Leadership Development. Topic Analysis for Vocational Teacher Education.

Overview & Synopsis

Eight papers on leadership which were presented at a teacher leadership conference on the development of common core curriculum for vocational education teachers are contained in this booklet. The title and authors are as follow: "The History and Philosophy of Vocational Education," by Lillian King; "Standard Characteristics of Vocational Education," by Don Bright; "Principles of Courses of Study Construction," by Carl Gorman and William Sutton; "Administration of Vocational Education," by Charles Nichols; "Supervision of Vocational Education," by Earl Matthews and Paul Muntz; Evaluation of Vocational Education," by W. E. Asche; "The Role of Vocational Teacher Education in the Future," by Darrell Parks; and "Occupational Competency for Quality Vocational Education," by Lem Tunkel. Each paper generally addresses six primary points of emphasis: (1) need for the proposed course, (2) objectives, (3) content, (4) instructional strategies, (5) evaluation, both formative and summative, and (6) related resources. (JH)