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Syhlman, William D.
These distributive education training and development plans for secondary-level programs provide lists of competencies a student needs to hold a job in sales and marketing occupational areas. The design of the training plans is based on a "pyramid" which incorporates the following five sections or levels of competencies (from general to…
Descriptors: Advertising, Agricultural Supplies, Business, Check Lists
Nelson, Valerie I.; Ujakowich, Roberta A. – 1980
This report presents results of a study addressing two questions: (1) the role of certificates, licenses, diplomas, and other creditials in a decentralized vocational education system of public and proprietary schools, community colleges, union apprenticeships, the military, and correspondence schools and (2) the role that certification can play…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Career Education, Competence
Wilson, Kathy; Petrone, James V., Comp. – 1980
This publication describes occupational guidance and related material available from federal government agencies. Availability and sources are cited in the introduction or within the description. The guide is divided into eight chapters. Chapter 1 covers occupational information, including material that describes the nature of work in occupations;…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Munro, Allen; Towne, Douglas M. – 1979
Over a two-year period, research was conducted primarily in two areas of cognitive strategies for on-the-job training (OJT). The first area was the development and testing of a computer-based training system to improve selectivity in text processing in order to improve performance during OJT. The second area was the exploration of text-type…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Cognitive Processes
Laylin, Jan – 1977
A pilot course was begun to provide English language training for non-native speakers of English who needed to develop language skills for their work in the garment industry. One advantage to this kind of language learning situation is that the environment provides ready materials, situations, subjects, and practical learning activities. The…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Sticht, Thomas G.; And Others – 1978
Two separate research reports are presented in this paper. In the first report, we have identified through literacy research three sets of job-related reading tasks for adults: (1) those involved in getting a job, (2) those concerned with learning a job, and (3) those concerned with doing a job. National surveys have indicated that the black,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Aural Learning
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
Focusing on engineering and related occupations, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include aerospace engineers, agricultural…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Agricultural Engineering, Broadcast Industry, Ceramics
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
Focusing on health occupations, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental…
Descriptors: Administrators, Dental Hygienists, Dental Technicians, Dentists
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
Focusing on counseling and related occupations, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include college career planning/placement…
Descriptors: Adjustment Counselors, Admissions Counseling, Career Planning, Clergy
Livingstone, D. W. – 2001
A study provided extensive statistics and documentation of Canadian adults' work and learning activities. The study included statistics for household labor and community volunteer activities as well as paid employment. Learning activities included both formal course work and informal learning, as well as on-the-job training. Data sources were the…
Descriptors: Adults, Change, Developed Nations, Economic Development
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2001
In 2001, 6,821 employers across Australia were surveyed regarding their views of vocational education and training (VET). The survey was the fourth such survey since 1995. In 2001, 80% of employers of VET graduates (compared with 83% in 1995) rated their satisfaction with VET as 6 or higher on a 10-point scale. The proportion of employees at the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
Milwaukee Area Technical Coll., WI. – 1997
Milwaukee Area Technical College's (MATC) Project Get Started assesses mothers on welfare, analyzes their child care needs, makes recommendations, and engages 75% of the women in an appropriate job activity for at least 10 hours per week. Mothers attend an orientation that furnishes information on the project and on "W-2," the state's…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Births to Single Women, Child Welfare, Economically Disadvantaged
Choi, Jihee; Misko, Josie; Kang, Kyeong-Jong; Phan, Oanh – 2001
A study described the general and vocational education and training (VET) systems in Korea and Australia, focusing on the role of training providers and industry in the delivery of entry-level vocational education and training in both countries. The study also analyzed the nature of the linkages established between VET institutions in the two…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Hawke, Geof – 2000
The definition of work has undergone a massive transition within the last decade, and this trend has major implications for vocational education. Earlier ideas of work included that it was full-time, permanent, and for life; in addition, work provided opportunities for career development, a clearly-defined employer-worker relationship, and clear…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Cooperative Education, Delivery Systems
Descy, Pascaline; Tessaring, Manfred – 2001
This six-part publication summarizes the main findings and conclusions of the second report on vocational education and training (VET) research in Europe. Part 1, VET Systems, Coordination with the Labor Market, and Steering, covers education and training systems, including regulation, coordination, steering and cooperation, finance,…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship