This book is designed primarily for potential and in-service
vocational instructors who are pursuing a program of personal and professional
development which will ensure competency in this specialty. In any
state in the United States, there are a number of uncredentialed instructors
who teach courses in vocational education. Although these individuals may
be competent enough in their subject matter areas, there is an obvious deficiency
in the foundations of vocational education. Foundations of vocational
education help vocational educators lay a solid foundation from
which they can better help students hold aloft the banner of the full range
of education for work, which is career and technical education in its modern
sense. From this standpoint, this book is an excellent textbook for
undergraduate and graduate students at university settings. Appealing
foundation books are normally concerned with historical, philosophical,
and social considerations of vocational education. The basic principles of
vocational education must be covered in these books. Such prominent elements
can be found from Evans and Herr's (1978) Foundations of Vocational
Education to Gray and Herr's (1998) Workforce Education: The Basics. This
book is no exception.