The Common Core State Standards Initiative is the latest development in a long history of standards-based-reform in the United States. As of November 4, 2011, 46 states and the District of Columbia have adopted new curricular standards, called the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). These states and the District of Columbia are now implementing…

This study sought to determine the extent to which teacher education programs were addressing the realities of teaching tasks that will be faced by their students who are training to teach vocational education in secondary schools in Zimbabwe. Students and lecturers from two schools of education responded to questionnaires, interviews, and…

A case study was conducted of attitudes toward technical drawing and the present state of technical drawing in Zimbabwe. The study involved two high schools. In one school, 227 students (85 percent of the total) responded to questionnaires; in the other, the response was 84 students (70 percent). Eleven teachers were also surveyed. The study…