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Download full textPiland, William E. – 1982
Alternative schools in public school districts and private institutions offer a choice of more than one educational option to students. These schools usually have some of the following characteristics: voluntary participation, distinctiveness, nonexclusiveness, comprehensive objectives, and a supportive learning environment. Instructional styles…
Descriptors: Competence, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential
Miguel, Richard J. – 1977
Occupational transferability is an aspect of human performance that enables individuals to move successfully from one occupation to another. Insights about occupational transferability were gained from site visits to programs currently operating in fourteen organizations in business, industry, and education. These programs were selected because of…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Competence, Employer Attitudes
Selz, Nina; And Others – 1980
A study was conducted to determine who has the responsibility for teaching general occupational and consumer competencies--the home, the school, or the workplace. To answer this question, two national surveys on functional competencies in occupational adaptability and consumer economics were conducted. Competencies were first identified and then…
Descriptors: Competence, Consumer Economics, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1997
In 1993, Washington's state legislature created the Commission on Student Learning to identify essential academic learning requirements related to four goals. One of those goals was to understand the importance of work and how performance, effort, and decisions directly affect career and educational opportunities. As in other states, the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Competence, Education Work Relationship
Rader, Martha H.; Wilhelm, William J. – 2001
Areas of business education that need to be researched were identified through a two-round study. First, 2 groups of more than 40 Delta Pi Epsilon members generated ideas for research topics at regional and national conferences. The resulting list of topics was edited and rated by a Delphi panel consisting of 15 educators from postsecondary and…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Competence, Computer Literacy
National Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1989
This document contains the National Council on Vocational Education's recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the vocational-technical educational system. They follow a list of council members, explanations of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act and the purpose of the council, a quiz on vocational-technical education for the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Competence
