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Workforce Improvement and Lifelong Learning: A New Paradigm for Education and Training in the USA.
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Ferguson, Richard L. – Industry & Higher Education, 1995
Education and adult life/work are concurrent, not consecutive. To address this new paradigm, Work Keys provide a common language for education and business to prepare people for education and employment transitions. Work Keys components are job profiling, skills assessments, and targets for instruction. (SK)
Descriptors: Competence, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Job Analysis
Rigor "and" Relevance: Enhancing High School Students' Math Skills through Career and Technical Education
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Stone, James R., III; Alfeld, Corinne; Pearson, Donna – American Educational Research Journal, 2008
Numerous high school students, including many who are enrolled in career and technical education (CTE) courses, do not have the math skills necessary for today's high-skill workplace or college entrance requirements. This study tests a model for enhancing mathematics instruction in five high school CTE programs (agriculture, auto technology,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Mathematics Skills, Vocational Education, Mathematics Instruction
Curriculum Design for Workforce Development: A Common Language.
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McGinty, Louis L. – Inquiry, 2000
Follows up on an article published in the Spring 1999 edition of Inquiry regarding the Work Keys system being advanced by several of the community colleges of Virginia as a means of assessing and developing occupational skills. Evaluates the Work Keys system relative to accepted curriculum design use in Virginia's business community. (VWC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Labor Force Development