This volume outlines the requirements and content of a second-year course in allied health occupations education that is designed to provide students with background informational material and practical skills used in various health fields. Addressed in the individual units of the course are the following topics: safety; ethical and legal…

The numbers of degrees conferred in Connecticut in 1986-87 are reported and discussed by level of degree and discipline. Data on trends and information for use in policymaking are also provided. Highlights include: (1) in 1986-87, 26,663 degrees were awarded by Connecticut's colleges and universities, a decline of 2.8% from the previous year at…

A number of publicly available documents were examined to provide an overview of the operations of secondary vocational education in South Carolina and to assess the outcomes of the system. The focus of the analysis was on the extent to which the state's vocational education system is relevant to the needs of South Carolina's economic development…

Men dominated the teaching positions in five of nine vocational program areas during 1979-80: industrial-arts (96.6 percent of full time positions), agriculture (93.5 percent), technical (92.8 percent), trade and industrial (91.4 percent), and distribution (69.5 percent) according to a survey of 282,292 full time instructional staff analyzed…

Curriculum materials are provided for 15 vocational programs. Each course is divided into units, for which a lesson plan is provided. The lesson plans vary slightly by course but generally contain these components: unit title, goal and/or objective, content outline, rationale, procedures, a list of required materials, recommended form of…

This instructor's manual consists of materials for use in introducing middle and junior high school students to various aspects of the practical health care arts, including health education and communication, prevention, treatment and care, and administration. Included in the first part of the manual are a program master sequence, a listing of…

The basic purposes of the Profile Examination for Physician Extenders (PEPE) project included: (1) development of a computerized test item bank from which Profile Examinations could be generated, (2) review and analysis of curricula for the allied health groups, and (3) assessment of the reliability and validity of the Profile Examinations. The…

The study focused on women's education in eight health professions: medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, and public health. Its central tasks were to identify and explore the barriers to success that women face as school applicants and students. Almost 600 interviews were conducted with…

This handbook for school administrators and cooperative education coordinators describes State of New York cooperative occupational education programs. It is divided into three sections that focus on program administration, program organization, and program operation. Section 1, Program Administration, presents a philosophy of cooperative…

This issue contains over 300 abstracts selected from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education related to vocational and technical education curriculum products from the June 1980 through June 1981 Resources in Education. Abstracts, ordered by ED number, may include some or all of the following information: author, title,…

This document contains evaluations of the thirty vocational/career education programs funded during the 1979-80 school year in the School District of Philadelphia. The first section consists of a brief summary of the conclusions and recommendations concerning each program. The remainder of the document consists of the complete evaluation reports…

This resource guide for classroom teachers contains annotations of resources representing recent instructional development in competency-based education for health occupations. It is also intended to assist curriculum specialists, administrators, and supervisors in development of performance-based instructional programs. The guide is divided into…

This handbook of promising practices in Oregon career and vocational education contains descriptions of 46 practices in the areas of career awareness, career exploration, career preparation, and career specialization. Practices are reported according to the following format: topic, intended users, purpose, available products, resources needed, and…

This document is a teaching unit of the Coordinated Career Education Curriculum Guide, available separately in ERIC--see note. It provides learning activities for 15 career clusters to be explored by special needs students. The career clusters covered in the unit include agribusiness and natural resources, business and office, communication and…

A detailed statistical review of state support for health manpower training during 1973, 1974, and 1975 with an inventory of state expenditures for specific health occupations in 32 states are presented in Volume One of this two-volume study conducted for the Health Resources Administration. Objectives of the study included: investigation of the…