Curriculum for Graduate Program to Prepare Vocational Education Curriculum Specialists (VECS). Module 3: Preparing for Curriculum Change.

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Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Research and Demonstration.

Change Agents; Change Strategies; Competency Based Education; Curriculum Development; Educational Change; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Instructional Materials; Learning Activities; Learning Modules; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education; Specialists; Teacher Education; Teacher Education Curriculum; Vocational Education

Part of an eight-module, graduate level, competency-based curriculum to prepare specialists in vocational education curriculum, this module provides information, activities, and experiences to develop the abilities needed to plan and enact curriculum change. The module emphasizes change--the nature of changes in vocational education, the process of change, change agents, and the resources utilized in the process of curriculum change. A pretest and posttest precede the learning activities which are organized according to six major performance objectives. These objectives relate to basic kinds of change and their purposes; procedural steps for initiating, planning, implementing, and evaluating curriculum change; key change agents in the school, community, or state with influence for curriculum change in vocational education; human and material resources to be utilized in the process of curriculum change; participation in advisory and policymaking groups; and delegating responsibilities for planning, implementing, and evaluating curriculum change. (NJ)

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