Teaching Vocational Work Ethics Using Direct, Indirect and Self-Evaluative Methods

The term, vocational work ethics, defines values and attitudes that guide behavior in the workplace. To prepare entry-level workers for work, the staff of a vocational high school in upstate New York developed 34 outcomes and rubrics to help teachers teach vocational work ethics. This ethnographic study of a health occupation program shows that students learned vocational work ethics when direct, indirect and self-evaluative teaching methods were used.