Report of the Annual Vocational, Technical and Adult Educators' Conference (1st, Jacksonville, Florida, August 4-9, 1968).

Overview & Synopsis

This first annual conference had as its theme "People, Education, Business and Industry--Partners for Excellence." Major speeches for the general conference program included: (1) "Selling the American System to Americans," by K. McFarland, (2) "Projection for the 70's," by C.W. Proehl, (3) "How to Help Youth," by A. Widener, (4) "Vocational Education: Its Responsibilities to People and Its Interrelationship with Business and Industry," by M.L. Barlow, (5) "The New Labor Force: A Challenge to Industry and Education," by W.G. Rhodes, and (6) "Ten Commandments of Human Relations," by J.E. Gorman. In addition to the general conference sessions, sectional programs were conducted in adult education, agricultural education, business, distributive and cooperative education, home economics education, industrial education, manpower development training, programed services, and technical and health occupations education. Meetings of the Florida Adult Education Association and the Florida Vocational Association are reported and a list of educational exhibitors are appended. (DM)