Fifteen papers presented at conferences throughout Europe and in the USSR, Nigeria, Japan, Jamaica, and Tunesia provide an introduction to the research work being done by the graduate level Department of Geography for Education (G.ED.) at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. An introductory chapter describes the three G.ED. modules, which…

Drawing from existing records, documents, and data files, this report provides a comprehensive assessment of the status of vocational education in California's community colleges. Part I offers an executive summary of the study, including major factors affecting the status of vocational education in community colleges, key findings,…

This guide, which is one in the "Exploration" series of curriculum guides intended to assist junior high and middle school industrial educators in helping their students explore diverse industrial situations and technologies used in industry, deals with exploring computer technology. The following topics are covered in the individual…

The Center for Career Development Services in Tallahassee, Florida, recently updated and revised its Job Related Physical Capacities Project (JRPC). The project provides career information as well as specialized information about how disabled persons can expect their handicaps to influence their occupational choices and how the handicap can be…

This document contains the proceedings of a conference on the themes of career competency, consumer education, and consumer research conducted in April 1982. The proceedings consist of 69 research reports (each with abstract) as well as a list of the conference participants, their affiliations, and addresses. The reports, which are indexed by…

A project was undertaken to establish plans for a network through which postsecondary vocational home economics institutions in Texas could exchange instructional materials. After reviewing current literature on the idea of an instructional materials exchange, project staff mailed letters to the Board of Education in each of the 50 states…

Presented are the proceedings of a national conference of the Professional Association for Computing and Information Technology, formerly known as the College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE). Papers are organized according to the conference's eight concurrent tracks in the areas of policy and planning, managing technologies integration,…

This annual report focuses on the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC)/State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (SOICC) Network as a formal and effective mechanism for coordinating the activities of numerous federal and state agencies with respect to occupational information and its delivery. Summarized in…

Approximately 300 Australian users and non-users of the biomedical computerized data base, MEDLARS, were surveyed by mailed questionnaire in an attempt to determine the needs of present and potential users of the system and their prior experiences with computerized as well as other information services. Results of the survey reveal: (1) an…

This book was designed to serve as a guide for vocational education administrators in implementing comprehensive program planning (the process of forecasting the future and then preparing for it) as called for in the Education Amendments of 1976. The content is presented in ten chapters. The first provides an overview of comprehensive planning in…

A project was developed to design and implement a management information system (MIS) to provide decision makers with accurate, usable, and timely data and information concerning input, output, and impact of vocational education. The objectives were to (1) design an MIS embracing student accounting, fiscal accounting, manpower analysis, and…

This paper describes an information system designed for data-based decision making by a state vocational education agency in prioritizing courses for instructional materials development or acquisition. This needs assessment system is the second part of a project which focused attention on the need for competency-based instruction. The information…

This booklet explains the federal government's purpose and procedures for conducting a survey to determine civil service employees' skills, knowledges, and abilities so that they may be more fully utilized and/or developed. In section I the term "skills survey" is defined and its functions are viewed as part of an upward mobility…

This document is a compilation of papers on adult basic education in corrections presented at eight seminars held for decision makers in corrections. (The seminars provided training in the systems approach for planning and evaluating adult basic education programs for adult offenders in correctional institutions.) The first section focuses on the…

The purpose of this study of modern communications technology in education is to present a systematic conceptual approach for analyzing instructional technology, to identify research and development priorities in less developed countries, and to formulate 26 high priority projects to be undertaken in the coming years. Chapter I summarizes the…