Charles, a prosser in 1940
developed what is considered the
sixteen most important therins or
principles of cocational education. These principles have had substantial influence on the administration of national education,
globally, but particularly in the
unite state of America . the principles
developed by prosser are still as useful together as they were first developed. They specify mimnum standaras which effective vocational education cannot be offered . they
principles quoted below are worthy of serions
consideration in the administration of vocational
education.
1.
vocational
education will be efficient in proportion as the environment which the learner
is trained is trained is a replica of
the environment in which the must
subsequently work.
2.
effective
training can be given where training jobs are carried out in the same way, with the
same operation , the same tools,
the service machines as in the
occupation itself
3.
vocational education will be effective in propoertion as it
trains the indivudual directly and specifically in the thinking habits
and the imaginative habits required in
the occupation itself.
4.
vociatonal
education will be effective in
proportion as it enables each individual to capitalize his or her interest,
aptitude and intrinsic intelligence to the longest possible degree
5.
effective
vocational education for any profession calling, trade, occupation or job can
only be given to the selected group of individuals, who needs it, want it and are adle to project by it
6.
Vocational
training will be effective in
proportion as the specific
training experience for forming right
habits of doing work are those of the finished skills necessary for
gainful employment.
7.
Vocational
education will be effective in proportion as the instructor has had successful
experience in the application of skills and knowledge to the operations and processes of the
undertakes to teach
8.
for every occupation there is a minimum of producer
ability which an individual must possess in order to secare or retain employment in the occupation. If vocational education is not carried to that
point with that individual, it
is neither personally or socially effective.
9.
vocational
education must recognize conditions as
they are and must train individuals to
meet the demand of the market even though it may be
true that mose efficient wrys of auditing the popations
may be known and better
10. The
effective establishment of process habits in any learner will be secured in proportion as the training is given on actual jobs, not on
exercises or pseude job.
11. the only reliable source of content for specific
training in an occupation is in the
experience of masters of the
occupation.
12. for every occupation these is a body of content
which is peculiar to that occupation and
which poetically has no functioning
value in any other occupation
13. vocational education will reader efficient social
services in proportion as it meets the
specific training needs of a group at
the time that they need it and such a
way that they can most effectively profit by the instruction
14. vocational education will be socially efficient in
proportions as in its methods of
instruction and it personal relations with learners it takes with consideration the particular characteristics of any particular group which
it serves
15. the
administration of vocational education
will be efficient in proportion
as it is elastic and fluid rather than rigid and standardize
16. in while every
reasonable effort should be made to reduce
per-capita (prosser and quilty 1940, pg
217 –232 )
Purely as a matter of convenience ad structure, the principles has
sevce vocational education for decades internationally in a variety of ways –
PEOPLE, programmes Process . in
other provide principle have been useful in guiding programme development, in planning
instructional strategies, in evaluating programmes, and in formulating policies in addition used in
arriving to a philosophy.
a.
information
about the world of work is as important as self – understanding in the area of vocational decision making
changes or new technologies is a major
force in society that place new demands on up date of skills frequently on
workers. It is possible for individuals
to remain on one job unprogressive , so
long that number 1 and 215 principles above other
are uncomplied with in
training .
b.
labour
market in our communities need to be important in contemporary
programmes of vociatonal educat4ional . it is a
mistake to train people for jobs that are rse or not available this can
happen when such community or
nation looks it what the indvidual want
rather it should be labour needs
and job opportunities and job mibii the
educational and economic needs of people
to be served, the determination and justification of highest than average costs of programmes for certain populations,
c.
Vocational
education ie administrators should help to eliminate exbias and sex- role sterepotyping in order to promote item 5 of prosser
of creals profile for working
women particularly in vocational education
d.
Curricula
of vocational education should be always derived from equipments in the world of work,
e.
Teachers
of vocational education should be both professionally and occupationally ampelent to comply with the 7 and
of prosser