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Download full textNorton, Robert E.; And Others – 1978
This document is part of a comprehensive workshop training package designed to assist in developing strategies for improving the preservice and inservice preparation of vocational education administrators. Descriptions of three major delivery strategies are presented in this document. These strategies include the externship program,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Competency Based Education, Educational Strategies, Field Experience Programs
Peer reviewedBoyer, Catherine M. – Nurse Educator, 1981
Describes how to use the performance-based concept in developing staff. Discusses the identification of objectives based on performance expectations and the development of learning experiences that (1) emphasize application of knowledge; (2) integrate adult learning principles; and (3) make use of learning contracts, self-learning packages,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Competency Based Education, Cost Effectiveness, Health Personnel
Shelton, Elaine – 1979
The Adult Performance Level (APL) Competency-Based High School Diploma (CBHSD) Program in Texas is briefly described. The program was developed as a flexible and effective alternative to a conventional high school diploma program and to the General Educational Development (GED) test. Program goals are expressed as competency outcomes which are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills
McMillan, Samuel H., Jr. – 1979
The University of Texas Pilot Program was operated in five sites in Texas (Abilene, Brownsville, El Paso, Houston, and Temple) to demonstrate the utility of competency-based high school diplomas for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) clients. Included among the program features common to all five sites were the following: (1) the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Competency Based Education, Demonstration Programs, High School Equivalency Programs
Strauss, Marvin – 1979
In 1967 the University of Cincinnati initiated one of the first graduate programs in health planning to provide qualified professionals to staff health planning agencies. In 1974 the university began to develop an external degree program to meet the needs of employed health personnel. The program incorporates individualized, self-paced,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Credits, College Planning
Tangen, Fride – 2000
Adult learning in Norway was examined in a thematic review that focused on the following areas: the contexts of adult learning; the participants in, providers of, and returns from adult learning; issues and problems facing adult learning; and good practices. The following are among the main findings of the review: (1) adult learning has a long…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, At Risk Persons
