Career and technical education standards

CTE Standards

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The CTE standards appear to be general enough that any decent instructor should be able to relate any idea, subject or proposition to one of these guidelines. Standard 8.0 dealing with ethics is the most applicable and the most practical of all the listed standards. Rule 8.3 is appears to be the most widespread and applicable standard presented. This standard states that students should " Understand the role of personal integrity and ethical behavior in the workplace."

To me, this is most important because of the way individual choice and ethics trumps and outweighs all other standards. This therefore puts the onus of responsibility back on the student and makes that student, professional or assistant responsible for their own actions. Rules and standards will be broken and violated so it is very important that when this occurs that a strong ethical or moral reason is provided for the deviation. This self-regulating policy, while diminishing the authority of the system, places more importance on the subjective relevance of the issue rather than a too generic application of bloviated rules and regulations.

Student 1 Response

While technology and skills are very important in any field of learning, I disagree with your amount of importance that you place on this standard. In fact, I beleive that less technology is needed in these times as its overbearing presence within society has proved that more people are sicker these days and chronic illness has skyrocketed, in my opinion because of technology. What is needed, in my humble opinion, is a return to common sense, caring and preventative health measures. The reliance of technology has demonstrated that caring and good will to one another is not as important. To me understanding and knowledge are best attained with personal vigor and individual effort.

Student 2 Response

I agree that experience is a necessary trait for anyone trying to enlighten one another, and especially in the health care field. Throughout this course and my secondary education I have noticed a disturbing trend to this notion in that most of the teachers do not have any experience outside of the classroom. In fact many have spent their entire professional lifetime within the sheltered conditions of an institution. This may have dire consequences for education and teaching. It is important that professionals who have been out in the real world practicing their trade would make for much better teachers and instructors instead of someone who has never performed that tasks that they are teaching. To me, it is hypocritical and not reflective of any real world experience.

Student 3 Response

While I agree with your thoughts on teachers developing their own curriculum, I disagree with your emphasis on trying to improve others with your methods. Do you teach people to be independent and free of reliance? Or, are you simply creating a new form of dependency towards you and your employer? I believe this is a delicate line to walk, but for me it seems important that no one is doing anyone any good if we are merely extending someone's childhood dependence traits. Instead, lift spirits and encourage people to leave the system and create their own.