Proceedings of the first of three workshops held in conjunction with the development of thirty-four core curriculum modules for vocational teacher education are presented. The bulk of this document consists of four workshop presentations given by J. Robert Warmbrod. In the first address, "National Issues and Trends in Vocational Education," emphasis is given to the relationship between the major trends and issues in general education and those in vocational education. Also stressed is the need for teacher educators to have a clear perspective on the purposes of vocational education. In the second presentation, "Analysis of Common Core Components of Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education (MATCHE)," the results of an analysis of the MATCHE curriculum are outlined. In "Development and Use of Instructional Modules," basic ideas on teaching and learning upon which the development of modules should be based are given. Finally in "Summary of Workshop," the major purposes of the workshop, specific tasks which were to be accomplished, the process which was used, and the outcomes are outlined. Appended are the following: workshop agenda; results of module identification; list of modules to be developed; original MATCHE module format; Common Core Curriculum Format; workshop evaluation sheet; and a list of the names of the workshop participants. (Proceedings of the other workshops are CE 018 936-937; the core curriculum modules developed are CE 018 938-971.) (JH)