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Greenwood, Katy; And Others – 1981
The first in a series of publications addressing issues of linkage and coordination of job training programs in Texas, this paper focuses on the background of federal and state events requiring new strategies for coordination of job training programs in Texas and examines the nature and purpose of coordination of job training activities and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Coordination
Schambier, Robert F. – 1981
Teachers are alienated and dissatisfied with their jobs and often "burn out" because they must work in a bureaucratic structure in which all or most decisions are made by administrators and are expected to be carried out by the professionals, rather than being made by the professionals or in collaboration. This pyramidal structure or organization…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Adult Education
Ministry of Education, Copenhagen (Denmark). – 1981
This report sketches educational and vocational guidance in Denmark. It begins with a historical account of developments in the areas of career and school counseling. Outlined next are guidance programs at the following levels: folkeskole, gymnasium and studenterkursus (upper secondary education), higher preparatory examination, vocational school,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Counseling, Coordination, Correctional Institutions
Coleman, Deborah D., Ed. – 1979
This annotated bibliography presents selected references from various bodies of literature which pertain to experiential education in the workplace. (CSS)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Students, Career Education, Career Guidance
Benet, James, Ed.; Daniels, Arlene Kaplan, Ed. – 1980
Spurred on by such discussions of education as Jenk's "Inequality" and Coleman's controversial pronouncements on desegregation orders and "white flight," this anthology focuses on the efficacy of educational reform. The articles were compiled from two issues of the journal "Social Problems." The introductory essay by…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingualism, Black Students, College Faculty
Lwin, Tun – 1978
Since the 1964 introduction of the New System of Education, based on socialistic moral values and vocational and science training, Burma has attempted to combine formal and non-formal education with productive work experiences. Through a well organized program of compulsory primary education, mass literacy, combined vocational and general…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Correspondence Study, Curriculum Development
Ministry of Education, Bangkok (Thailand). – 1978
Reflected in priorities of secondary vocational training, agricultural education, and nonformal short courses, Thailand's education policy of "productive work experience" helps solve the problems of those who have an incomplete general education, have negative work attitudes and habits, are untrained dropouts, or are vocationally trained…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Affective Objectives, Agency Role, Agricultural Education
Orfield, Gary – 1975
The difficulties of sorting out the various forces working toward accelerated suburbanization are first discussed in this paper. Secondly, it describes the very severe long term problem of flight not caused by desegregation plans but tending to undermine their viability. Thirdly, it suggests that not only central cities but some inner suburbs as…
Descriptors: Black Students, Black Youth, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Grabowski, Stanley M., Ed. – 1973
This bibliography contains citations for dissertations pertaining to the education or training of adults. The dissertations include those completed under the guidance of professors in member institutions of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education, those under the guidance of professors from other institutions not associated with the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administrator Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Office of International and Bilingual Education. – 1976
The Texas Education Agency provides bilingual education/teacher training institutes and contracts with school districts, colleges, universities, education service centers and individuals to conduct these institutes throughout the state. This manual was developed as a guide or model for the implementation of the training institutes. The manual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Educational Media
Wiseman, Alexander W.; Alromi, Naif – 2002
A cross-national analysis was conducted to identify contextual influences that shape policies regarding the school-to-work transition and education-work linkages. The study's theoretical framework included principles based on technical-rational perspectives and neo-institutional perspectives. The study tested the following hypotheses: (1) schools…
Descriptors: Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Context Effect
Shohet, Linda – 2002
The concepts of literacy and health have been evolving and broadening, and interest in the connections between the two has been growing in Australia and elsewhere. However, the scope of practices related to health literacy in the health fields and in the adult literacy education field have remained fairly static. Research has identified the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Achievement Rating, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Livingstone, D. W. – 2001
A study provided extensive statistics and documentation of Canadian adults' work and learning activities. The study included statistics for household labor and community volunteer activities as well as paid employment. Learning activities included both formal course work and informal learning, as well as on-the-job training. Data sources were the…
Descriptors: Adults, Change, Developed Nations, Economic Development
Plewis, Ian; Preston, John – 2001
This document presents the key principles underpinning effective evaluations as applied to policy initiatives in the field of lifelong learning (LL) and the various methods available to implement them. The following are among the topics discussed in Chapters 1-6: (1) the distinction between monitoring, modeling, and evaluation and considerations…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness
Department for Education and Employment, London (England). – 2000
A working group of professionals and practitioners from across England was formed to identify the basic skills needs of and adults with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and to determine how to better meet those needs. The working group sent out a "call for evidence" and used its own networks to gather evidence. The evidence was…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
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