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Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1976
A study was conducted to develop a packet of individual instruments for use in evaluating and perfecting the effectiveness of all special vocational education programs in Colorado. Nine special programs located in schools in eastern Colorado were selected for the study. A literature review, on-site observations, and individual interviews were used…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attitudes, Disadvantaged Youth, Handicapped Students
Download full textFrick, Herman L. – 1969
Prepared under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, this 1969 document outlines the scope and nature of a K-12 program designed to meet the educational needs of the rural disadvantaged youth of Leflore County, Mississippi. It is noted that the young people of this county are products of rural poverty, with 83% of the non-white…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Black Students, Cognitive Objectives, Cultural Background
Watt, Lois B., Comp.; And Others – 1969
This selective annotated bibliography relating to the needs of disadvantaged children lists some recent textbooks, trade books for children and young people, and professional resources for teachers in programs of compensatory education. The listing comprises three sections. Section I, Elementary and Secondary School Textbooks, has been categorized…
Descriptors: African History, Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Communication Skills
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Vocational and Technical Education. – 1973
This quarterly publication announces the availability of instructional materials acquired and processed by the Center for Vocational and Technical Education at Ohio State University. It should be of particular interest to teachers, curriculum specialists, supervisors and administrators involved in curriculum development or the use of instructional…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education
Dawe, Susan – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
Some students, who complete a preparatory or pre-vocational course in the vocational education and training (VET) sector, re-enroll in the same "enabling" course or at the same level of qualification in following years. Since one of the primary aims of enabling courses is to provide students with remedial education or preparatory…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Advanced Courses, Vocational Education, Remedial Instruction
Kentucky Vocational Education Region V, Elizabethtown. – 1988
The Education in Action project is a cooperative effort between the vocational education community and the Central Kentucky Community Action Council to identify economically disadvantaged youth who need basic academic and life skill training, General Educational Development (GED) training, occupational skill training, and job hunting and retention…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Community Education
Wirt, John G.; And Others – 1989
The National Assessment of Vocational Education (NAVE) evaluated and described the vocational education services delivered to special populations under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, the effects of the act in modernizing the vocational education system, the impact of vocational education on academic skills and employment…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth
Dayton, Charles; And Others – 1989
During the 1987-88 school year, 12 academy programs were operating in California under state sponsorship, including the two original Peninsula Academies in operation since 1981, and 10 replications of these, called Partnership Academies. The academies are designed to reduce the number of dropouts among at-risk high school youth. They combine a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
National Assessment of Vocational Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
This report contains two chapters addressing two topics: (1) the rates at which students initially enroll in postsecondary vocational education, accumulate credits, and complete a certificate or degree; and (2) the state allocation of federal funds to secondary and postsecondary levels of vocational education. The first chapter presents…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Credits, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1982
The Job Training Partnership Act is intended to establish programs to prepare youth and unskilled adults for entry into the labor force and to afford job training to those economically disadvantaged individuals who are in special need of such training to obtain productive employment. The act is organized into five titles. Title I prescribes the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, American Indians, Disadvantaged Youth
Syracuse Research Corp., Syracuse, NY. – 1981
At a June, 1981, meeting, representatives of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) organizations and vocational education organizations arrived at the following conclusions regarding the issues in collaboration that warrant attention in the reauthorization process of the CETA and the Vocational Education Act: (1) the coincidence of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Belkin, Allen; Dries, Cindy – 1978
The goals of the Oswego County (New York) Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) Youth Employment and Training Program (YETP) was to improve job-readiness posture and self-concept of unemployed youth and in-school youth. Two types of classroom training supported the major learning activity, which was work experience. These activities…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1978
Six papers on distributive education and occupational work adjustment (OWA) which were presented at a teacher education leadership conference on the development of common core curriculum for vocational education teachers are contained in this booklet. The title and authors are as follow: "Methods of Teaching Distributive Education," by John…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Core Curriculum
National Evaluation Systems, Inc., Amherst, MA. – 1979
Designed for vocational instructors and local school administrative personnel, these guidelines suggest ways for improving the vocational education of mainstreamed special needs students by providing supportive services to best meet visually handicapped, orthepedically impaired, seriously emotionally disturbed, or learning disabled). The first of…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Career Counseling, Costs, Disadvantaged Youth
Moody, Tom – 1979
The Mayor of Columbus, Tom Moody, spoke on his views of CETA, unemployment, and vocational education. In his opinion, all required and most optional education should be vocational education; that is, it should equip people to be able to support themselves, to earn a living, and to be productive in our society. He pointed out several…
Descriptors: City Government, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Aid
