2 + 2 program to prepare students for careers as technicians, and (3) implement the articulated 2 + 2 program with Austin…

This handbook describes the Community Connections '95 project, undertaken by members of Washington state's Whatcom County Tech Prep Consortium to help teachers bring workplace relevance to their classrooms, and provides lesson activities developed by the participants. The first part reviews the project, indicating that 53 educators were placed…