Identification of Generalizable Skills in Secondary Vocational Programs.

Autor/in	Greenan, James P.
Institution	Illinois Univ., Urbana. Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education.
Titel	Identification of Generalizable Skills in Secondary Vocational Programs.
Quelle	(1983), (507 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Administration; Agricultural Education; Basic Skills; Business Education; Communication Skills; Educational Needs; Educational Research; Home Economics; Industrial Education; Interpersonal Competence; Marketing; Mathematical Applications; Psychomotor Skills; Secondary Education; Skill Analysis; Vocational Education; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verwaltung; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Wirtschaftserziehung; Wirtschaftspädagogik; Kommunikationsstil; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Hauswirtschaft; Hauswirtschaftslehre; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Angewandte Mathematik; Innermathematische Anwendung; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Sekundarbereich; Berufsbildung
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to determine the skill areas that are generalizable across secondary vocational training program areas in the 32 vocational centers in Illinois. The major research problem was to (1) develop, validate, and determine the reliability of an instrument and (2) identify which mathematics, communications, interpersonal relations, reasoning, and other skills were generalizable across programs in secondary agriculture; business, marketing, and management; health; home economics; and industrial occupations training. Following a review of the literature, a survey instrument was developed and administered to 593 secondary vocational education teachers in the 32 vocational centers in the five program areas. The questionnaires gathered descriptive data regarding the relative importance of a list of skills, as perceived by teachers, in terms of being necessary for students to perform successfully in the vocational training programs in which they were enrolled. The results of the study suggested that the concept of generalizable skills existed and was reliable and valid in terms of being capable of identifying the skills that are basic to, necessary for success in, and transferable/common across secondary vocational training programs. Students need high levels of skills in the generalizable skill areas of mathematics, communications, interpersonal relations, and reasoning to succeed in several secondary vocational training programs. Recommendations were made to periodically update the list of generalizable skills and to explore other skill applications. (A list of the generalizable skills and the areas to which they relate is included in the document.) (KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC