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Ebrite, Lou, Ed. – Tower Review, 1988
This issue is dedicated to vocational and adult education. "Our Children's Future: Programs for Success" (John Folks) presents the goals for public education in Oklahoma. "Vocational Education in Oklahoma: Responding to Change" (Roy Peters) provides background information on vocational education in Oklahoma and enumerates the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Decision Making, Disadvantaged Youth
Download full textSprengel, Donald P.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1974
The experimental Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS-I) program, 1971-72 was intended to provide dropout-prone Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) youth with intensive counseling, supportive services and work experience in the private sector, to encourage completion of high school, and to assist in obtaining full-time employment upon…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Black Students, Career Counseling
Sprengel, Donald P.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1974
This final report on the second experimental year of the Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS-II) program presents an assessment of program operations, administration and impact. VEPS was designed as a training and vocational exploration program for in-school Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) enrollees who were probable dropouts. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attendance, Black Students
Wurzburg, Gregory – 1978
This report of the National Council on Employment Policy to the Department of Labor identifies some major themes and analyzes the diverse experiences occurring in ten case studies. The case studies examine a total of thirty-seven prime sponsors (in twelve states) charged with improving job opportunities for youth. "Summary and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Career Exploration, Case Studies
Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken – 2000
The role of part-time employment among disaffected and mainstream 14- to 16-year-olds and 16- to 19-year-olds in full-time education in the Kingswood area of South Gloucestershire, England, was examined. Data were gathered through the following activities: (1) a survey of approximately 2,000 youths from 6 schools and 1 further education college;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Articulation (Education), Comparative Analysis
Manning, Sabine, Ed.; Raffe, David, Ed. – 2000
These 24 papers represent the proceedings of a program presented by the research network on vocational education and training (VET). They include "School-Arranged or Market-Governed Workplace Training?" (Ulla Arnell-Gustafsson); "Prospects for Mutual Learning and Transnational Transfer of Innovative Practice in European VET"…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Courseware, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Cochran, Elizabeth – 2000
A teacher who teaches General Educational Development preparation to at-risk teenagers in a nonprofit alternative education program called FutureWorks conducted a study to identify those elements of FutureWorks that keep students coming to the program. The study included the following data collection activities: a consensus-building activity to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
Peer reviewedTijus, Charles Albert; And Others – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1997
Interactions of children, parents, and staff of four multicultural, parent-run day-care centers were analyzed for methods of task analysis, communication symbols, and structures of pedagogical assistance. Results showed the presence of parents created rich cognitive interactions, suggesting the cognitive effects of a socially disadvantaged milieu…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Gifted Education Press Quarterly, 1996
This set of four newsletters discusses current issues in gifted education. The first issue includes: "The Underserved Young Gifted Child: Status of Programs and Research" (Joan Smutny); "The Home Education Model: An Alternative Program for the Gifted" (Karen Kendig) and "Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): A Need for Gifted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Counseling Services, Cultural Differences
Edwards, Daneell – Afterschool Matters, 2005
The term "doing hair" is utterly familiar. However, while the term can refer to simple acts of combing, brushing, washing, and styling hair, in the culture of adolescent African-American girls, doing hair is a social practice that represents power, creativity, and sometimes popularity. This article describes a three-month afterschool…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, Adolescents, After School Programs
Goldberg, Judith F.; And Others – 1978
A three-year pilot study was conducted to determine the noneconomic benefits of the Job Corps on the impact areas of jobs, society, and health. Representing seven Job Corps centers, a sample of 489 youth between the ages of 16 and 22 participated, of whom 85 percent were black and 87 percent were urban. In order to draw comparisons, the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black Youth, Crime, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Brislin, Richard W., Ed.; Hamnett, Michael P., Ed. – 1977
The first section of this volume includes articles on cross-cultural teaching: "Mau Piailug's Navigation of Hokule'a from Hawaii to Tahiti," by David Lewis; "The New World Order and the Globalization of Social Science: Some Implications for Teaching Cross-Culturally," by Amarjit Singh; "Ponape: Cross-Cultural Contact,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Anxiety, Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Cultural Training
Dudley, Jim, Comp.; Von Kennel, Tim, Comp. – 1978
Votes of the Senators and Representatives on selected bills deemed important to students covering late 1976 and all of 1977 are presented along with the National Student Association and the National Student Lobby (NSA-NSL) rating of each Congressman. The rating is based on the percentage of times the Congressman voted in favor of the position that…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bus Transportation, Career Education, Civil Rights
Colorado River Indian Tribes, Parker, AZ. – 1976
Initial research conducted by the Colorado River Indian Tribes Rehabilitation Center revealed that lack of career information available to Indian youth, lack of Indian student direction and motivation, and resultant low academic achievement inadequately prepared these students for the world of work. Consequently, a new program (involving seminars,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Attendance, Career Counseling
Rackley, Ray, Ed. – 1976
This report provides descriptive information on the Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Program of the Office of Child Development (OCD) for Fiscal Year 1976. An overview describing the mission, function and long range goals of the OCD is included along with a discussion of the Research, Demonstration and Evaluation Program and its activities…
Descriptors: Adoption, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education
