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Kerka, Sandra – 1999
From its beginnings in 1906, cooperative education has evolved into a program offered at the secondary and postsecondary levels in two predominant models: (1) students complete multiple cycles of equal periods of academic coursework and paid employment; and (2) students' school day is split between school (usually in the morning) and work (usually…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Change Strategies, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship
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Maxwell, Nan L.; Rubin, Victor – 1997
The relative impact of career academies on postsecondary educational attainment and knowledge and skills acquired in urban public high schools was examined through an analysis of single-district and national databases. The national data were obtained from the first and third follow-up surveys of the National Education Longitudinal Study. Compared…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Academies, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
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Leung, Jin-pang – Education Journal, 1990
Surveyed 1,148 Chinese junior, prevocational, secondary school students to investigate self-concepts and delinquent behaviors when compared to grammar secondary school counterparts. Examined data from an earlier study of junior grammar school students. Finds earlier group had higher self-esteem whereas the prevocational students were more likely…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Analysis of Variance, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research
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Ravitch, Diane – Academic Questions, 2005
America's leading historian of education recounts a lifetime in the cause of responsible school reform. Diane Ravitch's blow-by-blow description of run-ins with Afrocentrist firebrand Leonard Jeffries, misguided feminists at the AAUW, the language sensitivity police, and others offers a fascinating perspective on how the education establishment…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Social Studies, History Instruction, United States History
Georgia Univ., Athens. Dept. of Occupational Studies. – 1995
This document lists core standards and occupational knowledge and skills that have been identified and validated by industry as necessary to all Georgia students in secondary-level technical/engineering programs. First, foundation skills are grouped as follows: basic skills (reading, writing, arithmetic/mathematics, listening, speaking); thinking…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Competence
Georgia Univ., Athens. Dept. of Occupational Studies. – 1995
This document lists the industry-identified core academic knowledge and skills that should be possessed by all Georgia students who are enrolled in occupational cluster programs and are preparing to enter the work force or continue their occupational specialization at the postsecondary level. First, 63 related communications competencies are…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Morshead, Richard W. – 1995
This college text on curriculum and educational theory presents 10 chapters, 8 of which focus on specific curriculum types. The first chapter, an introduction, identifies each of the curriculum orientations described in the succeeding chapters and examines the major theories that have been involved in curriculum development. The next eight…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Classical Literature, Competency Based Education, Curriculum
Mississippi Research and Curriculum Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, State College. – 1995
This document, which reflects Mississippi's statutory requirement that instructional programs be based on core curricula and performance-based assessment, contains outlines of the instructional units required in local instructional management plans and daily lesson plans for vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics I and II. Presented first are a…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
Mississippi Research and Curriculum Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, State College. – 1996
This document, which reflects Mississippi's statutory requirement that instructional programs be based on core curricula and performance-based assessment, contains outlines of the instructional units required in local instructional management plans and daily lesson plans for metal trades I, IIA (advanced welding), and IIB (advanced machine shop).…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Competence
Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Learning Research and Development Center. – 1995
This document presents an annotated listing of articles, conference papers, book chapters, papers, and books published in 1995 as a result of investigations carried on at the University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC). The publications are organized alphabetically by author and chronologically within each author's…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Concept Formation, Cultural Influences
Prescott, Carolyn A. – 1996
This paper describes the rationale, direction, and progress of the Integrated System for Workforce Education Curricula (ISWEC), a project sponsored by a 25-state consortium that is designed to accomplish two primary objectives: (1) integration of academic and vocational education in a curriculum framework for grades 9-14 and (2) development of a…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Consortia
Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Learning Research and Development Center. – 1991
This document covers approximately 500 publications developed by the University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) from 1985 through 1991 and constitutes a record of LRDC's commitment to research that can strengthen educational practice. An abstract is provided for most entries. Each publication summarized addresses…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Concept Formation, Cultural Influences
Schmidt, B. June; And Others – 1992
This guide is designed to help the educational practitioner understand more fully how teachers fulfill their roles in integrating vocational and academic education. A description is provided of the field study during which more than 100 teachers, counselors, principals, and administrators were interviewed at 10 school sites using the Behavioral…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrator Role, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1993
This packet contains a set of principles for core skills development together with corresponding activities for teachers and learners that have been developed in Great Britain. Core skills are defined as transferable skills central to academic, vocational, and personal development. An introduction explains the FEU's principles and guidelines for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development
Holdsworth, Tom; Schreiber, Ann – 1995
Initiatives to improve vocational education--such as tech prep, the School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA), and Goals 2000: Educate America Act--are full of promise. Case studies prepared by the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America illustrate the potential of these initiatives. Massachusetts and Wisconsin are two recipients of federal STWOA…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Case Studies
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