NCRVE MDS-471 - Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• THE LEGACY OF SUBJECT SPECIALISM
  • Beyond the Stereotype of the Subject Specialist
  • The Standing of Vocational Subjects
  • Subject Affiliation and Departmental Organization
• CHALLENGES TO TRADITIONAL SUBJECT ORGANIZATION
  • Academic "Intensification" of Vocational Course Offerings
  • Transformations in the Teaching of Academic Subjects
  • Reforms in the Social Organization of Schooling
• WHAT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BRINGS TO THE REFORM OF SECONDARY SCHOOLING
  • Broadened Definitions of Work Education
  • Instructional Practices That Bridge Theory and Application
  • Practices of Authentic Assessment
  • A History of Engaging the Disengaged Student
• THE STRUGGLES AND THE COMPROMISES
  • The Essential Activities and Topics of "High School"
  • Competing Demands: Other Reforms in Subject Teaching
  • The Compelling Standard of "Curriculum Coverage"
  • What Counts as "Work Education" in the Academic Curriculum?
  • What Teachers Can Achieve: Issues of Preparation and Opportunity
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES