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Abdul-alim, Jamaal – Education Week, 2011
The ACE Mentor Program provides early career exposure, mentoring, and scholarships to high school students in an attempt to encourage them to enter one of the three fields that make up the ACE acronym: (1) architecture; (2) construction; and (3) engineering. Founded in 1993 by longtime engineering consultant Charles Thornton, the program is…
Descriptors: Careers, Mentors, Architecture, Engineering
Lozada, Marlene – Vocational Education Journal, 1996
A building trades program at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Technical Education Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, teaches students to build universal design housing. Such homes are equipped to accommodate persons with special needs but are not inconvenient for someone without a disability. (JOW)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Building Trades, Design Requirements, Disabilities
Lancaster, George B. – Agricultural Education, 1977
Three years of instruction in natural resources management (NRM) are offered at Louisa County High School, Mineral, Virginia, with 30 acres of land for use as outdoor classrooms. Instructional areas are grouped under forestry; crops and soils; and surveying, air, water, recreation, and general. Two years of basic agriculture science and mechanics…
Descriptors: Agricultural Machinery, Conservation (Environment), Course Content, Forestry
Ritz, John M.; And Others – 1979
Four competency catalogs of tasks for industrial arts programs are presented. These include catalogs in Exploring Technology, Modern Industry, Construction, and Manufacturing. The purpose of each catalog is to establish a basis for program content selection and criterion levels from which one may measure to see if individual learners have achieved…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Construction (Process), Industrial Arts
Dewald, Margaret R. – 1979
The training program outlined in this guide focuses upon the development of students for gainful employment through a two-year course of study in clothing and textiles. Instructional topics are provided in six areas: clothing and textiles careers; alterationist; custom dressmaker; industrial sewing; getting, keeping, and using the paycheck; and…
Descriptors: Clothing, Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Fashion Industry
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Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA. – 1985
This instructional task/competency package is designed to be used in combination with the "Industrial Arts Guide to CBE Implementation" in order to implement competency-based education in the Modern Industry course in Virginia. This task/competency package contains a suggested task sequence list, content outline, and task/competency…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education, Course Content
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1993
A project was conducted in response to House Joint Resolution (HJR) 143 to determine the efficacy of Virginia public education institutions in preparing a skilled work force for the 21st century. It focused on complex manufacturing technology to identify and implement model procedures for studying other occupational areas. Information was obtained…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Competence, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
Norwood, Marcella M., Ed. – 1994
This conference provided a forum for presenting research findings to educators and other audiences interested in marketing education. The following papers were presented: "Application and Utilization of the Marketing Education Baccalaureate Degree in the Public School--Training and Development Arenas" (Wyant, Prey); "The Impact of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bachelors Degrees, Career Education, Career Guidance