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Mid-America Vocational Curriculum Consortium, Stillwater, OK. – 1992
The competencies in this professional development guide are considered important to successful vocational teaching at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Each instructional unit provides learning experiences that integrate theory and application. Eight units are included: (1) planning for competency-based education; (2) aligning curriculum;…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development
Hunter, John – 2001
The theory of scientific management was established as a way to increase workers' productivity. The following are among the key principles underpinning scientific management: task simplification and division of labor boost productivity; management must control the planning of work down to its minutiae; and remuneration should be based on output.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Competence, Competency Based Education, Educational Principles
Sanguinetti, Jill, Ed.; Bradshaw, Delia, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 10 papers about and from a national forum that was conducted by the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARC) to gather various perspectives on the inclusion of literacy and numeracy standards in Australia's national training packages and to discuss research about the implementation of training…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
Sanguinetti, Jill, Ed.; Hartley, Robyn, Ed. – 2000
The six state-based research centers of the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARC) investigated the effects of inclusion of literacy and numeracy standards in Australia's national training packages and the standards' impact on the quality of learning and work outcomes. The six ALNARC projects, which used a case study…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
Fitzsimons, Gail E. – 2002
This book, aimed at mathematics and vocational educators and researchers, analyzes the historical, sociological, and practical elements of mathematics within vocational education against the emerging impact of technology. Focus is on the current situation of mathematics within Australian vocational and technical education and how that might be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Cultural Images, Developed Nations