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Colletta, Nat J.; And Others – 1996
In Sub-Saharan Africa, severe adverse conditions have placed children at high risk: persistent and worsening poverty, rapid economic change and population growth, increasing urbanization, a changing family structure, growing numbers of orphaned refugees, and displaced women and children from internal civil strife. These conditions make a viable…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Child Health, Developmental Delays
Wood, Chip – 1997
Expanded from its previous edition to include ages 13 and 14, this book provides teachers and parents with a quick reference on important childhood developmental issues, explaining what children should be learning and doing in the classroom at each developmental stage. The book begins by discussing how developmental issues can affect…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Development
Klugman, Edgar, Ed. – 1995
In 1992, the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), in conjunction with Wheelock College (Boston), sponsored its second workshop on children's play, entitled "Play and Cognitive Ability: The Cultural Context." This volume reflects the presentations and discussions held at the workshop, offering perspectives on children's play…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development
Hall, Douglas T.; And Others – 1996
This book contains 14 research-based chapters on adult career development in the age of downsizing, outsourcing, and new career paths. The introduction (Douglas T. Hall) describes the relational approach to careers as the recognition that career development and growth take place in a context of interdependence and mutuality. The following chapters…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1992
Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified competency profile for work and family life courses. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Planning, Child Rearing, Competency Based Education
de la Garza, Bridget; And Others – 1993
The Employability Skills Curriculum is a functional curriculum designed to help in teaching critical employability skills to students with mild disabilities. The curriculum sequence focuses upon the skills of getting a job and holding that job over time. The 65 lesson plans are organized into 13 units which cover: (1) preparing to look for a job,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Curriculum, Daily Living Skills
Massachusetts Career Development Inst., Springfield. – 1998
This document contains a competency-based workplace literacy curriculum that is intended to develop workers' reading comprehension skills by building on their prior knowledge and integrating job-related reading materials actually used by workers on the job with other academic reading materials and textbooks. Designed to be used in conjunction with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education
Stevens, Paul – 1990
This book is designed to help people develop an action plan to enhance their situation at work. Part 1 focuses on political behavior at work as a key to advancement. It discusses assessing career setbacks and recovery from them. Subsequent sections focus on the following areas of self-study that are necessary to enable the individual to manage…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Development, Career Education
Starrfield, Susan – 1991
A study was conducted in 1989 at South Mountain Community College (SMCC) to identify first-time college students who had earned 12 semester hours of transferable credits at SMCC since 1984 and to identify the students within this group who actually transferred. Once these students were identified, they were described in terms of age, ethnicity,…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1990
This test item bank is keyed to the recently revised Secretarial Technology/Office Technology Competency Profile and based on information and procedures contained in the three-volume Secretarial Technology/Office Technology Curriculum Guide. Individual test items may be adapted for use with other sources. At least four test items per task…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Career Exploration, Careers
Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Vocational Education Services. – 1985
This guide is intended to assist students enrolled in programs to train nursing assistants for employment in an Indiana long-term health care facility. The first part discusses human development (growth, aging, and dying); communication with residents; sexuality; legal, ethical, and professional responsibilities of nursing assistants in long-term…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists
Woolner, Rosestelle B., Ed. – 1987
Speakers at the Lipman Research Institute's inaugural symposium examined research and issues related to appropriate programs for 4-year-olds. David Weikart described the Perry Preschool Project, an ongoing study begun in 1962 of 123 black youths at risk of failing, and the High/Scope Preschool Curriculum Study. Jane Stallings covered short-term…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Conferences
Georgia State Univ., Atlanta. Center for Vocational Leadership. – 1984
This publication contains lists of job responsibilities and related competencies needed by Georgia's vocational education administrators. Competency lists are provided for local system director or Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) coordinator, vocational high school supervisor, postsecondary area school director, postsecondary adult…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adult Vocational Education, Coordinators, Educational Administration
Marshall Univ., Huntington, WV. Dept. of Home Economics. – 1982
Designed to accompany Surviving Today's Experiences and Problems Successfully (STEPS) for 9th and 10th grade home economics courses, this volume consists of individualized learning packages dealing with four areas: management/family economics, human development, housing, and foods/nutrition. The book is divided into four parts. First, the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Competency Based Education, Contraception, Cooking Instruction
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1984
This curriculum course guide lists requirements for the various courses that could be offered in an office occupations program in the postsecondary vocational-technical schools of Louisiana. Descriptions are provided for these curricula: account clerk, administrative/office assistant, secretary/stenographer (including three specialized areas:…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Correspondence, Business Education, Business English