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Download full textCenter for Occupational Research and Development, Inc., Waco, TX. – 1981
This student module on the role of OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) in Safety and Health is one of 50 modules concerned with job safety and health. This module looks at the OSHA Act, its aims, and the rights and responsibilities of employers and workers under the Act. Following the introduction, 16 objectives (each keyed to a page in the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Employee Responsibility, Employer Attitudes, Federal Legislation
Neely, Margery A. – 1978
This report describes the third party evaluation of the State Fair Community College Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program. Experience based career education students and control students were compared using both locally developed instruments and standardized measures. Standardized measures inlcude the Career Development Inventory,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Colleges
Hamby, Jeanette; And Others – 1978
Designed to research and document whether monies spent on vocational training produce benefits for the recipients, this study involved a population of 857 Montana high school graduates of the classes of 1970 and 1971 who were between twenty-three and twenty-five years old at the time of the survey and who had been employed in Montana during at…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Benefits, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 1999
A 1999 survey of employer views on vocational education and training (VET) interviewed 3,558 employers of recent VET graduates and 2,495 employers with no VET graduates. Focuses The focus was employers' characteristics, their general views on VET, and information on their organizations' training practices. Findings indicated the following: (1) the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedOwens-Johnson, Laura; Johnson, James – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1999
Discusses a vocational/career program for students with emotional disabilities. The curriculum involves students in surveying employers in their community for information about jobs and career opportunities. In the process, students learn how to fill out job applications, conduct interviews, make presentations, and follow their own interests. (CR)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Planning, Curriculum Design, Education Work Relationship
Smith, A.; Roberts, P.; Noble, C.; Hayton, G.; Thorne, E. – 1995
A study was conducted in Australia, to determine the factors that affect demand for job training. The study consisted of 30 detailed industry case studies, an industry analysis, and a literature review. Each case study examined current training practices, training decision making in the business, and the determinants of training for the…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Nickles, James L. – 1991
This paper examines the many external expectations confronting persons with disabilities and the skills required to survive and prosper in school, at home, on the job, and in the community. Data were obtained from 155 regular teachers, 110 special educators, 150 parents, and 55 employers through the use of the School Survival Skills Questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Rosenqvist, Jerry; Vallberg, Ann-Christine – School Research Newsletter, 1989
The newsletter issue presents the results of a project that examined: (1) teaching at the senior level of schools for the mentally retarded in Sweden; (2) teachers' and supervisors' views of the pupils; and (3) the reality of the open labor market. The project analyzed mechanisms in and outside teaching that prevent or impede access to the labor…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Practices, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential
Noah, Harold J.; Eckstein, Max A. – 1986
The study reported in this paper describes business/industry involvement with the education of secondary school students in Britain, the Federal Republic of Germany, and France. The study covers the following: business/industry's criticisms and recommendations about secondary education; the institutional framework within which business/industry…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Education, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Donovan, Mary Ann – 1986
A nationwide survey of private sector employers elicited information on the level of business interest in various vocational educational services and programs. It also provided insight into how business can and does contribute to vocational education. Nearly all employers (94 percent of the 262 who returned questionnaires) indicated some interest…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Employer Attitudes, Job Skills, Job Training
Miguel, Richard J.; Foulk, Robert C. – 1984
A study examined the high school graduates' perceptions and employers' reports of hiring and job performance standards and employment outcomes one year after high school. Longitudinal data were collected from 522 students at the beginning and end of the senior school year and 325 of these students (62 percent) one year after graduation. Employers…
Descriptors: Career Education, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment
Nunez, Ann R.; Russell, Jill Frymier – 1981
A survey of manufacturers was conducted by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the National Center for Research in Vocational Education to elicit the views of NAM members about vocational education--the effectiveness of vocational education, the collaborative activities between manufacturers and vocational education, and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Shaffer, Kathy M.; Hubbs, Marguerite – 1982
Developed to assist vocational students, nontraditional by sex, in finding and keeping training-related jobs, this manual contains strategies for use by all vocational educators--instructors, administrators, and placement specialists. It is intended for use with potential employers, nontraditional and traditional vocational students, advisory…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Job Placement, Job Search Methods, Needs Assessment
Nunez, Ann R.; Russell, Jill Frymier – 1982
A survey of manufacturers was conducted to assess views of National Association of Manufacturers members about vocational education, including its effectiveness, collaborative activities with vocational education, and manufacturers' suggestions for improvement. Findings based on the 775 returned surveys were that the most frequent grade awarded to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Attitudes, Educational Improvement
Greater Madison Task Force for Planning Occupational Skills Education, WI. – 1984
The Greater Madison Task Force on Occupational Skills Education was formed to develop and implement a plan that would improve occupational skills education for area high school students. The task force members included 10 members from business and labor, 7 members from state agencies or higher education, and 14 members from the public school…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
