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Indiana Univ., South Bend. Center for Energy Conservation. – 1979
Project EFFECT (Energy for the Future: Education, Conservation, Training) was a three-year experimental program in curriculum development focusing on energy conservation, technology, and training. It had three objectives: (1) create a comprehensive training program for adults without previous technical training, applicable to community energy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Community Education, Conservation Education
Stedman, Deborah S. – 1979
The Texas adult performance level (APL) project LINK-FOUR implemented a curriculum based on functional competencies at four sites (Austin, Texarkana, Texas City, and Abilene) and formed linkages with local organizations involved in adult vocational education. The concept on which the project was based was that a set of prevocational skills, plus a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Sade, Patricia A. – 1982
As an illustration of competency-based instruction in action, this publication contains a curriculum guide, sample lesson plans, and an explanation of how these materials were derived and implemented in a public school district Comprehensive Employment and Training Act vocational education program in Springfield, Missouri. The model contains a…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Clerical Occupations
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1981
This brochure provides summaries of 23 exemplary, research, and curriculum projects known as the Vocational Improvement Program that share three concerns: meeting needs of underserved students, sex fairness, and excellence in vocational education. The 14 exemplary projects focus on vocational exploration and skill building in marine and related…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Bilingual Education, Business Education, Career Awareness
Greenwood, Katy B., Ed. – 1981
This yearbook contains 24 reports concerning the following seven challenges currently facing vocational education: new needs for job training, reexamining value bases, a growing network of vocational educators, reflecting on past effectiveness, the continuing challenge to meet individual and special needs, strengthening curricula and instruction,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Blacks, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
