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Spann, Jerry – 1977
To address the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) client's need for career development experience and skills, the Affirmative Action Office of Dane County (Wisconsin) and the Adult Work Experience Program (AWEP) staff plan to implement a year-long training program aimed at job exploration, internship, and personalized decision…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Education, Career Exploration, County Programs
Download full textHigginsville State School and Hospital, MO. – 1974
Project EVOLVE is the last phase of a three-phase special Adult Basic Education (ABE) project, which provided cottage-homeliving and off-campus living experiences for approximately 60 students aged 16-26 who had the relatively greatest potential to succeed in the community. Project EVOLVE refined and disseminated materials and methods for use with…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Behavior Change
KAPLAN, LEON L. – 1967
A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO ASCERTAIN NECESSARY PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS FOR ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL DROPOUTS, AGES 16 AND 17, IN THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS SURVEY WAS MADE TO HELP PROVIDE MEANS TO MEET THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPULSORY CONTINUATION EDUCATION. THE STUDY DETERMINED THAT…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Demonstration Centers, Dropout Programs, General Education
Kilpatrick, Sue; Crowley, Suzanne – 1999
An Australian study examined the relationship between current and past participation in education and training in small business and success or failure and how small businesses decide how to improve knowledge and skills. Telephone surveys were conducted with 181 small businesses in 4 industries in 3 metropolitan and 3 non-metropolitan regions.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Bobko, Douglas J.; Hayes, John F. – 1984
A computer-based training program called the Maintenance Performance System (MPS) was developed and made operational in an Army divisional maintenance battalion. The primary purposes of the MPS were to monitor the daily technical activities of maintenance personnel by identifying maintenance strengths and deficiencies on both an individual and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Managed Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Needs
HOOS, IDA R. – 1967
THIS STUDY ASSESSES JOB CORPS CURRICULUM AND FACILITIES FOR BASIC ORIENTATION AND EDUCATION OF UNEMPLOYED, DISADVANTAGED, POORLY MOTIVATED YOUTH, AND REVIEWS TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS IN SANTA CLARA AND ALAMEDA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. OBSERVATIONS OF SELECTED JOB CORPS CENTERS REVEALED SUPERIOR PHYSICAL FACILITIES BUT LESS THAN…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment
STUTZ, ROWAN C.; MERRELL, RUSSELL G. – 1967
THE CAREER SELECTION EDUCATION (CSE) ACTIVITIES OF 14 SCHOOLS IN THE WESTERN STATES SMALL SCHOOLS PROJECT ARE REPORTED. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE TO HELP STUDENTS IN RURAL AREAS MAKE REALISTIC CAREER SELECTIONS, DEVELOP AN AWARENESS OF REQUISITE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES IN A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CAREERS, AND DEVELOP SPECIFIC JOB ENTRY SKILLS.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Levitan, Sar A. – 1967
This review of the Job Corps, the Neighborhood Youth Corps, and the Work Experience and Training Programs, all established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, was part of National Manpower Policy Task Force report requested by the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty. It was believed appropriate to examine, after nearly…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life, Washington, DC. – 1977
This report, the first of a series on productivity and job security, presents five case studies to illustrate retraining to achieve worker's adjustment to technology. The first of seven chapters addresses the following issues: the availability of job training/retraining data, the desirability of informing workers in advance of technological…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, City Government, Employer Employee Relationship
Rachal, John R. – 1992
This bibliography lists almost 4,000 books and other selected nonperiodical literature in the field of adult education. The bibliography was prepared using the following sources: the card catalogue of the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) library; the bibliographies of all adult education books in the library's holdings; articles and book…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Flower, Fred, Ed.; Russell, Russ, Ed. – 1982
A party of vocational educators from the United Kingdom (UK) traveled to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to observe the role of industrial tutors in providing technical training to German workers. During their study, the investigators focused their attention on the role of the meister in the vocational education and training system in…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1983
A study examined the statewide mental health agency training programs for paraprofessional mental health workers that exist throughout the United States. During the study, researchers contacted all 50 state mental health manpower development offices and requested copies of statewide training programs, instructional materials, training needs…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Cooperative Programs, Course Descriptions
Sredl, Henry J. – 1982
Work force development in the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC) is affected by sundry but interrelated factors. Included among these are the following: (1) the PRC's population of one billion people; (2) a recent history of political turmoil and violence, resulting in profound changes in national leadership and vacillation in national policy; (3)…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Economic Factors, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Goldstein, Harold; Fraser, Bryna Shore – 1985
Data were collected on the training required by people who work with computers, and these data were then used as a basis from which to identify major issues that must be addressed by policymakers concerned with developing computer education and training programs. A total of 196 employers, supervisors, workers, professional societies, unions,…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computers, Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs
STAHLECKER, LOTAR V., ED. – 1967
INTENDED AS A REFERENCE TOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL PERSONS, THIS COMPILATION CONTAINS 78 ARTICLES SELECTED FOR THEIR PERTINENCE TO OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION FOR MENTALLY RETARDED YOUTH AND ADULTS. THE ARTICLES ARE GROUPED INTO SIX MAJOR AREAS. ON GUIDANCE, 22 ARTICLES COVER THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO WORK, COUNSELING, EVALUATION OF WORK POTENTIAL,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Community Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
