Field Of Vocational Education Research Articles

Plant Facilities for Vocational Education

ONE OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES of vocational education is that buildings and equipment used in the training for an occupation should afford learning situations as nearly as possible like the working conditions in the occupation. Standards for buildings and equipment, therefore, have been determined largely by the kinds of buildings and equipment used in industry, in stores, on the farm, and in the home. No record has been found of any literature of recent date bringing together and describing what might be considered standards for buildings and equipment in all fields of vocational education. This was done in 1921 in a chapter on Buildings and Equipment for Vocational Schools by J. C. Wright, assistant U. S. Commissioner for Vocational Education, in School Architecture, Principles and Practices, by John J. Donovan, a book published by the Macmillan Company. This review reveals the need for (a) more objective research similar to that of Stayton (29) and Anderson (2); (b) introduction of experimentation instead of survey; and (c) use of objectives of courses as a major factor in determining equipment.

"The Field of Social Work" as a Cultural Course

T HE Field of Social Work course in the undergraduate college is currently under some suspicion both from the graduate schools of social work and from undergraduate educators who shy away from any taint of vocationalism in the liberal arts college. To a certain extent, both of these antagonisms are justified. For, even when it has been listed as in the catalogue, the undergraduate social-work course has been of doubtful cultural value. It has encroached on the field of vocational training without being thorough enough to recommend itself to the graduate schools of social work and yet it has not been broad enough in its approach to deserve the name of cultural.

WHY ARE VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS?

Sometimes the higher criticism of vocational education overreaches itself and proves too much. Two writers in this issue of the magazine rise to the defense of the vocational schools of secondary grade, and both discuss constructively the problem of what kind of training is of most worth. Professor Paine's article, entitled “Educational Defeatism,” follows Dr. Prosser's challenge of some of the statements made by Charles A. Koepke in the special number of Occupations devoted to “Analysis of Occupations” (June 1934). The vocational schools of Minnesota—and by implication, of the rest of the country—have been weighed by Professor Koepke and found wanting. In what have they been found wanting? It is alleged that, having failed to train for the performance of specific operations in factory work, the schools themselves have failed, at least to that extent. But according to Dr. Prosser, the conclusion may rightfully be regarded as a non sequitur. Let us leave the explanation to the trenchant and able pen of this acknowledged leader in the field of vocational education.

Recent Literature in the Field of Vocational Education and Guidance

Recent Literature in the Field of Vocational Education and Guidance

Recent Literature in the Field of Vocational Education and Guidance

Recent Literature in the Field of Vocational Education and Guidance