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A STUDY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION CURRICULA.
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ARNOLD, JOSEPH P. – 1965
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO HAVE MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND TECHNICIANS IDENTIFY CORES OF SUBJECT MATTER RELATED TO TECHNICIAN JOB PERFORMANCE AND TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THEIR JUDGMENTS. FIFTY-TWO TECHNICIANS AND 116 MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN 52 ILLINOIS FIRMS EMPLOYING 200 OR MORE PERSONS PARTICIPATED. A 99-CARD CURRICULUM DECK,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Research, Educational Needs
Impact of the Successful Completion of the GED on Candidates and Their Employers.
Thiele, Joe E.; Sloan, Charles A. – 1984
The impact of successful completion of the General Educational Development (GED) testing program upon the candidates and on the perceptions of their employers was analyzed. Questionnaires were returned by 241 successful GED candidates and 52 of their employers in DeKalb County, Illinois for the period 1970-79. Over one-half of the 428 successful…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Educational Certificates, Educational Research
Instructing Students in Developing, Planning and Managing Their Careers. Project Final Report, September 1980-April 1981.
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools, New Brunswick, NJ. – 1981
An Illinois project identified employer perceptions of vocational education graduates' job holding and success problems and needs and prepared instructional units to remediate these problems. An employer job survey was disseminated to businesses and industries who rated young adults entering the job market on non-skill related job performance…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavioral Objectives, Coping, Employee Attitudes
A Perspective on the Status of Teacher/Board Bargaining in Illinois Public Schools and a Review of Public Sector Collective Bargaining Laws in Selected States.
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Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1983
Although Illinois has not enacted a comprehensive bargaining statute, school districts have been using the collective bargaining process to determine teacher salaries, benefits, and conditions of employment for more than a decade. Nevertheless, since the 1977-78 school year, Illinois public schools have experienced 139 teacher strikes. The purpose…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Education for Employment Policy Study. Public Hearings. Special Report.
Speaking Freely, 1983
This report contains a condensation and highlights of public hearings held by the Illinois State Advisory Council on Adult, Vocational and Technical Education (SACVE) and the Illinois Employment and Training Council (IETC) on the subject of improving education to prepare youth for employment. During the hearings on this topic, 100 witnesses…
Descriptors: Career Education, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Skills for Adapting to Change; Their Potential Impact, and Suggested Policies for Implementing Them. Final Report.
Daniels, M. Harry; Karmos, Joseph S. – 1983
A project was conducted to identify skills that vocational students will need to adapt to future changes in the workplace and jobs caused by advancing technology as well as to develop policy stands on how those skills can be imparted. Research was conducted through computer searches of relevant data bases, interviews with vocational educators and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Career Change, Career Development