Foundations of Vocational Education: Social and Philosophical Concepts

Foundations of Vocational Education: Social and Philosophical Concepts
Author: John F. Thompson
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1973
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Monograph on the philosophical and social implications of the development of vocational education in the USA - reviews selected historical factors and comments on major national level legislation, outlines contemporary vocational training and technical education programmes, and speculates on emerging trends. Diagrams and references.

Innovations in Career and Technical Education

Innovations in Career and Technical Education
Author: Kathleen P. King
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2007-08-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1607527472

This book is designed primarily for potential and inservice vocational instructors who are pursuing a program of personal and professional development which will ensure competency in this specialty. In any state in the United States, there are a number of uncredentialed instructors who teach courses in vocational education. Although these individuals may be competent enough in their subject matter areas, there is an obvious deficiency in the foundations of vocational education. Foundations of vocational education help vocational educators lay a solid foundation from which they can better help students hold aloft the banner of the full range of education for work, which is career and technical education in its modern sense. From this standpoint, this book is an excellent textbook for undergraduate and graduate students at university settings. Appealing foundation books are normally concerned with historical, philosophical, and social considerations of vocational education. The basic principles of vocational education must be covered in these books. Such prominent elements can be found from Evans and Herr’s (1978) Foundations of Vocational Education to Gray and Herr’s (1998) Workforce Education: The Basics. This book is no exception.