This paper presents formal interactions between vocational education and training and the labour market in France, part of a large European study commissioned by the Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop). The paper examines the nature of vocational education and training system, the feedback mechanisms and the…

Schools in Great Britain can respond to the current demands of industry, government, and technological advancement and at the same time maintain their own priorities: critical thinking, a concern for values, and access to noncommercial forms of cultural expression. Because of the economic crisis, schools are being urged to help produce a work…

These proceedings include the texts of eight papers that were presented at a two-day symposium devoted to new technologies and their implications for vocational and technology education curricula. Included in the volume are the following papers: "Economic Climate and Implications for the Introduction of New Technology," by M. J. Pace; "Technology…

This teacher's instructional guide, which is part of a family and consumer sciences education series focusing on a broad range of employment opportunities, is intended to assist teachers responsible for teaching one- and two-year consumer and family economics programs for Texas high school students. The following are among the items included: (1)…

This bulletin is the eighth compilation of statistics on private commercial and business schools made by the Office of Education since 1900. The seventh, or preceding report, on this field of education was published for the year 1929. The effect of the economic situation on private commercial and business schools has been to reduce their…