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ERIC Number: ED145193
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977-Aug-15
Pages: 73
Abstractor: N/A
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An Evaluation of the V-TECS Curriculum in Mississippi. Final Report.
Mississippi Univ., University. Bureau of Educational Research.
To evaluate the utility and appropriateness of the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) curriculum materials used by vocational and technical instructors in Mississippi, a series of personal interviews were conducted with 62 program directors and 215 faculty members (from both the junior college and secondary levels) who had received the V-TECS materials. After analyzing the data, it was found that only 35% of the directors noted the V-TECS program as appropriate for their overall program and only 44% of the instructors used the program after having received the catalogs. The varied uses of the program and the reasons why the majority of instructors chose not to use the V-TECS materials were summarized. Based upon these summary points, it was concluded that the V-TECS materials are a compendium of outstanding research and planning by professions in the field and should be utilized in vocational technical programs, but with the following considerations: The catalogs, as they are now organized, should not be used as a student textbook; the instructors should be given extensive inservice training; the appropriate catalog should be selected for inservice programs and individual programs; and more coordination between high school and postsecondary programs is needed. (The interview questionnaires and schedules are appended to this document.) (Author/BM)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Mississippi Univ., University. Bureau of Educational Research.
Identifiers - Location: Mississippi
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