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Edwards, Charles W., III – 1984
The need for the development of a biotechnician curriculum was investigated. A search for operational job descriptions for biotechnicians was conducted. Industry consensus was that this is a generic term too broad to be useful. Biotechnology companies within a 300-mile radius of Chicago and universities and other colleges in Illinois that hire…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Development, DNA, Educational Research
Download full textLegacy, James – 1980
A project was conducted to (1) validate meat processing and grain elevator operation tasks for Illinois by relevant agricultural businesses, (2) conduct a national review of teaching materials in the target agribusiness areas, and (3) provide inservice training and develop a self-instruction, competency-based curriculum guide for Illinois…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Legacy, James – 1980
A project was conducted to (1) identify all the competencies that are most essential for the most common first-level jobs in the field of automotive and petroleum, (2) identify the common career ladders and the most important criteria for promotion in the field and (3) prepare a curriculum guide that includes a provision both for teaching the…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
JACOBSEN, ECKHART A.; SWANSON, MERLYN – 1966
THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO SURVEY AND IDENTIFY TECHNOLOGICAL MANPOWER NEEDS OF INDUSTRY AND TO RELATE THESE NEEDS TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION. A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY METHOD WAS EMPLOYED FOR THE INVESTIGATION. APPROXIMATELY 11,000 COMPANIES WERE SELECTED FOR SATURATION MAILINGS. THE STUDY RESULTS WERE BASED UPON…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Industrial Arts, Industrial Education
Scarborough, Jule Dee – 1989
A manufacturing curriculum for secondary vocational programs was designed to bridge the gap between grades 9-10 level courses and the community college-level curriculum of the Illinois Plan for Industrial Education. During the project, a literature review of manufacturing curriculum materials was conducted, a manufacturing conceptual framework was…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Course Content, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Heath, Walter D.; Spetz, Sally H. – 1980
This curriculum resource guide, one of seven developed by the State of Illinois to present information on new and emerging curricula existing in the nation, can be used as a basis for local educators to determine the resources needed to offer industrial hygiene technician curricula and to initiate curriculum development at the local level.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Allied Health Occupations Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Associate Degrees
