Selected Proceedings and Information from the 1967 Summer Workshop in Research in Vocational-Technical Education.

Overview & Synopsis

Attended by five school administrators and 13 vocational teachers from the state of Wyoming, a 2-week workshop was held in the summer of 1967 on the campus of the University of Wyoming in an effort to better meet the vocational needs of youth. The featured presentations in this seminar were: (1) Progress and Needs in Vocational Guidance, (2) The Framework and Concept of the Wyoming Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational-Technical Education, (3) Basic Research Methods in Vocational Education, (4) Basic Aspects of Research, (5) Program Evaluation and Review Techniques for Educational Research Project Development and Control, (6) Vocational Education Research and Goals in Utah, (7) Research at the Local Level to Solve Problems in Vocational Education, (8) Research, Developmental-Pilot, and Training Projects in the Field of Vocational Home Economics Education, (9) A Case for Agricultural Education in the Public Schools, (10) New Developments and Their Impacts on Trade and Industrial Education, (11) The Future of Computers in Education, (12) 3R+R=Innovation, (13) Communication Technologies, (14) The Technology for Children Project, and (15) Programed Instruction. A listing of Wyoming's industry by county for 1967 is included. Each seminar participant was required to develop a proposal for an individual research project to be conducted during the 1967-1968 school year. (DM)