The History and Growth of Career and Technical Education in America

by Howard R.D. Gordon and Deanna Schultz

Gordon is the first author to provide a relevant, up-to-date synthesis of the history, philosophy, legislation, and organizational/curricular structure of career and technical education. His text... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1577665171
• ISBN13: 9781577665175
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Waveland Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource

Easy to read, well-organized, and informative. I use this as my textbook for CTE 462.

Cutting Edge for the global workforce

The book is an excellent text for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing Career and Technical education. The book is loaded with historical facts that were missing from previous text books on career and technical education. A good reference book for your collection. Excelent writing style and great photographs!

History of Career-Technical Education

This is an easy read and well documented fact-based book. The author walks you through the roots, growth, impact and challenges of career-technical education in America. You are able not only to read about key scholars that impacted this field but you can also see their photos. The author brings a sound view of the value added of career-technical education, its importance and opportunities to address the needs of a changing global economy. This is a must read for anyone interested in having a better understanding of the history of vocational education/or career-technical education in the USA.