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Laiken, Marilyn E. – 2002
At the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Ontario, a course entitled Developing and Leading High Performing Teams: Theory and Practice is experimenting with a design that surfaces the action/reflection paradox for the purpose of learning how to manage this polarity. Whether the product is defined as services or goods,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Learning
Broadbent, William A. – 1999
A study used the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) workplace skills inventory in a validation exercise for use of the inventory in Hawaii. A facilitator reduced the size of the V-TECS instrument. The resulting document was tested using several colleagues of the principal investigator before it was used in the field. The…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Coping, Critical Thinking, Job Application
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1994
This publication is a collection of 201 activities designed to give students practice in developing and applying in meaningful real-life settings both basic academic skills in reading, writing, and computation, and the more advanced higher-order skills of problem solving, critical thinking, group interaction, and oral communication. These…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education, Computation
Merex Corp., Tempe, AZ. – 1992
In 1988 SPD1, a division of Motorola, began an extensive 4-year endeavor to transform itself into an organization built on excellence and customer satisfaction. SPD1 contracted with Merex Corporation to provide three services that would enable employees to take on their new responsibilities more effectively. Merex conducted Skills Enhancement…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Individual Differences, Interaction
Massachusetts Career Development Inst., Springfield. – 1998
This document contains a competency-based workplace literacy curriculum that is intended to develop workers' reading comprehension skills by building on their prior knowledge and integrating job-related reading materials actually used by workers on the job with other academic reading materials and textbooks. Designed to be used in conjunction with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education
Enterprise State Junior Coll., AL. – 1996
This curriculum package on team building is a product of the Workforce 2000 Partnership, which combined the resources of four educational partners and four industrial partners in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina to provide education and training in communication, computation, and critical thinking to employees in the apparel, carpet, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Behavioral Objectives, Carpeting
Gallaway, Ann, Ed. – 1990
This production systems guide provides teachers with learning activities for secondary students. Introductory materials include an instructional planning outline and worksheet, an outline of essential elements, domains and objectives, a course description, and a content outline. The guide contains 30 modules on the following topics: production…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Automation, Building Design, Construction Management
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Sellers, Patricia A. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2004
Teacher preparation programs are in danger of seriously under-preparing elementary teachers to teach mathematics for understanding if they wait to provide students with evidence of effective mathematics teaching methods in the mathematics methods courses. With strong traditional beliefs about how mathematics ought to be taught and their…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Mathematics
Banathy, Bela H.; And Others – 1976
Materials presented in this curriculum guide are designed to provide students with the information and skills they need to work effectively in task-oriented groups. The curriculum is presented in eight self-contained units or modules, each of which emphasizes a particular set of group interaction attitudes, knowledge, and skills. These include…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills
Herbert, Bruce; Bednarz, Sarah; Boyd, Tom; Blake, Sally; Harder, Vicki; Sutter, Marilyn – 1998
The earth sciences is an evolving set of disciplines encompassing more than 30 specialties; however, earth scientists continue to be trained within the traditional disciplinary structure. Earth science education should focus not only on student acquisition and retention of factual knowledge, but also on the development of higher-order skills…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Earth Science
Julian, Marti F.; Larsen, Valerie A.; Kinzie, Mable B. – 1999
Instructional design (ID) case studies that pose authentic ill-defined design problems in realistic environments can help instructional design students bridge the gap between novice and expert practice. Over the past 3 years, the authors have explored aspects of this educational approach through the development of World Wide Web-based…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Competition, Computer Uses in Education
Northwest Iowa Community Coll., Sheldon. – 1995
This report documents how the Business/Training Institute of Northwest Iowa Community College and Coilcraft, Inc., of Hawarden, Iowa, worked as partners to establish a basic workplace skills program for Coilcraft's workers. The project goals were to develop and offer a workplace literacy program that would enroll 160 workers and prepare them to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Adult, Community, and Further Education Board, Melbourne (Australia). – 1997
This information sheet describes General Curriculum Options, one of four streams or subject areas offered in the Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) in Australia. The first seven learning outcomes are based on seven key competencies: collecting, analyzing, and organizing information; planning and organizing activities;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cultural Education, Data Analysis
Centre County Vocational-Technical School, Pleasant Gap, PA. CIU 10 Bi-County Development Center for Adults. – 1994
This document includes a final report and curriculum manual from a project to help adult educators teach team training by developing a curriculum for use in teaching teamwork skills in work force literacy programs and by providing two half-day seminars to assist adult educators with effectively using the curriculum. The manual for work force…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Enterprise State Junior Coll., AL. – 1997
This curriculum package on team building is a product of the Workforce 2000 Partnership, which combined the resources of four educational partners and four industrial partners in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina to provide education and training in communication, computation, and critical thinking to employees in the apparel, carpet, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Carpeting
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