This document examines the 12 draft standards for accomplished vocational education teachers that were developed by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that was founded in 1987 to strengthen the teaching profession and thereby improve learning. The 12 standards pertain to the following…

The relationship between skill demands, changing work organization, and performance was examined in a study of workers across 15 "benchmark" jobs in each of 8 public utilities. Skills issues were assessed by plant managers, workers, and their supervisors. Randomly selected managers/supervisors reported a series of performance measures…

India has potentially one of the best developed systems of pre-school education in the world. Article exemplified how the system works. (Author/RK)

A study was conducted to determine employers' perceptions of the technical and personal skills and knowledge needed by business and industry in the Indianapolis area. A survey instrument, requesting employers to rate the importance of 17 technical skills and 13 personal skills and to describe the nature of the work at their firms, was distributed…

The overwhelming impression from an examination of developing nations throughout the world is that there is no neat and universal explanation of what employers want from school and university education. Neither does there appear to be any firm connection between scholastic qualifications and job functions. The nearly universal absence of a…

A study examined the overall structure of Australia's engineering technical work force, the relationships between occupations in each branch and level of the engineering work force, and the job functions of each occupational cluster. The primary purpose of the study was to gather data to assist Technical and Further Education (TAFE) curriculum…

A study assessed the continuing education needs of Australia's Technical and Further Education (TAFE) senior staff (who were defined as spending 50 percent or more of their time on college administration as opposed to teaching). A literature search, interviews, and submissions were the principal sources of data for the needs assessment. The…

The paper explores ways to strengthen leadership for foremen, pointing out that understanding employees is as much the job of the foreman as of the industrial relations director. Foremen should be given the best skills human relations has to offer, through training and courses, thus developing effective leadership. (Author)

A REFERENCE BASE OF GENERAL ABILITIES DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY TECHNICIAN OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM CONTENT INCLUDES (1) A FACILITY WITH MATHEMATICS WITH THE ABILITY TO USE ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY AS TOOLS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS THAT MAKE USE OF SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES, (2) A…

A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO (1) DETERMINE THE NEED FOR TECHNICIANS, (2) DETERMINE REQUIRED COMPETENCIES, (3) DETERMINE JOB CHARACTERISTICS, (4) IDENTIFY OCCUPATIONAL CLUSTERS, AND (5) DEVELOP CURRICULUMS. PERSONAL INTERVIEWS, MAILED QUESTIONNAIRES, AND FOLLOWUP LETTERS YIELDED DATA FROM 288 OF THE 914 EMPLOYERS CONTACTED. OF 13,958 EMPLOYEES OF THE…

TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR OFF-FARM AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS, A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY OCCUPATIONS, WHICH WERE EMERGING AND DEVELOPING, DECREASING IN IMPORTANCE, AND IN NEED OF EMPLOYEES WITH SPECIAL TRAINING. A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE OF 495 AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES WAS INTERVIEWED BY A TRAINED TEAM USING AN…

In an address delivered to the Council of Administrators of Special Education (1974), specific problems and resources for change in the education of minority and poor children are examined. The author points out the high proportion of minority and poor children in special education classes and stresses the need to change educational practice so…

A PILOT STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DEVELOP A DESCRIPTIVE INVENTORY OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS AND TO EVALUATE PRELIMINARY DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES FOR A REGIONAL OR NATIONAL AUDIT. A QUESTIONNAIRE, DISTRIBUTED TO ALL PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS IN 3,050 INSTITUTIONS, PRODUCED A 55.3 PERCENT RESPONSE RATE. SURVEY…

Survey results indicate that, although psychology courses have become increasingly popular with high school students, the subject is often poorly represented. Inadequate teacher preparation and a limited focus characterize the courses. Courses will improve if more training programs for both present and future teachers are offered. (KC)