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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. – 1997
With this Career and Technology Studies (CTS) curriculum guide, secondary students in Alberta can do the following: develop skills that can be applied in their daily lives; refine career-planning skills; develop technology-related skills in enterprise and innovation; enhance employability skills, especially in entrepreneurial pursuits; and apply…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Career Development, Competence, Competency Based Education
Caplan, Paula J. – 1993
This book addresses what keeps women out of the highest levels of academia in the United States and Canada and demonstrates that while many women believe that when they fail it is their fault, their fate is more likely to be sealed by the barriers they face within the male environment. The book presents a list of the forms that the maleness of the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Planning, College Faculty, Colleges
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1989
This teacher's manual is designed to serve as a practical planning and instructional tool to assist teachers in implementing each of the three components of the Integrated Occupational Program in Practical Arts, Grades 8 and 9, in Alberta (business education, personal and public services, and technical occupations). Information on using the manual…
Descriptors: Business Education, Career Development, Educational Resources, Grade 8
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Butler, Joy I. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2005
How do we encourage teachers to adopt Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) so that it becomes part of mainstream practice in physical education and community-based sports programmes worldwide? Why do some teachers adopt a TGfU instructional model and others stick to a technique-based approach? What happens to PETE students when they attempt to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Majors (Students), Physical Education, Action Research
Peavy, R. Vance – 1995
The contextual considerations outlined in this digest provide a framework for career counseling with Canadian Native youth, a process which requires an unusually large range of cultural understanding and an appreciation of diversity and uniqueness. Counselors need to be aware of individual diversity within Native groups. Four Native…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Career Counseling, Career Development, Counseling Effectiveness
Pacific Association for Continuing Education, Burnaby (British Columbia). – 1974
The statement reflects Canada's growing interest in adult education. Lifelong learning is viewed as necessary for coping with a complex and rapidly changing society and additional benefits of adult education can be seen in terms of cost benefits and the use of existing educational structures. Social factors influencing the need for adult learning…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Attitude Change
Groff, Warren H. – 2001
Career development for the next wave of competent leaders and technically trained workers during e-globalization is one of the most difficult challenges advanced nations face. Career development programs that begin in elementary education and have e-paradigms as a logical choice as the preferred scenario are needed by e-commerce in all its…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Biotechnology, Business Education, Career Development
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. – 1997
With this Career and Technologies Studies (CTS) curriculum guide, secondary students in Alberta can do the following: develop skills that can be applied in their daily lives; refine career-planning skills; develop technology-related skills in electro-technologies; enhance employability skills, especially in electro-technologies industries; and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Competence, Competency Based Education, Course Content
Hutchinson, Nancy L. – 1995
As career development becomes established in Canadian secondary schools, the pressure increases to use performance assessments to demonstrate both the effectiveness of programs and the soundness of instructional decisions. This digest examines issues surrounding performance assessments of career development programs. Performance assessments can be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Canadian Studies, Career Counseling
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Clark, D. Christopher; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1992
A survey of 254 Canadian dental faculty investigated changing career interests, sources of satisfaction, and professional development needs. Results indicate desire to adjust time allocation among research, teaching, and administration; satisfaction with recognition for teaching; and discontent over differential status among teachers, clinicians,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Dental Schools, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Marceau, Denis; Gingras, Marcelle – 1995
Despite professional counseling and courses on career choice in school, students say they are poorly prepared to meet society's challenges. This digest looks at a career counseling initiative in Canada that unites the academic world and the workplace. Clearer ties must be established between education and the workplace; in the collaboration-based,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Canadian Studies, Career Awareness, Career Counseling
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Clark, Fiona; Anderson, Gary – Higher Education, 1992
A survey of 1,234 McGill University (Canada) students (entrants, graduates, alumni, and voluntary withdrawals) in a management continuing education program investigated the anticipated benefits in career development, fulfillment of imposed requirements, personal development, networking, attainment of knowledge, and personal fulfillment.…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Career Development, College Graduates, College Students
Bradshaw, Richard A. – 1995
Over one-third of high school students in Canada are dropping out of school. However, the advent of multimedia computer technology has increased the potential of career interventions, particularly for at-risk youth. This digest describes such a program entitled Knowledge for Youth About Careers (KYAC). KYAC is based on attribution change theory…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Canadian Studies
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1993
This guide is intended for use in conducting a seminar to help students prepare for the transition to the work force as office workers in business, industry, or government. The first third of the guide contains the following: a profile of the critical skills required for the Canadian work force, a flowchart of the recommended sequence of studies…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Communication Skills, Employment Potential
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. – 1997
With this Career and Technology Studies (CTS) curriculum guide, secondary students in Alberta can do the following: develop skills that can be applied in their daily lives; refine career-planning skills; develop technology-related skills in agriculture; enhance employability skills, especially in foods; and apply and reinforce learning developed…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills
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