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Montviloff, Victor – 1990
Noting that the advance of new technologies and the rise of service economies have dramatically changed the socioeconomic development of the world and forced nations to adopt national information policies, this handbook explores the concept of such policies. It is based on the experiences reported in numerous country case studies, meeting…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Developing Nations, Federal Government, Foreign Countries
Download full textApplied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1980
This report presents a description and sample products of the Area Resource File (ARF), a computer-based county-specific health resources information system which consolidates U.S. data on the health professions, hospital and nursing home facilities, hospital utilization levels, health professions training, hospital expenditures, Medicare…
Descriptors: Databases, Dental Schools, Expenditures, Federal Programs
National Association of Dental Labs., Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
The guidebook presents a systematic and uniform method for training dental technicians throughout the industry, incorporating basic standards recommended by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. The first section defines terminology and establishes rules and regulations regarding apprentices and apprenticeship programs in 16 areas, including…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Apprenticeships, Curriculum Guides, Dental Technicians
Educational Products Information Exchange Inst., Stony Brook, NY. – 1975
Learner Verification and Revision (LVR) Process of Instructional Materials is an ongoing effort for the improvement of instructional materials based on systematic feedback from learners who have used the materials. This evaluation gives publishers a method of identifying instructional strengths and weaknesses of a product and provides an…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Media
National Inst. of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 1978
This program plan is offered as a guide to potential grantees and contractors. It outlines the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice's priorities for research in fiscal year (FY) 1978 and beyond and spells out other Institute programs and projects to be carried out during the fiscal year. The guide is offered as a first step…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Administrative Organization, Budgets, Criminal Law
1978
The document is a guide to legislative and administrative implementation of the recommendations of the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals. The report is divided into the following three sections: (1) priority action items, such as formulation of national policy and consumer involvement in planning and decision making; (2) major…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, Architectural Barriers, Civil Rights Legislation
Lee, Carolyn S., Comp. – 1991
The National Diffusion Network (NDN) was established in 1974 through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement upon the belief that there are few difficulties encountered by school systems that have not been solved successfully in some other location. The primary function of the NDN is to disseminate information about a wide array of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1976
A brief explanation of the national apprenticeship program is presented primarily in terms of the more important policies and the role of government in this system of training. Eleven sections are included: (1) What Is Apprenticeship? (2) Why Is Apprenticeship Important? (3) What Can Apprenticeship Do? (4) How the National Apprenticeship Program…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agencies, Apprenticeships, Federal Government
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1977
This planning charter for the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) explains the Department of Labor's basic principles in designing and implementing YEDPA programs to provide a framework for the development of YEDPA efforts. This booklet is divided into six sections. The first section briefly discusses priorities regarding the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Community Programs, Employment Programs
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1976
One of six introductory modules in a 22-module series designed to train vocational education curriculum specialists (VECS), this guide is intended for use by both instructor and student in a variety of education environments, including independent study, team teaching, seminars, and workshops, as well as in more conventional classroom settings.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Curriculum Development, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Mustaffa-Kedah, Omar, Ed. – Literacy Discussion, 1977
This issue of Literacy Discussion explains the joint Arab strategy for illiteracy eradication and reviews Iraq's particular situation. The first of six articles traces literacy development in the Arab World leading up to the adoption of the Arab Literacy strategy at the 1976 Third Alexandria Conference in Baghdad, Iraq. It also presents…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Arabs
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1977
This sixth in a series of six learning modules on student vocational organizations is designed to assist secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers in understanding and using contests to promote student growth. The terminal objective for the module is to guide participation in student vocational organization contests. Introductory sections…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Evaluation Criteria, Extracurricular Activities, Guidelines
Eliason, N. Carol – 1979
Research findings at the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) document the practicality of a systems approach to transfer of skills from other realms to the world of the vocational training classroom and directly to the world of work. One of the targeted approaches specifically concerned with upgrading the status of women…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration
Bhola, H. S. – 1979
To provide an introduction to processes, issues, and problems of curriculum development in functional literacy and nonformal education, a monograph provides 11 chapters, each followed by exercises. The first chapter discusses curriculum development in relation to national development. The second chapter covers concepts of functional literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Development, Community Education
Direct linkLick, Dale W.; Murphy, Carlene U. – Corwin Press, 2006
The Whole-Faculty Study Group (WFSG) System is a student-centered, teacher-driven process for facilitating major staff development and schoolwide change. When applied properly, it has produced extraordinary results for thousands of educators and students in schools and school districts across the country. The Whole-Faculty Study Groups Fieldbook…
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Strategies, School Restructuring
