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Detzner, Daniel F. – 1979
This paper describes the development of an undergraduate certificate program for direct service workers employed in the field of aging. Currently there is a lack of such training programs because the field of educational gerontology is fairly new, most programs focus on graduate degrees, and there is a widespread misconception that employees…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Curriculum, Educational Change
Download full textKasschau, Richard A. – 1978
Six independent study projects are offered to students in an introductory psychology course at the University of Houston. The projects include a term paper, book critique, independent research project, audio and/or visual demonstration, research assistance to a faculty member, and a community service option. The most popular of these projects is…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Course Organization
Mankiw, Dorothy S.; Elefante, Michael A. – 1973
This teacher's manual presents a course outline for the first semester (270 hours) of a four-semester course in beauty culture. The syllabus is divided into six sections and includes the following areas of instruction: shop, school, and the cosmetologist; sterilization practices in the beauty salon; scalp and hair applications and shampooing; hair…
Descriptors: Cosmetology, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Guides
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
Focusing on railroad occupations, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include brake operators, conductors, locomotive engineers,…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Employment Qualifications
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1975
The guide, developed to assist administrators and teachers involved in starting and administering public service career education programs, suggests guidelines for utilizing the six curriculum guides contained in the Public Service Occupations Curriculum Project. An introductory chapter discusses public service careers, the career education…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education)
Pachucki, Chester – 1969
One of the most significant educational developments in the junior colleges in Illinois is the commitment to career oriented programs. In 1960, five junior colleges offered five specialized technical programs. In the 1968-69 school year, 41 campuses offered 89 areas of specialization with a total of 610 programs including 483 associate degree and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Careers, College Programs
Bowen, Uvelia S. A. – 1970
The guide presents the policies of the Household Employment Association for Reevaluation and Training (HEART) for upgrading the status of household employment. An overview is given of the association's methods of recruitment, training (in its licensed, private trade school), community education, job development, and post-placement counseling. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Ancillary School Services, Career Counseling, Employee Responsibility
Nebraska Occupational Needs Research Coordinating Unit, Lincoln. – 1973
The sixth annual study to determine manpower needs and job opportunities in Nebraska is compiled through employer information regarding the number of persons employed, the job duties of persons employed, and the projection of future needs according to these job descriptions. Since data are presented by "Dictionary of Occupational Titles"…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Annual Reports, Clerical Occupations, Employment Opportunities
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, NY. – 1974
The general goal of this guide is to add a new dimension to the junior high school curriculum in French and Spanish. It is planned as a guide for the implementation of lessons to make students aware that knowledge of a foreign language plays an increasingly important role in many occupations. Three programs were developed around three clusters of…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Opportunities
Carey, Max; Eck, Alan – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1984
Describes results of a survey of workers concerning skills needed to obtain a job and training to improve those skills. Sources of training are explored. Occupational patterns are examined by group: executive, administrative, and managerial; professional specialty; technical; sales; clerical, household; service; farming; precision production; and…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Craft Workers, Farm Occupations, Household Workers
2001
This symposium on measurement and research tools consists of three presentations. "An Examination of the Multiple Intelligences Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS)" (Albert Wiswell et al.) explores MIDAS's psychometric saliency. Findings indicates this instrument represents an incomplete attempt to develop a valid assessment of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Critical Incidents Method, Evaluation Methods
Hater, John J. – 1992
Work Keys (occupational tests developed by American College Testing) could support an employer's human resource function in a number of ways: (1) communicating to educators the skill requirements for an employer's particular jobs on a national basis; (2) providing students with a realistic preview of skills needed for jobs and an assessment of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Construct Validity, Content Validity
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Office of Vocational Education. – 1990
This document lists and describes the courses offered in vocational education programs in eight vocational subject areas in the state of Kentucky. The program areas described include: (1) agricultural science and technology education; (2) alternative vocational/academic programs; (3) business education; (4) health and personal services; (5) home…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education
Union County High School District No. 1, Springfield, NJ. – 1983
This course outline contains materials for use in conducting a course designed to prepare high school students for a number of community service occupations. Addressed in the individual units of the course are the following topics: interpersonal relationships with those needing services (families; aged, poor, handicapped, ill, and pregnant…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Community Services, Consumer Education, Course Descriptions
McCarron, Lawrence T. – 1985
This handbook is intended to provide administrators, vocational counselors, and teachers with a convenient reference of entry-level jobs. The handbook organizes information on over 3,000 jobs into the nine occupational clusters that have been identified by the Department of Labor in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT). Jobs are organized…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Allied Health Occupations, Building Trades, Careers
