A simulated mine provides a six-week preemployment training program for new coal miners. The training school, a cooperative effort involving labor, management, and government, was set up to help meet growing demand, and to reduce turnover and accident rates. (MW)

Managing a distributive education (DE) laboratory is a challenge. The laboratory is the simulated training station, with the instructor taking on the role of employer, managing student activities and learning. One tool to be utilized in managing a DE laboratory is a training plan. This article discusses the need for student training plans and the…

Effects of the simulated office practice approach, the cooperative arrangement, and the model office plan on student knowledge and attitudes were compared. All three approaches had a significant positive impact; they differed significantly only in selected areas, leading researchers to conclude that schools should utilize approaches suited to…

Questions are raised about some cooperative education programs' implementation procedures. The writer is not opposed to the concepts of office simulation or cooperative education but does feel that serious consideration should be given to the appropriate length of these programs and to the nature of the population they serve. (Author/AJ)

Designed to measure and compare the satisfaction and satisfactoriness of office employees eighteen months after graduation from APEX model office (a simulated training program), cooperative office education, and office procedures courses, this study also sought to determine any differences among the three programs on a number of job and…

A brief case study of the resistance to technological change is presented using DOG, a small scale deterministic business game, as the example of technology. DOG, a decision mathematics game for the purpose of providing an environment for application of mathematical concepts, consists of assignments mostly utilizing matrix algebra but also some…

This guide is intended to serve as a source of information pertaining to educational provisions for handicapped and disadvantaged students enrolled in vocational education programs in Alabama. The following topics are discussed: legislation (the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Education of the Handicapped Act, the Carl Perkins Act, and Alabama…