For use by educational planners desiring to match occupational supply and demand data, this report contains conversion tables intended to provide a bridge between the system used to classify occupations in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' National/State Industry-Occupation Matrix System and the system used by the Office of Education to classify…

This annotated bibliography lists publications of interest to curriculum researchers. It includes publications related to ways of speeding up the data collection and analysis phase of curriculum development as well as some publications relating to quantitative analysis methods. Papers, manuals, guides, workshop materials, learning modules,…

The research, based on 49 doctoral dissertations concerned with or related to career education, presents tabulated and narrative summaries on their areas of emphasis, research methodology, implementation, domains, and significance. Recommendations for further research are listed in the 31-page presentation. The 160-page appendix contains abstracts…

A literature review suggests that occupational high schools and career academies can raise academic achievement, reduce dropout, and instill career aspirations. Integration is complicated by a web of policies and practices and negative images of vocational education. More attention should be paid to postsecondary integration. (JOW)

A study examined the feasibility of performing a national cost-benefit analysis of secondary, postsecondary, and adult vocational education. The study involved three components: a survey of the state of the art of utilizing cost-benefit methodologies to evaluate the returns on investments in vocational education; an overview of the potential…

This report examines the state of the art of utilizing cost-benefit methodologies to evaluate the returns on investments in vocational education. The objectives and format of the report and the literature search methodology employed in it are outlined. Presented next is an overview of the diverse literature related to cost-benefit analysis,…

The results are briefly summarized of a study to investigate the relationship of factors other than job skills (such as social skills, life style, mobility, family relationships, and contextual factors) to the long range success of vocational and technical training programs. Data were gathered about students in secondary and postsecondary…

A literature search conducted during the Project, Teaching Basic Skills Through Vocational Education, focused on three main topics: instructional program data, basic skills, and instructional materials. High enrollment areas and high employment areas were first identified using such instructional program data as enrollment patterns and projected…

A review of followup study research is reported which focused on issues and trends in the evaluation of vocational education programs and their implications for human resource development. The analysis of representative studies selected from a survey of the literature is divided into four sections, one for each of four types of studies: (1)…

Written in French, this volume offers foreign scholars a comprehensive view of ideas and events that influenced Rumanian schools and pedagogy in 1983 and 1984. The first part of the work consists of selected quotations from the writings of the distinguished Rumanian educator Onisifor Ghibu (1883-1972). Part 2, entitled "Rumanian Trends in…

This journal is published quarterly by Project SHARE, a clearinghouse for improving the management of human services. Each Journal announces 150 of the documents included in the SHARE automated data base on subjects of concern to those responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of human services. The Journal is divided into four parts:…

Developed to aid vocational educators and counselors in securing resources for eliminating sex bias and role stereotyping, this bibliography contains references organized by the following topics: sex role stereotyping; textbook-curriculum bias; women in the labor force; careers and occupations; males in nontraditional roles; vocational education…

This journal provides abstracts of 150 documents included in the data base of Project SHARE, a Clearinghouse for Improving the Management of Human Services. These documents are on subjects of concern, interest, and importance to those responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of human services. Abstracts, arranged in alphabetical…

This journal provides abstracts of 150 documents included in the data base of Project SHARE, a Clearinghouse for Improving the Management of Human Services. These documents are on subjects of concern, interests, and importance to those responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of human services. Abstracts, arranged in alphabetical…

This report describes the current educational and employment situation of Australian Indigenous youth in terms of their pathways from school to work. A literature review and analysis of statistical data identify barriers to successful transition from school to work, including forms of teaching, curriculum, and assessment that pose greater…