The Role of Vocational-Technical Education in the University.

Overview & Synopsis

A council of Oklahoma representatives of vocational and technical teacher education, technical institutes, and the vocational research coordinating unit organized to (1) identify and define the role of Oklahoma State University in the field of vocational and technical education, (2) provide a form for exchange of ideas among the vocational-technical services, (3) contribute to the development of a dictionary of terms for vocational and technical education, and (4) identify common research problems and disseminate research findings. This document contains their definition of the role of the Oklahoma State University in vocational education. Four branches of the university which deal with vocational-technical education are discussed. The roles and relationships of teacher education, research, and technical institutes with the technical field, the college of education, public schools and counselors, the state department of vocational education, other vocational-technical departments, research both in the technical field and the fields of education and vocational education, with business and industry, and with the administration of the university are considered. (FP)