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Download full textCommission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). – 1993
This yearbook of PETRA, the European Community's program for providing youths with vocational training and preparing them for adulthood and work, contains 14 articles: "PETRA's Added Value" (Welbers); "Beyond the Fallen Wall" (Hanf); "Project Report: A Flyweight Becomes a Bricklayer"; "PETRA's Southern Tip"…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, International Cooperation
Mortimore, Jo, Ed. – 1984
This publication traces developments in the use of profiles produced over the last two years and attempts to face some difficult and controversial issues raised repeatedly in any consideration of profiling. The introduction addresses assessment issues. Section 2 discusses the technical issues surrounding profiles, or records of achievement, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit, London (England). – 1982
These six papers examine the issues and review some of the current practices in the developing field of profile recording of young people's attainments. An introductory paper, "A Burst of Interest," looks at some reasons why profiling has developed and examines some major issues involved. "Profiles in Training" discusses…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Adolescents, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1994
This volume presents the results of a seminar sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the U.S. Department of Education on the changing role of vocational education and training in Europe. The theme of the seminar--linkages between general and vocational training--represents a central concern of national policies…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Jennings, John F., Ed. – 1994
This book contains 11 essays that follow the community service and student loan legislation as it proceeded through Congress. The essays illuminate the policymaking process by explaining the evolution of new national policies and by tracing the history of these two pieces of legislation. The book is organized in three parts. The first two parts…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, College Students, Community Action, Educational Finance
Rosenbaum, James E.; And Others – 1992
These seven papers offer a menu of alternative approaches to apprenticeships and suggests the advantages and disadvantages of each. "Apprenticeship Learning: Principles for Connecting Schools and Work Places" (James Rosenbaum) indicates how fundamental changes in the global economy virtually require improved education of all youth and why teachers…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Corporate Support, Education Work Relationship, Educational Certificates
Pines, Marion, Ed. – 1999
This document profiles nine youth programs, illustrating concepts, strategies, and lessons available to communities as they start to form an integrated network of essential services designed to prepare out-of-school youth for success in the job market of the 21st century. "Introduction" (Marion Pines) lists considerations when planning a…
Descriptors: Community Development, Conservation (Environment), Counseling Services, Delivery Systems
