Comprehensive Planning For Vocational Education

Research report applying a generalized educational planning model to promotion of social participation in vocational education at local level in the USA - describes model elements focusing on integration of an information system, management functions and change processes into a network for planning, implementing, evaluation and reporting, and includes brief description of four planning programmes. Bibliography pp. 24 to 28.

The Vocational Education Act of 1963 provides Federal funds for the construction and remodeling of vocational facilities. The emphasis upon the area vocational school and the types of programs specified in the Act will necessitate programs of planning quite different from those normally associated with the usual elementary, secondary, or community college units. The intent of this booklet is, therefore, to acquaint local planners--board members, school administrators, citizen committees, architects, and other interested persons--with the aspects of the Act which pertain to construction of area vocational schools and with basic principles involved in planning such facilities. The material has been obtained from a wide variety of sources and condensed in outline form deliberately to serve as a ready reference, particularly for those individuals or groups who might be involved in the early stages of planning.

This text integrates theoretical material and provides a practical slant. The many discussions and exercises enable readers to explore their own career issues in order to learn practical approaches to career planning. The authors cover basic career concepts and decision making; social conditions affecting career development such as the global economy and organizational culture; and practical information on implementing a strategic career plan. Many books in this area provide an extensive survey of various theoretical approaches to career planning/development. However, this text constitutes a systematically designed course based on the cognitive information processing model of career problem solving and decision making. This model provides a practical and realistic vehicle to inform students about career planning and management interventions and to accommodate students at different levels of decidedness about their career aspirations.