Curriculum for Graduate Program to Prepare Vocational Education Curriculum Specialists (VECS). Module 5: Preparing Instructional Materials.

Part of an eight-module, graduate level, competency-based curriculum to prepare specialists in vocational education curriculum, this module provides information, activities, and experiences to enable the learner to select, design, produce, and disseminate instructional materials. The strategy used takes the learner in a sequence of five performance objectives through a process that culminates in the design, preparation, and dissemination model for new instructional materials. Objective 1 provides familiarity with the resources and communication network available to vocational educators. The second objective is concerned with criteria for evaluation and selection of instructional materials. In performance objective 3, the learner focuses on the process of dissemination. Several dissemination techniques are presented, and the learner develops a model after completing the learning activities. The project culminates in objective 4 with the development and preparation of learner-designed instructional materials. Each of the performance objectives is followed by several related learning activities. Pretest, posttest, and glossary of terms complete the module. (Author/NJ)