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Ornelas, India J.; Schwartz, Malaika; Sabin, Janice A.; Frogner, Bianca K. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2022
Health professions students can increase their understanding of how social determinants impact health equity through experiential learning opportunities. Using key informant interviews with faculty and staff familiar with experiential education programs in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and social work, we sought to…
Descriptors: Health Occupations, Experiential Learning, Professional Education, Training
Rolston, Howard; Copson, Elizabeth; Gardiner, Karen – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2017
This report provides evidence on the implementation and early impacts of one promising effort to meet the needs of low-income students and local employers for skilled workers, the Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement (VIDA). VIDA, a community-based organization, is one of nine career pathways programs in the Pathways for Advancing…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Low Income Students
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Van Overschelde, James P.; Saunders, Jane M.; Ash, Gwynne Ellen – Middle School Journal, 2017
The university's teacher preparation program has implemented and continually refined a professional development school program, with extended university-school relationships in its middle-level certification program. This program offers dialogue, targeted learning activities, and intensive field-based experiences to help ease preservice teachers…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Teacher Persistence, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Patton, Janet C. – 1994
A project was conducted in Texas to update office education curriculum based on previously developed workplace outcomes and integration of competencies identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). One course, Business Computer Applications I, was chosen as the model for the project. During the project, activities…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Development
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Career and Technology Education. – 1997
This guide was developed to provide local district administrators, counselors, and teachers in Texas information to implement a high-quality business education program. It contains 10 sections that cover the following the following topics: (1) purpose of business education; (2) general information (crosswalk of courses, types of courses, honors…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Business Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Bouton, Richard A. – 1989
A distance learning program implemented in 1987-88 to teach Health Care Science was modified to include the clinical experience appropriate for Health Occupations I during 1988-89. The teaching team included an instructional coordinator/teacher and four regional clinical coordinators. A total of 19 juniors and seniors at 7 rural school districts…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education
San Antonio Coll., TX. – 1984
A research project was conducted to develop an advanced child care administration course teaching microcomputer utilization for child care administrators. After a technical advisory committee generated and prioritized a list of tasks typically performed by child care administrators, a tentative course overview was developed. Eighteen of the 24…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrator Education, Child Care Occupations, Computer Literacy
Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Dept. of Agricultural Education. – 1992
This curriculum guide was developed to help teachers in Texas provide training in occupational-related agricultural education to persons both in groups and on the job. The guide is organized in 33 sections. The first section covers group instruction with the remaining sections covering the following occupational titles: farm equipment operator;…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations
Holder, Doyle – 1981
This handbook is designed to help Texas junior/community college administrators and instructor-coordinators of marketing and distributive education to plan, implement, operate, and expand mid-management programs. The handbook contains five sections. Following the introductory first section that reviews the purpose, history, philosophy, and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business Administration, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Opp, Ronald D., Ed.; And Others – 1996
A research team gathered and disseminated information on effective tech prep policies and practices for developing and evaluating program curriculums in the broad career pathways of allied health, business, and engineering technology in Texas. Data were gathered through interviews, site visits, document analysis, and surveys. Curricular documents…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), Business Administration, Career Guidance
Williams, Catherine – 1979
This manual is the second part of a two-volume teacher's guide to a series of instructional units for use in health occupations education programs in Texas. Covered in the 10 units included in this volume are the following topics: special procedures (administering oxygen to patients; using elastic bandages; assisting with postural drainage; and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Anatomy, Behavioral Objectives, Clinical Diagnosis
Wircenski, Jerry L.; Sarkees, Michelle D. – 1990
This final report and curriculum guide are products of a project conducted to improve existing at-risk programs through cooperation between vocational and academic personnel by coordinating lesson plans. The following project activities are described: (1) a literature review on the diverse needs of at-risk students enrolled in an alternative to…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Computers, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills