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Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1953
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Evaluation Criteria, Job Applicants
Harris, Mary – 1997
Common Threads was the name of an exhibition that drew together a number of views on mathematics and displayed them operating in the activity deemed most devoid of them. It demonstrated and challenged both gender stereotypes with its evidence that needlework is full of mathematics. This book tries to place Common Threads and its influence within…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Females
Bannon, Maryanne, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This instructional guide presents the comprehensive techniques and procedures basic to quiltmaking in a format adaptable for use with elementary or secondary level students. Charts and diagrams illustrate the sequentially organized text. Information is presented in 15 chapters: (1) "Tools and Equipment"; (2)" Fabric and…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Design Crafts, Elementary Secondary Education
Sharpton, James L. – 1984
These student learning materials deal with basic sewing skills. The following topics are covered in the individual units: the principal parts of a sewing machine and their purposes; procedures for caring for a sewing machine (putting it away, lubricating it, and changing the needle); operation of an unthreaded sewing machine (maintaining correct…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Competency Based Education, Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Utilization
Cozine, June; And Others – 1968
Curriculum guidelines for teacher use in organizing and teaching a course to prepare 11th and 12th grade students for entry level clothing service occupations were developed as part of a pilot study which is reported in VT 006 870. The 1-year program requires 2 hours daily; a 1-hour lab experience or on-the-job work experience is suggested for the…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Grade 11, Grade 12
Cozine, June; And Others – 1968
The major purpose of the study was to develop and test curriculum materials for three entry level gainful employment courses: Child Care Services, Clothing Services, Food Services. A second objective was to formulate recommendations for policies and procedures to follow in initiating and developing gainful employment programs in home economics.…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Food Service
Smetherham, David – CORE, 1979
Teachers have strong subject loyalties and thus strong subject identities which are reinforced by social interaction within their department and by isolation between departments. Needlecraft teachers in contrasting organizational frameworks are used to illustrate subject identity (f=fiche number). (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Departments, Foreign Countries, Home Economics, Home Economics Teachers
Hillinger, Yvonne M. – 1968
Instructional materials for student use were developed by the author and a state-level committee of teachers to be used in a vocational school for the deaf, slow learner, or near illiterate. The program was tested at the State School for the Deaf. The book presents the non-technical information that the students will need to have as employees.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Clothing Instruction, Deafness
Halmes, Ellen; Sawatzky, Joyce – 1978
This instructional package, designed for use in secondary and adult education, focuses on the vocational area of needle trades. Section A of this document contains three units of instruction; "Securing a Job,""Career Success," and "The Free Enterprise System." Section B contains four units on sewn products operations: "Sewing Machine Maintenance…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Equipment Maintenance
Chuta, Enyinna; Liedholm, Carl – 1975
Urban and rural small scale industry and employment generation in Sierra Leone, Africa were studied via a 2 phase procedure. Phase 1 data collection (March-June, 1974) involved a random sampling procedure based on locality size. The following information was obtained from each of the localities (cities, towns, and villages) and "enumeration…
Descriptors: Activities, Building Trades, Classification, Economic Development
Buerkel, Elaine; Rehling, Joseph H. – 1975
The general purpose of the occupational analysis is to provide workable, basic information dealing with the many and varied duties performed in the textile service occupation. The industry needs properly trained alteration specialists, bushelmen and dressmakers, in the repairing, remodeling, altering or renovating of garments. Their personal…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Job Analysis, Knowledge Level, Needle Trades
Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock. School of Home Economics. – 1969
This course of study for clothing assistants is one of a series available for use by teacher-coordinators and students in Grade 11 and 12 home economics cooperative education programs. Based on job analysis interviews with drycleaning and retail store alteration department personnel, this course was prepared by teachers and Instructional Materials…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Curriculum Guides, Grade 11, Grade 12
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1974
This course allows students who are interested in careers in apparel manufacturing to learn the techniques for operating the various types of special machines used for finishing garments professionally and for specialty work. Course content includes goals, specific objectives, orientation, safety practices, special machines, assembling a child's…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Course Content, Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1970
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Akers, Lilialyce – 1987
A program was designed to meet the needs of Kentucky women who wished to supplement their incomes by producing articles in their homes for sale. Its three-phase objective was to identify women who already had knitting skills and train them to produce a finished product; to provide basic knowledge about how to run a small business; and to provide…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Craft Workers, Creative Activities, Design Crafts