Department of Adult, Career and Higher Education

  Dr. Bill Blank, Professor

  Career and Technical Education

  Office:  EDU 151D

  Phone: (813) 974-0314

  Fax:    (813)  974-3366

  Email:  blank@coedu.usf.edu

Background

Dr. Blank received a B.S. Degree in Industrial Technology, an M.S. in Technical Education from the University of Memphis, and a Ph.D. in Vocational, Technical and Career Education from Florida State University.

Technical teaching experience includes secondary Industrial Arts and Engineering Graphics at the technical institute level. He also has worked in industry as a technician, drafter, product engineer and product manager.

Dr. Blank has presented and consulted on various aspects of career and technical education and educational reform. Locations include Africa, New Zealand, Honduras, Scotland and most Canadian provinces and states in the U.S.  He was recently invited to Macedonia to serve on a team to make recommendations to improve that country's system of occupational high schools.

Teaching

Courses taught recently include:

EVT 4651 Equity in Schools and the Workplace

EVT 6661 Current Trends

EVT 6930 Seminar

EVT 5664 School & Community Relations

EVT 7066 Foundations and Philosophy of Vocational Education

EVT 7168 Instructional Design & Development

Research and Publications

Research interests include education reform, authentic learning, integration of academic and career & technical education, academics in the workplace and competency-based education. Books authored include Handbook for Developing Competency-Based Training Programs, Teaching ELLs in CTE Programs (with V. Hernandez), and Promising Practices for Contextual Learning (with S. Harwell). Other publications include book chapters, journal articles, monographs and technical reports.

Service

He has served on various committees and boards at the state and national level.