Summaries of Reports in Curriculum Development. Compiled by Graduate Students in VTE 680 Curriculum Development, Spring Semester, 1979.

Overview & Synopsis

The sixteen chapters in this publication represent summaries and combinations of weekly reports done by students in the graduate course, Curriculum Development in Vocational Education. These reports on selected topics pertaining to curriculum development in vocational education are presented in the following format: discussion of the topic with extensive reference to the literature, a reference list, and (frequently) a list of suggested readings. Topic titles include State Plans and Curriuclum Planning; National Legislation and Curriculum; Role of Advisory Committees in Curriculum Planning; Discipline: A School Curricular Issue; Students with Special Needs--The Slow Learner; Teaching the Handicapped; Vocational Education for the Handicapped; Competency-Based Vocational Education and Curriculum Development; Technological Change and Curriculum Development; Facilities Planning and the Curriculum; Career Education and Curriculum Development; Cooperative Education; Comprehensive High School Curriculum and Adult Vocational Education Curriculum; The Role of the Teacher, Principal, and Administrator in Curriculum Planning; Sociological Factors in Vocational Education; and Goals of Vocational Education. (YLB)