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Download full textMoss, Jerome, Jr.; Copa, George H. – 1982
This occasional paper consists of three essays devoted to evaluation, inquiry, and local planning in federal vocational legislation. In their paper entitled "Evaluation and Accountability in Federal Vocational Legislation," Jerome Moss, Jr. and George H. Copa propose a rationale and a set of recommendations for federal legislation dealing with…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning, Federal Legislation
Brown, Patricia, Ed. – 1995
This document contains six papers by individuals representing the various stakeholders in the school-to-work transition process, including vocational education, academic education, higher education, and the business sector. The first paper, "The Leadership Challenge: Accommodating Different Perspectives on School to Work" (Tucker), argues for…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit, London (England). – 1982
In January 1982 the Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit (FEU) published a discussion paper dealing with the issues involved in expanding and improving Great Britain's vocational training and educational system. Following its publication and dissemination of the paper, the FEU sent a letter asking the major further and higher…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
2001
This document contains three papers on organizational values. "Understanding the Work Beliefs of Nonprofit Executives through Organizational Stories" (Ava S. Wilensky, Carol D. Hansen) reports on a study during which qualitative interviews featuring a story component established that nonprofit executives constitute a diffuse managerial…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis
Sexton, Robert F., Ed. – 1976
Issues concerning experiential and postsecondary education are considered in six articles. In "Experiential Education for the Community College Student," Sheila Gordon considers the links between experiential and vocational education and suggests that experiential education is especially relevant to the learning styles and objectives of the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educationally Disadvantaged
Morin, Lucien, Ed. – 1981
This book, consisting of 19 essays, deals with the meaning and objectives of prison education. Included in the volume are the following works: "Inmate Right to Education," by Lucien Morin; "Penitentiary Education in Canada," by J. W. Cosman; "Rehabilitation through Education: A Canadian Model," by Stephen Duguid;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Community Programs, Correctional Education
2001
This document contains four papers on organizational enhancement and human resource development (HRD). "Motivation to Improve Work through Learning in Human Resource Development" (Sharon S. Naquin, Elwood F. Holton III) argues that HRD's traditional conceptualization of motivation should be expanded to incorporate motivation to use…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Attitudes, Employee Absenteeism, Employee Attitudes
Rampp, Lary C., Ed.; Guffey, J. Stephen, Ed. – 2000
This document, which is intended as a primer for adult continuing education, contains 11 chapters examining the philosophical foundations of adult and continuing education. The chapter titles and authors are as follows: "Progressivism and Adult Continuing Education" (Michael Day); "Progressivism: An Anthology" (Andrea Reeve);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Behaviorism, Comparative Analysis
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing. – 1998
This document consists of synopses of selected presentations on the nurse educator's challenge in preparing the workforce for the 21st century that were made during the 1998 meeting of the Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing. In her paper "Redesigning Health Care Delivery," Karlene Kerfoot described changes in health care…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Change Strategies, Corporations, Delivery Systems
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1997
This document contains 18 policy, synthesis, and analysis papers and foreign experts' contributions examining the following topics: challenges facing vocational education and training (VET) in the Czech Republic; the main aims and strategies of reforming the country's VET system; the role of VET in transforming the republic into a learning society…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Economic Development
