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Peer reviewedKallaus, Norman F. – Business Education Forum, 1987
Describes functional literacy for those interested in office-based occupations. Components of office literacy include computer and cultural literacy, as well as reading skills. Offers six propositions that have implications for office literacy curriculum development. (CH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Functional Literacy
Johnstone, David – Vocational Aspect of Education, 1988
The author discusses the evolution of curriculum thinking from a narrow and behaviorist stance through to the present, where it is argued that considerations need to be based on shared understandings among all participants in a learning exchange. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Education Commission of the States – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1984
Argues that schools do not adequately prepare students for the rapidly changing requirements of the American workplace. Proposes an Action Plan on Education for Economic Growth, and discusses its feasibility. Outlines basic skills and competencies for productive employment. (KH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Economic Progress, Education Work Relationship
Download full textEducation Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1987
This working paper is a compilation of articles prepared for the Policy and the Higher Literacies Project. The two-year project examines key leverage points in state and local education policy levels and how they may promote or constrict the acquisition of higher levels of literacy for a much broader range of American students. Research strongly…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Etlinger, Leonard E. – Illinois Schools Journal, 1990
Minority participation in the workforce, and by extension in vocational education, is increasingly important to the economic welfare of the United States. Describes a conference focusing on minority issues and concerns in vocational education related to programs, students, staff, and research. Recommends development of role models, funding, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Career Awareness, Career Education
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1979
Data are presented in support of the validation of the competency-based basic skills curriculum which was implemented in the District of Columbia Public Schools in 1978-79. Strategies for conducting the validation are outlined in detail, including review of tests used, orientation of participants, integration of curricular hierarchies, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Ventouratos, Despina – 1993
This report evaluates Project Data-Tech, a New York City program that served 125 Haitian- and Spanish-speaking students of limited English proficiency and that was designed to improve the educational attainment of these minority children. Participating students received instruction in English as a second language; native language arts (NLA); the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development
