Agriculture & Extension Education Department Banner
 
Female Construction Manager
Class 2: Purpose and Objectives of Career and Technical Education
Upon completion of this lesson the learner will be able to:

Identify the major purposes and objectives of career and technical education.

Identify the major outcomes of career and technical education.

Describe the major outcomes of career and technical education.




Learning
Activities: 
Your pretest for this lesson is a little different.  Read "The Poor Scholar's Soliloquy".
  • Identify the problem (why is the student struggling?)
  • Recommend a solution.



Read "Career and Technical Education is Real.  And Real Important" by Dr. Shepherd Siegel.  This is an article from the January 2004 issue of TECHNIQUES magazine.



View the PowerPoint presentation for Lesson 2 or download it if you have PowerPoint.


Assignments:  Rank the 6 major outcomes of Career and Technical Education in order of importance.  Support your ranking of each outcome with a sentence or two, explaining why you ranked it as you did.

Return to the home page for this course
Go to the NC State Department of Agricultural and Extension Education Home Page