Classrooms that work : teaching generic skills in academic and vocational settings / Cathleen Stasz [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Center for Research in Vocational Education (U.S.)

University of California, Berkeley.

Stasz, Cathleen, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Secondary--United States--Case studies.

Education, Secondary.

Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States--Case studies.

Critical thinking.

Occupational training--United States--Case studies.

Occupational training.

Life skills--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States--Case studies.

Life skills.

Basic education--United States--Case studies.

Basic education.

Physical Description:

xxv, 145 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Classrooms that work

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1993.

Summary:

This study examined how generic skills and work-related attitudes can be taught in academic and vocational high school classrooms. An instructional model for these skills and attitudes was identified that included instructional goals, classroom design, teaching techniques, and school context. Generic skills and work-related attitudes can be taught in both academic and vocational classrooms. Instructional goals should include a mix of generic and domain-specific skills. Classroom design should incorporate structural and cultural aspects of workplaces, and learning should be situated in complex, "authentic" projects that resemble adult work. Situated learning should be supported through non-authoritarian teacher roles and teaching techniques. Student assessment should emphasize the learning of generic skills and attitudes. To implement this instructional model, teachers need autonomy as well as appropriate teacher training and staff development.

Notes:

"MR-169-NCRVE/UCB"--Cover

"National Center for Research in Vocational Education; University of California, Berkeley."