ERIC_NO:
ED294008
TITLE:
The Perceived Importance of Future Characteristics of Postsecondary Vocational Education Curriculum among Key Decision-Making Groups.
AUTHOR:
Pucel, David J.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1988
ABSTRACT:
A study was conducted to determine the characteristics that key decision makers deem important for the curricula of Minnesota's technical institutes
in the year 2000. The technical institutes in question are postsecondary
institutions that offer both day school and adult extension programs.
The study focused on the actual process of curriculum design and decision
making rather than on the changing content of vocational education or
administrative structures. A survey instrument was sent to 497 individuals
from the following 10 key decision-making groups: the Minnesota State
Board of Vocational-Technical Education; state board staff; technical
institute directors, assistant directors, adult directors, curriculum
specialists, financial aid coordinators, counselors, and instructors;
and employers of technical institute graduates. Eighty-two percent of
the surveys were returned. The greatest disagreement was between technical
institute instructors and directors, employers and state board staff,
and employers and technical institute directors. However, even the groups
that disagreed the most still managed to agree 80 percent of the time.
A detailed scenario for postsecondary vocational education curricula in
Minnesota in the year 2000 was developed on the basis of the data obtained
during the survey. The paper concludes with a scenario listing things
that were deemed likely and unlikely to happen in the following areas:
needs assessment, program access, articulation, program purpose, content
identification, student evaluation, program format, lesson structuring,
learning resources, and program evaluation. (MN)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Curriculum Development; Educational Planning; Futures (of Society); Policy Formation; Statewide Planning; Vocational Education;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Educational Change; Educational Needs; Extension Education; Postsecondary Education; Program Improvement;
IDENTIFIERS:
*Minnesota
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
150; 143