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Bers, Trudy – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
In this article, the author writes from the perspective of a community college research practitioner, an institutional researcher whose daily work is intended primarily to affect policies, procedures and understanding of student learning and institutional effectiveness. The audience for this work is composed of faculty, administrators, staff,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Institutional Evaluation, Learning Modules, Audits (Verification)
Mid-America Vocational Curriculum Consortium, Stillwater, OK. – 1992
The competencies in this professional development guide are considered important to successful vocational teaching at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Each instructional unit provides learning experiences that integrate theory and application. Eight units are included: (1) planning for competency-based education; (2) aligning curriculum;…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1988
This guide is intended for use in teaching a capstone course in technology education at the 12th-grade level. The course is designed to lead students through a formal hands-on study of the research process as it is applied to development operations in an industrial setting. The first two sections discuss the guide's development within the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Grade 12, High Schools, Industrial Arts
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Thomas, Selby Greer; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1996
A two-year community pharmacy clinical experience using self-directed learning modules is described and evaluated. The modules were designed to stimulate interest in community pharmacy, motivate learning by demonstrating applicability of didactic work to contemporary practice, develop communication and psychosocial skills, and promote…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Communication Skills, Family (Sociological Unit)
National Staff Development Committee for Vocational Education and Training, Chadstone (Australia). – 1993
This module is the fourth of five integrated professional development modules for adult literacy and basic education (ALBE) personnel. This module is in the form of a 6-hour workshop, the purposes of which are to develop further the practitioners' knowledge of the theoretical basis of teaching literacy in ALBE programs, to provide a supportive…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Teacher Education
Sawbridge, Stephen J. – 2001
This document is intended to help practitioners and researchers in the United Kingdom find and use Internet-based research resources dealing with raising achievement. The introduction discusses the state of research into school effectiveness in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Part A, which reviews available World Wide Web sites devoted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adoption (Ideas), Basic Skills
Fitzsimons, Gail E. – 2002
This book, aimed at mathematics and vocational educators and researchers, analyzes the historical, sociological, and practical elements of mathematics within vocational education against the emerging impact of technology. Focus is on the current situation of mathematics within Australian vocational and technical education and how that might be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Cultural Images, Developed Nations