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Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Rising employer demand for skilled workers has driven efforts to better align occupational training programs to industry needs. Yet, even as the demand for skilled workers increases, less than half of students who enter occupational training programs receive a credential within six years. Community colleges are working to find faster and more…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Integrated Curriculum
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Rising employer demand for skilled workers has driven efforts to better align occupational training programs to industry needs. Yet, even as the demand for skilled workers increases, less than half of students who enter occupational training programs receive a credential within six years. Community colleges are working to find faster and more…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Integrated Curriculum
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Rising employer demand for skilled workers has driven efforts to better align occupational training programs to industry needs. Yet, even as the demand for skilled workers increases, less than half of students who enter occupational training programs receive a credential within six years. Community colleges are working to find faster and more…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Integrated Curriculum
Augustin, James W.; Lee, Mercile J. – 1978
A study was conducted to explore the possibility of career education's impact upon a broad range of basic skills, including skill areas where standardized test scores are usually not available. Information was obtained through structured interviews with nineteen elementary (grades 1-5) teachers in seven schools in Rockford, Illinois, who were…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Career Education, Communication Skills
Greenan, James P. – 1983
The purpose of this study was to determine the skill areas that are generalizable across secondary vocational training program areas in the 32 vocational centers in Illinois. The major research problem was to (1) develop, validate, and determine the reliability of an instrument and (2) identify which mathematics, communications, interpersonal…
Descriptors: Administration, Agricultural Education, Basic Skills, Business Education
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1989
A report and a bibliography are provided from a project designed to provide a greater understanding of sophisticated technologies and to provide direction for vocational education curriculum revision in Illinois. The report begins with an introduction. Section 2 provides a conceptual and operational understanding of sophisticated technologies by…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Curriculum Design, Decision Making Skills
