Curriculum Comparison

Business, Management, Marketing, and Technology Education program needs to deviate from the general curriculum class CURR 305 for various reasons. The general business certification (GQ) proposal is in conjunction with students receiving an endorsement in vocational business education (VB) or vocational marketing education (VD) or both depending on the work experience of the individual.

Students in the BMMT program need to know the special circumstances that take place in teaching a vocational program. There are issues concerning curriculum and methods that are unique to vocational education. These curriculum and method issues are such that there is not sufficient time to include them in the other methods classes in the program. For example students need to have an understanding of how the curriculum is unique in a vocational session, the requirements to meet curriculum standards on the state and national level. Funding issues connected to curriculum are included in the course to ensure students comprehension of how funding and the number of students within a class determine the success and failure of the program. Students in the BMMT program must be knowledgeable in the contents of the Carl Perkins Act to ensure requirements including standards and guidelines are being met.

A generic class does not discuss and have students deliver lessons in a module format whereas the students are accomplishing different competencies at different time. Upon graduation and certification, BMMT students will be employed by vocational centers where the environment of the school does not follow traditional guidelines of comprehensive high schools. Most vocational centers have at least five “feeder schools” that provide students for the program. These schools have their own schedules which creates so very unique requirements for delivery of lessons. For example a teacher may have five different arrival times and departure times whereas students are coming and going during instruction. Prospective teachers need to understand how the variation in schedules will affect curriculum. In addition, most vocational centers have adult students enrolled in the programs and are in attendance with traditional pupils.