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Hermann, G. D.; Kenyon, R. J. – 1987
This document describes a case study of a competency-based vocational education (CBVE) project. An introduction outlines the nature of CBVE and places it in the context of vocational competence. This section also describes a rationale for how CBVE relates to the individual, to access, and to the recognition of previous learning. The features and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Competency Based Education, Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries
West Virginia Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education, Huntington. – 1985
This document reports on a study conducted to determine which States use State equipment pools to share vocational education equipment. Five States--Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee--indicated that they have such pools. The report consists of the original letter of request for information and replies from the five…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Educational Equipment
Download full textRamsay, Caroline C.; And Others – 1986
This manual was developed to help Peace Corps volunteers assist local craftspeople in developing nations in initiating and operating small businesses to produce and market their products. The manual is organized in eight chapters that cover the following topics: the crafts environment, common problems and solutions for a crafts business,…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Administration, Craft Workers, Developing Nations
Domanico, Raymond; And Others – 1982
This report evaluates the Promotional Gates Program for kindergarten through ninth qrade implemented in thirty-two community school districts in New York City. The report is designed to provide policy makers with: (1) an assessment of student achievement on the California Achievement Test (CAT) and the Criterion Referenced English Syntax Test…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance Patterns, Community Schools, Data Analysis
Oldsen, Carl F. – 1982
This directed study, part of the applied research and development effort of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, focused on the use of emerging telecommunications technology to facilitate communication among vocational education program improvement agencies. The study attempted to introduce and implement new developments in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Databases, Facsimile Transmission, Higher Education
Dermer, Steve – 1982
An annotated bibliography approach was used in this report of a literature review/study designed to determine the effectiveness of learning centers in the classroom and to give classroom teachers a carefully planned system to ensure successful use of learning centers. The first section, which explains the rationale of using learning centers in the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Class Organization, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Batsche, Catherine; And Others – 1982
This implementation manual was designed to assist local education agency personnel implement the individualized career plan (ICP) concept in high schools. Questions commonly asked about the ICP are answered. Guidelines are then provided for implementing the four stages of the process: planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating/refining.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning, Goal Orientation
Leithwood, Kenneth A., Ed.; And Others – 1982
A conceptual framework for planned educational change is presented in this book. The three studies outlined in part I examine how curriculum decisions are made by teachers and factors that seem to influence this decision making. An attempt is also made to discover explanations for the character of this decision making, through the use of several…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Reid, Barbara; And Others – 1982
Developed during the course of a project designed to provide a continuous, competency-based line of vocational training in business and office education programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels, this package consists of an instructor's guide and learning modules for use in Typewriting I and Typewriting II. Various aspects of implementing…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Business Correspondence, Clerical Occupations
Rutherford, William L.; And Others – 1982
Earlier research by the Concerns-Based Adoption Model Project at the Austin campus of the University of Texas has identified seven "Stages of Concern" that teachers and other front line users of classroom innovations could have. This study examines, first, whether principals have the same or similar stages of concern about their change…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Case Studies, Change Agents
Dominguez, Jeronimo, Ed.; Waldstein, Arnold, Ed. – 1982
The four papers presented in this book are intended to promote awareness of educational applications of microcomputer systems, educational software, telecommunications networks, and cable television. An introduction and a list of contributors precede the papers, which discuss specific topics related to computers and new technologies in education:…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Barrow, Connye M. – 1982
This paper explores recent research, current practices, and implications for the future development of job placement programs in vocational education. An introduction views the relationship of job placement programs to vocational education and the importance of continual research in this area in light of three factors: responsibility for job…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Employment Services, Guidelines
English, Fenwick W., Ed. – 1983
This yearbook provides a readable, usable, and practical summary of the most commonly applied elements of curriculum development on the contemporary educational scene. Separate chapters discuss: (1) "Contemporary Curriculum Circumstances" (Fenwick W. English); (2) "Curriculum Thinking" (George A. Beauchamp); (3) "Curriculum Content" ( B. Othanel…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems
Rassen, Rachel L.; Reynolds, Dorothy F. – 1982
A project was conducted (1) to develop 27 instructional modules as part of a curriculum series that presents energy conservation concepts and skills and (2) to disseminate the modules for use in secondary and postsecondary vocational training programs and courses. The series of modules, entitled "Energy Awareness and Conservation: YOU Make…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Energy Conservation, Information Dissemination, Instructional Materials
Brant, Lynn – 1982
This study was undertaken to describe efforts in three states to create customized vocational training for specific client firms as part of economic development efforts. Approximately 70 persons from education, business, and state government were interviewed; documents from the three states (Ohio, South Carolina, and New York) were reviewed; and,…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Consortia, Economic Development, Educational Needs
