EVT 7066 Foundations of Career and Workforce Education

Course Description: This course examines the concept of work and our nation’s system of Career and Workforce Education (CWE) including school-based and non-school based education and training with a closer look at the 9-14 career and technical education component. The historical development, philosophical perspectives, and social and economic foundations of education and training for work are considered.
Course Goals:
Major goals of the course are to assist participants in
1. Examining the concept of work and its importance in contemporary society
2. Examining components of a comprehensive national system of career and workforce education
3. Understanding the historical impact of societal, legislative, economic trends on the evolution of education for work
4. Understanding economic foundations of career and workforce education and development
5. Examining important principles of career and workforce education
6. Sociological foundations of education for work

7. Considering the role that work related education and training should play in the nation’s educational system