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Download full textSaint Louis Community Coll., MO. Workplace Literacy Services Center. – 1995
This document contains the student handouts and learning activities of an introductory course in oral communications that was developed by a community college for workers at a St. Louis (Missouri) chemical company. The following items are among those included: ice breaker activity; checklist for self-assessment of ability to handle criticism;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Check Lists, Communication Skills, Community Colleges
America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth, Alexandria, VA. – 2001
This guide, which is an updated version of the guide created for the Groundhog Job Shadow Day (GJSD) that was held on February 2, 1999, provides structured activities that classroom teachers and job sites can use to help students understand the importance and relevance of their education and see firsthand the range of knowledge, skills, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Estes, Florence S. – 1996
This teaching guide contains the materials required to teach a 6-week course in interpersonal communications that was developed for the workers of a Chicago medical center through a partnership involving the medical center, its employees, their union, and Northeastern Illinois University. Based on the student-centered philosophy of teaching, the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Assertiveness, Basic Skills
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Bureau of Career and Adult Education. – 2000
This document is a guide to workplace mentoring that is intended to assist individuals who are interested in or involved in placing students in work-based learning experiences as part of Connecticut's school-to-work initiative, Connecticut Learns. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the purposes and principles of workplace mentoring;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, Career Exploration, Definitions
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1999
This document introduces the underlying principles and components of Ohio's Integrated Technical and Academic Competencies (ITAC) system of career-focused education, which combines high-level academics and technical skills with a real-life context for learning that maximizes students' present and future academic and career success. The document…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adjustment (to Environment), Career Development, Career Education
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2000
This document, which is intended for Colorado teachers responsible for teaching history to students in grades K-12, explains how to use the principles of contextual learning to integrate academic content standards with career development and workplace competencies. The introduction discusses the guide's purpose, the role of standards and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adjustment (to Environment), Career Development, Career Education
