This document covers the data terms used in the "VET in Schools 2009" report. The primary purpose of this document is to assist users of the report to understand the specific data terms used within it. Terms that appear in the report are listed in alphabetical order with the following information provided for each: (1) Definition: a…

This thesaurus is designed to provide the vocational education community and its relevant audiences with a comprehensive, organized listing of outcome questions and hypotheses. The first of two sections includes a discussion of the importance as well as problems of attempting to develop a classification system for categorizing vocational outcomes.…

The handbook is designed to help teachers and administrators develop or improve vocationally oriented programs for moderately retarded students. The major topics addressed in the book were identified through a Delphi data gathering approach. Seven sections are arranged in the order that activities should occur in program modification and/or…

Developed to be a standard reference guide, this glossary contains terms generally associated with program evaluation and terms specifically employed in rehabilitation program evaluation. Target audiences include rehabilitation program evaluation personnel and the consumers of evaluation information such as program administrators, counselors, and…

The guidelines for vocational assessment of handicapped students are intended to help Texas educators fulfill requirements that a vocational assessment be completed before a handicapped student is placed in a vocational education program. Three levels of assessment data are distinguished: Level I data which are collected by special education…

This document, the Department of Education's standard educational program classification system for secondary and postsecondary schools, supersedes all previous editions. The manual is divided into seven chapters, each of which contains, in numerical order, the complete list of currently active Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)…

This volume consists of resource listings and summaries of the status of the use of microcomputers in the various disciplines of vocational education in secondary and postsecondary level programs throughout Kansas. Provided in the first part of the document are discussions of the use of microcomputers in agricultural, vocational business,…

This third revision of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) updates and modifies education program classifications, descriptions, and titles at the secondary, postsecondary, and adult education levels. This edition has also been adopted by Canada as its standard for major field of study classification. The volume includes the…

This guide is intended to help vocational educators to create general energy awareness among their students and assist in preparing their students to become skilled workers in energy-related occupations. The guide contains hundreds of resources, such as names of personal contacts and programs at state and federal levels, sources for funding,…

Written to assist vocational-technical educators in clarifying and harmonizing basic terminology at international meetings, this English/French glossary of commonly used terms in vocational and technical education covers sixty-three terms which have been divided into seven major categories. These categories include fundamental terms and terms…

One of 10 publications from a long-range vocational education planning project, this dictionary is designed to help the planner identify vocation planning data elements and organize them for storage and easy accessibility. This publication serves to identify and describe (1) those data elements required to support current planning and…

This project was conducted in New Castle (Henry County), Indiana to train and use the services of a work analysis specialist who would work with manufacturing companies to improve company profits through the provision of training programs based on a specific needs assessment. The determination of specific needs was accomplished through the…

A listing of 178 curriculum guides for exemplary special education programs is presented, based on a national 1983 survey of over 500 programs. For each program, information is presented on the title of the guide, the source and source address, development date, price, number of pages, recommended exceptionality area(s), and recommended level(s).…

This document presents detailed "definitions" of more than 150 key terms covering the lexicon currently being used in the field of adult learning in 20 European countries. The document begins with an introduction that discusses the glossary's theoretical and historical references and includes 14 references and a 16-item bibliography. The…

Developed from courses of study in two-year vocational technical programs at the Gloucester County Vocational Technical School, these taxonomies present behavioral objectives for 12 subjects. They are intended for use by vocational teachers in the preparation of the vocational component of the individualized educational plan (IEP) for special…