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Bottoms, Gene; Pucel, David J.; Phillips, Ione – 1997
This document is intended to help high school vocational-technical teachers design courses that result in high-quality learning for all their students. The book's seven chapters detail this process for designing courses that achieve the following results: model the concept of quality; produce independent learners; develop active participants in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Brown, William E., Jr.; Dotterer, Robert W.; Gainor, Dia; Judd, Richard L.; Larmon, Baxter; Lewis, Kathryn M.; Margolis, Gregg S.; Mercer, Steve; Mistovich, Joseph J.; Newell, Lawrence D.; Politis, Jonathan F.; Stoy, Walt A.; Stupar, James A.; Walz, Bruce J.; Wagoner, Robert – 1999
This document, which replaces the 1985 national guidelines for emergency medical technician (EMT) continuing education (CE), presents guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating CE for EMTs. The introduction explains the process used to develop the revised guidelines. Section 1 discusses the following competency assurance principles…
Descriptors: Accidents, Allied Health Occupations Education, Competence, Competency Based Education
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 1999
This three-volume report provides a comprehensive picture of the vocational education and training system in Australia, its key policies, initiatives undertaken and achievements during 1999. This publication is composed of volumes 1 and 2. Volume 3 is available separately. Volume 1, National Overview, describes the national vocational education…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Annual Reports
Lewis, Morgan V. – 1999
The standards established by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology were examined through mail surveys of samples of current students, graduates, and employers. In addition, administrators of all accredited schools and colleges and the corporate offices of schools that have such offices were asked to rate sections…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Administrator Attitudes
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2004
The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Act 2000 placed a duty on councils: (1) to have regard to the value of stable family life in children's development; (2) to provide education appropriate in content and approach to pupils' age, understanding and stage of development; (3) to work with parents and put in place direct procedures for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inspection, Family Life, Best Practices
Fretwell, David H.; Lewis, Morgan V.; Deij, Arjen – 2001
The key issues, alternatives, and implications for developing countries to consider when designing systems to define occupational standards, related training standards, and assessments were analyzed. The analysis focused on the following issues: the rationale for development of standards; clarification of definitions, terminology, and assumptions;…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comparative Education, Cooperative Planning, Developed Nations
Phelps, D. Jason – 2002
Many believe that the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 represents the most sweeping national education reform legislation in decades. NCLB's provisions have created numerous potential opportunities and challenges for career and technical education (CTE), including in the following areas: (1) teacher quality; (2) expansion of the Education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Access to Education, Coordination
Nashashibi, Pauline – 2002
This document explores the United Kingdom's developing practice of recognizing adult students' achievement in ways that make flexible use of the learning outcomes methodology, provide a mix of accredited and non-credited work, and are sensitive to the ethos of adult learning. (That ethos is often characterized by adult students' desire for…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Rating, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1997
This congressional report contains testimony examining the status of vocational assistance and its role in work force development and the Clinton Administration's views on reforming the federal investment in vocational education. Testimony was provided by two U.S. senators (James M. Jeffords, Vermont; Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts) and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
LaBonty, Dennis, Ed. – 1998
This book contains 15 papers devoted to the following topics of interest to business educators: the Internet's history and management; Internet applications related to the National Standards for Business Education; and the Internet's connection with the business education profession. The following papers are included: "Vignettes in the…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Business, Business Administration, Business Education
Richards, Greg – 2001
The extent of cross-border mobility in the tourism sector of the European Union (EU) was examined, along with its relationship to the transparency and recognition of qualifications. The study focused on the current and historical levels of mobility in the tourism industry, policies on transparency and recognition of qualifications, and existing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Career Change, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Stevens, David W. – 2001
The passage of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 (Perkins III) and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) marked a new era in the performance accountability partnership among the states, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Evaluation of vocational education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Data Collection, Definitions
Hoachlander, Gary – 1998
The issue of developing a new framework of industry programs for vocational education in the United States was examined in a study of the current status of programmatic structures nationally and among the 50 states. The following are among the topics that were explored: (1) the rationale for a new programmatic framework in the context of changing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Classification, Curriculum Development
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Voithofer, Rick – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2005
Based on a partnership between a teacher preparation program and an urban school district, this study evaluates a project that used a service-learning model to connect preservice teachers to working teachers to help the working teachers integrate technology into their teaching while giving the preservice teachers an authentic context for their…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Urban Schools, Technology Integration
Jones, Cheryl; Potter, Mary; Ebrahim, Nazir – 2001
This document is intended to assist teachers and managers in England's schools sector in their efforts to introduce an effective and flexible curriculum at Key stage 4 (ages 14-16) that extends to work-related learning. The first two-thirds of the document discusses the following steps in managing curriculum change: (1) make curriculum change a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Administrator Guides, Articulation (Education)
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