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Missouri Univ., Columbia. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1997
This publication consists of the main and mini reports for Missouri's Show-Me Standards and vocational education competencies for marketing education. This database documents the common ground between academic skills and vocational competencies. Both components of the Show-Me Standards--knowledge (content) and performance (process)--have been…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Competence
Norwich Free Academy, CT. – 1991
This document is one of a series of business education position papers/curriculum guides developed for high schools in Connecticut to demonstrate that business education courses can be used as part of an integrated academic/vocational curriculum. The guide is organized into the following six sections: (1) business department philosophy; (2) course…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Business Communication, Business Education
Finch, Curtis R.; And Others – 1992
A study documented coursework completed by graduates of university vocational teacher preparation programs. Twenty-two universities and colleges preparing vocational education teachers provided transcripts for 1988-89 graduates; data from 412 transcripts were coded. Courses taken within various categories were analyzed and comparisons made among…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Course Selection (Students), Education Majors
Grubb, W. Norton; Stasz, Cathy – 1992
This paper outlines the issues involved in an assessment of the extent and success of the integration of academic and vocational education. It develops questions that could be addressed to state and local education officials to assess the effects of the 1990 amendments to the Carl Perkins Act on both state policies and local practices. Section I…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Classroom Techniques, Compliance (Legal), Educational Change
Whiteley, Meredith A., Ed.; And Others – 1992
This book presents 11 papers which consider the central issues, methods, and resources for work in institutional research in higher education. The primer uses the idea of a "cookbook" or "manual" for its conceptualization, organization, and format. The chapter topics focus on what are expected to be the key issues facing…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness, Diversity (Student)
Polen, Deborah A.; And Others – 1993
An exploratory study was conducted in North Carolina to examine the impact on teacher education programs of improved academic preparation for undergraduate teacher education majors. This report describes one such approach--the requirement that in addition to general college and teacher preparation courses, undergraduate education students complete…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Faculty, Degree Requirements, Department Heads
Fraser, Bryna Shore; And Others – 1993
This literature review focuses on the school-to-work transition, especially as it relates to school reform. The dual focus of the review highlights issues surfacing from research and evaluation of theory and practice in the field, as well as review and evaluation of programs that fall under three types of school-to-work transition reform…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education)
Wirth, Arthur G. – 1993
As the United States and the rest of the world moves into an electronic-driven postindustrial revolution that is replacing the factory industrialism of the beginning of the century, new realities call for change in the workplace and the education system. Declining wages, increased unemployment, and a lowered standard of living have occurred as the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Business Administration, Critical Thinking, Education Work Relationship
Cohen, Arthur M., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1994
Designed as a forum for the discussion of the community college curriculum and transfer function, this volume traces the scope of the curriculum, transfer rates, and the relationship between the two. The following 10 chapters are included: (1) "All Access Is Not Equal: The Need for Collegiate Education in Community Colleges," by Judith S. Eaton;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Articulation (Education), College Curriculum
Garrity, Robert P. – 1989
A study compared graduates from three high school curricula--academic, general, and vocational--to determine if there were any advantages for the respective graduates in the labor market. Surveys mailed to a sample of 1,266 graduates received 623 usable responses. Three research questions were asked that dealt with secondary educational…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Experience
Jonesboro School District 1, AR. – 1991
The Jonesboro Area Vocational High School was the Arkansas pilot site for the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) initiative to improve the basic competencies of high school vocational students. The project aimed to revise vocational courses to incorporate academic content, to revise course requirements, and to encourage vocational and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
Stasz, Cathy; Grubb, W. Norton – 1991
The 1990 amendments to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 require the National Assessment of Vocational Education (NAVE) to evaluate integration of academic and vocational education. NAVE's study has three integration goals: (1) to examine the themes and research issues; (2) to identify data and data gaps; and (3) to address…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Case Studies
Levin, Benjamin – 1983
The integrated model at Westwood Secondary School (Ontario) involves the combination in a single school of vocational programs and regular secondary school programs. The model was implemented in fall 1981 with the entry of vocational students in grades 9 and 10 and will be phased in until all 4 years of vocational programming are offered. Data for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Career Planning, Extracurricular Activities
Costigan, T.; And Others – 1983
Westwood Secondary School (Ontario) has integrated two grades of vocational students with regular secondary students in one school. A summary of findings from surveys and student records indicates that students in the vocational program are integrated with the other students to a considerable extent. At least one regular course is being taken by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Career Planning, Extracurricular Activities
King, Kenneth – 1986
Secondary education in Tanzania has a formal diversified curriculum in agricultural, commercial, technical, and domestic science that is reinforced outside of school hours by a set of powerful pressures on schools to engage in productive work. In many secondary schools there are two different, simultaneous traditions of diversification. The first…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Agricultural Education, Business Education, Developing Nations