Identification and Description of Vocational Education Service Areas.

Overview & Synopsis

This paper identifies and describes the 10 service areas of vocational education according to program purpose, content, level at which the program is offered, type of student served, and occupational areas in which students will be prepared to work. The 10 areas described are as follows: (1) agriculture education; (2) marketing education; (3) health occupations education; (4) home economics education; (5) business education; (6) trade and industrial education; (7) technical education; (8) public safety services; (9) special needs service; and (10) career development service. (The last two areas are auxiliary programs that are integrated into the existing vocational education programs.) Twenty references are included. (KC)