Vocational Education in the Whole School Curriculum. Module.

Overview & Synopsis

This module on vocational education in the whole school curriculum is 1 in a series of 10 modules written for vocational education teacher education programs. It is designed to help vocational teachers examine the role of vocational education in the whole school. Introductory materials include the following: a listing of competencies/tasks to be covered, objective, overview of the module, listing of suggested resources, and content/instructional strategies, including prerequisite information. The module consists of four major subsections. Each subsection, referred to as learning experience, addresses selected competencies from the listed competencies/tasks. Additionally, each learning experience contains several different activities. The learning experiences are as follows: (1) conduct an analysis of the relationship between the goals of vocational education and general education; (2) examine the image of vocational education; (3) identify and access state and local documents stipulating high school graduation requirements; and (4) develop a joint activity (with a math, science, or English teacher) to build a vocational student's skills in a key skill and/or core competency. A learning experience may consist of some or all of these components: list of competencies/tasks, introduction, activity/information sheet(s), supplemental reading, and worksheet(s). (YLB)