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Carlock, Jeanne M. – 1989
A field test was conducted of the "Transition to Independence Curriculum" that was developed in 1987-88 by the Endependence Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The curriculum includes peer counseling and other services to help students with disabilities become independent. During the field test, the peer counselor met with students at each of three…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Curriculum, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
Download full textRyan, Ray D.; Pritz, Sandra G. – 1994
Project SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) Integration is a 5-year initiative to explore how well all high school instructors would be able to integrate competency-based instruction in designated work-related competencies into their courses and rate students' mastery of the competencies. Three teachers from each of 14…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Education, Competence, Competency Based Education
de Wolff, Alice – 1999
From 1995-1998, 12 of the 79 organizations funded by Canada's National Literacy Secretariat (NLS) conducted approximately 40 workplace literacy pilot projects across Canada. Those projects were reviewed to determine their effectiveness in increasing the number and quality of Canadian workplace literacy programs. Information for the review was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies, Education Work Relationship
Direct linkMinistry of Advanced Education, 2005
The 2005 Graduate Follow-up Survey of Apprenticeship Students was a pilot project undertaken by the Ministry of Advanced Education, the Industry Training Authority, and post-secondary institutions (13 public and 9 private). The pilot survey targeted those who completed their apprenticeship technical training programs in a BC post-secondary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship
Adult, Community, and Further Education Board, Melbourne (Australia). – 1997
Pilot projects designed to increase the access of young unemployed Australians to adult and community education (ACE) were undertaken in one rural and one metropolitan adult, community and further education region with significant rates of unemployment among individuals aged 15-24 years. Two consortia were selected to conduct the pilot programs,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Community Education, Education Work Relationship
Alamprese, Judith A.; Tao, Fumiyo – 2001
The National Center for Family Literacy (FCFL) began the Family Independence Initiative (FII) to address the needs of welfare recipients and their families for literacy services. During the FII's development phase in 1997-1998, NCFL funded five family literacy program grantees to develop models of work-focused family literacy services. To satisfy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Career Awareness, Coordination
Shackleton, Jenny; And Others – 1985
A pilot project was undertaken in South Bedfordshire, England, to develop a work-based job training program for out-of-school youth. The program was based on a partnership between local educators and employers and featured an integrated curriculum that combined work-based learning with off-the-job training. Besides integrating occupational and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship
Diaz, William A.; And Others – 1982
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) demonstration was a large-scale test of a school-conditioning guaranteed jobs program for teenagers from low-income families. Unlike previous youth employment programs, the YIEPP linked school and work by offering jobs to all youth who met the eligibility criteria and who also agreed to remain…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Smith, Chris Selby; Ferrier, Fran – 2001
Australia introduced User Choice nationally in January 1998 to develop a national training system that is more responsive to clients' needs. User Choice is based on nine principles, including the following: (1) clients can negotiate their publicly funded training needs; (2) User Choice operates in a national training market not limited by state or…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Competition, Contract Training, Education Work Relationship
MacAllum, Keith; Taylor, Susan Hubbard; Johnson, Amy Bell – 1999
The Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership (LAMP) is an academically rigorous, business/labor-driven school-to-career program in Lansing, Michigan, that includes business, union, school, and parent partners and provides participating students with work-based learning experiences for 2.5 hours every day throughout their senior year. LAMP's…
Descriptors: Attendance, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Corporations
Smeaton, Barry; Hughes, Maria; Hall, Graeme – 2002
The United Kingdom's Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA), UK SKILLS, and the Further Education Skills Competition Council conducted a collaborative action research project to improve students' vocational learning and skills through enhanced learning experiences. From February 2001 to April 2002, three further education colleges worked to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Case Studies
2000
This document contains 15 papers from the information technology (IT) in vocational education and training (VET) section of an international conference on VET for lifelong learning in the information era. The following papers are included: "Adapting the System of Continuing Vocational Education for the 3rd Industrial Revolution--Experiences…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business English, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Vocational Training Council (Hong Kong). – 2000
This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment
