Vocational Education and the Nonacademic Student.

Autor/in	Ediger, Marlow
Titel	Vocational Education and the Nonacademic Student.
Quelle	(2001), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Academic Aspiration; Academic Education; Career Education; Cognitive Style; Course Content; Curriculum; Education Work Relationship; Educational Improvement; Educational Needs; Elementary Secondary Education; Employment Potential; Multiple Choice Tests; Noncollege Bound Students; Student Evaluation; Test Use; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Bildung; Arbeitslehre; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Kursprogramm; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Testanwendung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	Recent emphasis on "academics only" in educational curriculum, with content influenced primarily by state-mandated tests, raises questions about the place of career education in the curriculum. It also leads to questions about how to reach nonacademic students, those whose interests and aptitudes lie in more practical knowledge outside the traditional academic curriculum. In addition, concerns can be voiced about individual student needs and over-reliance on multiple-choice testing which does not demonstrate students' use of multiple intelligences and precludes practical and hands-on projects and demonstrations as proof of mastery of learning. The academic emphasis has overshadowed the importance of career education, which is needed by all students. All students will eventually become workers, and most of them will work in more practical rather than academic fields. In addition, all workers need the same types of work attitudes and skills to succeed in life and careers, including dependability, perseverance, trustworthiness, goal orientation, interpersonal skills, a caring attitude, desire for continuous learning, decision-making skills, ethics, and self-actualization. Therefore, all students, K-12, should be involved in career education that will help them to determine and follow a career path during their lifetimes. (KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01