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Weiner, Charles S. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1995
A teacher of high school students with learning disabilities suggests that not enough is demanded of these students. He describes his classroom program, which focuses on the specific challenges students will face and the standards they will have to meet in the adult world of work. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, High Schools
Baumgart, Diane; Anderson, Jane – 1987
The guide, developed by the Secondary Transition and Employment Project (STEP) in Idaho, is intended to provide students with mild handicaps with systematic individual assessment of vocational preferences and instruction in work-related skills. The curriculum stresses parent involvement, vocational training beginning at the 7th or 8th grade…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Mild Disabilities
Baumgart, Diane; Purdy, Susan – 1987
The guide, developed by the Secondary Transition and Employment Project (STEP) in Idaho, is intended to provide students with severe handicaps with systematic individual assessment of vocational preferences and instruction in work-related skills. The curriculum stresses parent involvement, vocational training beginning at the 7th or 8th grade…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Parent Role

Razeghi, Jane A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1998
Describes several general dropout prevention strategies, presents information on career education and its phases (career awareness, career orientation, career exploration, and career preparation), and discusses the importance of career education for children with disabilities. How career education can be integrated into the curriculum is also…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning, Curriculum Development
Howell, Richard L. – Parks and Recreation, 1983
The tourist industry is one of the healthiest and most promising career markets for graduates of recreation education programs. Considerations that should be weighed in selecting tourism education curricula are discussed. (PP)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Wandry, Donna L., Ed. – 1989
The monograph presents eight articles concerned with research, collaboration, and development of alternatives for skilled technical education for those underserved individuals now exiting the educational system ill-prepared for careers. The first two articles present a statement of the educational needs of individuals who are mildly-to-moderately…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Jennings, Gerald L. – 1988
This discussion of the need for and efforts to develop technological education in K-12 schools argues that the United States must achieve an acceptable level of technological literacy among its children if it is to maintain its competitive edge. Thus, technology is being suggested as an additional domain of knowledge (along with the sciences,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Mikulecky, Larry; And Others – 1992
This guide, based on the Model Workplace Literacy Training Program for Indiana State Employees established at the Indiana Women's Prison in 1991, provides practical advice on developing workplace literacy programs. The guide is organized in six chapters, following an introduction that describes the origins of the Indiana program and outlines the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Milliner, Gladys W. – 1983
The process of designing a program teaching technical and professional communication skills should begin with a definition of the problem. An analysis of community needs and student backgrounds and interests should be made to effectively tailor the course to students and their career fields. Such consideration was given to two technical…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development
Stepping Out: An Overview of the STEP Curriculum. Secondary Transition and Employment Project: STEP.
Baumgart, Diane; Anderson, Jane – 1987
The guide, developed by the Secondary Transition and Employment Project (STEP) in Idaho, provides an overview of its sequential vocational curriculum intended to help students with mild, moderate, and severe handicaps to: (1) identify their vocational preferences and aptitudes; (2) use community resources to find out about jobs; (3) observe and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship

Cooledge, Nancy – Journal of Educational Public Relations, 1984
Steps for developing successful school-business partnerships are outlined. Six successful urban programs are also described. (MD)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning

Finkelstein, Marvin S. – Teaching Sociology, 1990
Asserts that sociology is losing ground to other disciplines and programs that are engaged more actively in the workplace. Proposes that, because of the vast changes in the workplace, there is a more active and more applied role for sociology that may help to provide greater opportunities for students and faculty. (DB)
Descriptors: Career Development, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Bruckmann, Clive G. – 1983
Evidence from studies in South Africa and Britain indicates a lack of consensus on whether communication studies should be taught in the engineering curriculum, who should teach it, how or when it should be taught, and what should be taught. Those planning communication courses must understand both engineering rhetoric and professional and student…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Research
Monnin, Lloyd N. – 1981
This three-part address comments upon the place of the humanities in the community college curriculum, summarizes the content of a summer institute sponsored by the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA), and considers the integration of the humanities and business education in community colleges. In the first section, comments by CCHA's…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Baumgart, Diane; Perino, Daniel M. – 1987
The guide, developed by the Secondary Transition and Employment Project (STEP) in Idaho, describes a rationale and model for implementing secondary/vocational assessment of students with disabilities that is integrated with curriculum and transition strategies. Assessment and curricular strategies are particularly intended for students in rural…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship