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Download full textMinistry of Social Affairs and Public Health, Amsterdam (Netherlands). – 1964
THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN OVER ADULT VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO MAKE UP FOR THE ARREARS IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING CAUSED DURING WORLD WAR II AND TO ACHIEVE A SWITCHOVER OF WORKERS FROM TRADES WITH A LABOR SURPLUS TO TRADES WITH A LABOR SHORTAGE. IT HAS ESTABLISHED A NUMBER OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTERS FOR THE INITIAL TRAINING OF PERSONS FOR…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Job Training
Bloodworth, Margaret – 1969
The book provides insight into training aims, principles, techniques, aids , and courses designed to meet the training needs of specific groups of staff, such as management staff, training staff, new staff, and established staff. It also covers the training and educational elements of the Certificate of Retail Management Principles. Training…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Vocational Education, Ancillary Services, Audiovisual Aids
PDF pending restorationNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Bilingual Resource Center. – 1973
This partial list, prepared by the Bilingual Resource Center in New York City, of bilingual training sessions includes staff development components under Title VII, ESEA. Among the projects are the In-Migrant School Community Project, Project BEST (Bilingual Education Skills Training), P.S. 25 (The Bilingual School), and the Integrated Bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cross Cultural Training, English
Tornatzky, Louis G.; And Others – 1989
A study was undertaken to describe how changes in the network of transactions that occur between manufacturers and suppliers have affected the scope and nature of training and related human resource practices within supplier firms. Data came from the published literature, expert opinion, and a phone survey of 15 individuals ranging from…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Industrial Structure, Job Training
Francis Tuttle Vo-Tech Center, Oklahoma City, OK. – 1990
The High Technology Center at Francis Tuttle Vo-Tech Center in Oklahoma City conducted an 18-month demonstration program, beginning in January 1989, to train or retrain average workers, unemployed because of cutbacks in their field or lack of marketable skills, for careers in high technology. The High Technology Center offered adults training in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Demonstration Programs, High Schools
Hajian, Harry – 1992
In an effort to provide nontraditional students with the same opportunity as traditional students to reach the highest level of skills and competencies associated with hi-tech, high-wage employment, the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) offers alternatives to its historically successful full-time day program in chemical technology.…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Chemical Technicians, Chemistry, Community Colleges
Bernard, Jeanne T.; Digman, R. Michael – 1981
To evaluate and document the effectiveness of miner training, a study monitored a wide variety of classroom sessions conducted for new miner and annual refresher training. Seven trainers and 275 mine trainees at fourteen sites in Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia participated. Observations were made of classes in underground new…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blue Collar Occupations, Classroom Techniques, Conventional Instruction
Herschbach, Dennis R. – 1984
This study examines the potential application of educational technology to vocational training and retraining. Its purpose is to assist program planners in the U.S. Department of Education to make more informed decisions concerning the federal role in the use of educational technology. Five questions are addressed. General findings include the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation
Internal Revenue Service (Dept. of Treasury), Washington, DC. – 1989
This document reports the results of an examination of the external and internal environments of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the most promising technological tools and methods to create the training system capabilities the IRS will need in the future. Following an executive summary, chapter 1 describes how the document was developed.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cybernetics, Distance Education
Connell, Janie B.; Ashley, William L. – 1984
This compilation, one in a series of three publications for vocational program developers and others to use in planning and developing a community-based response to worker dislocation, describes various assessment resources, references, and technical assistance materials. Included in the volume are citations describing the following materials:…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Aptitude Tests
Lindsay, Janis – 1983
A study examined the career education opportunities available to mentally handicapped adults in British Columbia. The primary objectives of the study were to assess the effectiveness of various methods and models in meeting the needs of mentally handicapped adults, to explore the policy implications of the program strengths and weaknesses, to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Articulation (Education), Career Education
