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Download full textDawe, Susan – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
Australia, in common with many industrialised countries, must adjust in the coming years to an ageing population. The labour force participation rate is projected to fall and there will be a record number of older people who have retired from work. Thus, there will be fewer workers as a share of the population to generate the income needed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Workers, Aging (Individuals), Preretirement Education
Peer reviewedDial, J. G.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
This study, in which 237 blind persons were administered the Comprehensive Vocational Evaluation System (CVES), found that the CVES was significantly able to predict subjects' vocational placement and independent living levels as determined by rehabilitation personnel. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Employment Potential, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBullis, Michael; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1994
The Transition Competence Battery for Deaf Adolescents and Young Adults consists of six subtests related to employment and independent living, and uses booklets and videotapes/videodisks with questions presented in sign language. Comparison of alternative formats indicated that group administration of the multiple-choice format produced acceptable…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Daily Living Skills, Deafness, Educational Technology
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Support Programs. – 1988
An evaluation project determined the effectiveness of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) 8 percent programs operated during the 1987-88 school year in North Carolina. Data were reported by 19 JTPA 8 percent program sites. Five different JTPA project activities were evaluated: Extended School Day (ESD), Pre-Employment Skills Training,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Guidance, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Guagenti-Tax, Elena; Mulvihill, Lee – 1992
This paper describes an evaluation of a prevocational Work Experience Project called New Leaf, which offers unemployed homeless men and women the opportunity to acquire essential work-related social and employment skills in connection with vocational and educational services and drug-free treatment in a therapeutic community. The evaluation covers…
Descriptors: Drug Rehabilitation, Employment Experience, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
