All Aspects of the Industry. Developed by an advisory committee of industry representatives and vocational educators, this curriculum guide gives an employer perspective on important competency objectives and suggests activities for each aspect of industry. This curriculum guide is available for $20 from the Instructional Materials Laboratory, 2316 Industrial Drive, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65202, (314) 882-2884 or (800) 669-2465.
Education for All Aspects of the Industry: Overcoming Barriers to Broad-Based Training (MDS-243) by Thomas Bailey, Ross Koppel, and Roger Waldinger. This study looks at one educational reform strategy--all aspects of the industry (AAI)--called for by Perkins II. AAI explores planning, management, finances, technical and production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor and community issues, and environmental issues. The purpose of this report is to help the educational community develop the AAI strategy. Available from NCRVE-MDS at (800) 637-7652 for $9.
Industry-Based Education: A New Approach for School-to-Work Transition (1994) by E. Gareth Hoachlander. Available from MPR Associates, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 850, Berkeley, CA 94704, (510) 849-4942.
New Directions. Produced by a team of experts as part of the redesign of Boston's Madison Park Vocational-Technical High School, this curriculum guide describes each aspect of industry and explores ways to teach AAI in four academies or clusters: Arts and Communication, Craft and Technical, Commerce, and Health and Human Services. (One section of New Directions is reproduced earlier in this book.) Available at cost from the Center for Law and Education, 1875 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 510, Washington, DC 20009, (202) 986-3000.
"Teaching Workplace Competencies and All Aspects of the Industry" by Paul Weckstein, published in Successful Strategies: Building a School-to-Careers System, which is available from the American Vocational Association, 1410 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, (703) 683-3111. This ten-page chapter describes the rationale for AAI, general approaches, and implementation issues. While two of the three examples are case studies in this book, it is a good, short piece to share with other people.