Descriptor
| Educational Needs | 78 |
| Program Improvement | 78 |
| Statewide Planning | 78 |
| Vocational Education | 45 |
| Secondary Education | 43 |
| Postsecondary Education | 38 |
| Needs Assessment | 29 |
| Program Effectiveness | 24 |
| Program Evaluation | 22 |
| Program Development | 17 |
| Educational Planning | 16 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| Black, Hartzel | 3 |
| Tebo, Jack | 3 |
| Mabe, Shirley | 2 |
| Adams, Kay Angona | 1 |
| Atteberry, Jim W. | 1 |
| Barber, Shirley L. | 1 |
| Barr, Lowell L. | 1 |
| Beckwith, Robert | 1 |
| Berkey, Arthur L. | 1 |
| Bishop, Douglas | 1 |
| Bottoms, James E. | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
Education Level
Location
| Illinois | 11 |
| Florida | 8 |
| Wisconsin | 5 |
| Minnesota | 4 |
| New York | 4 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 |
| Hawaii | 3 |
| Arizona | 2 |
| Indiana | 2 |
| Michigan | 2 |
| Missouri | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Carl D Perkins Vocational… | 5 |
| Carl D Perkins Vocational and… | 2 |
| Aid to Families with… | 1 |
| Job Training Partnership Act… | 1 |
| Social Security Disability… | 1 |
| Temporary Assistance for… | 1 |
| Workforce Investment Act 1998 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Tebo, Jack – 1984
A review of procedures used to assess the educational needs of offenders in Florida's correctional institutions is presented in this report, along with recommendations for change. First, the report draws from a 1982 study of the state correctional system, presenting findings regarding the educational needs of youthful offenders, assessment…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Needs
Download full textMontana State Council and Vocational Education, Helena. – 1993
The Montana Council on Vocational Education conducted a business and industry survey in February 1993 to recommend initiatives and methods the private sector could undertake to assist in the modernization of vocational education programs. A representative sample of the various types and sizes of Montana businesses were selected. Surveys were…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Postsecondary Education
Alexander Grant & Company, Minneapolis, MN. – 1978
The adult vocational education program in Minnesota was studied to provide information that state administrators, planners, and legislators could use to gain an understanding of the program and how it is perceived by students, employers, and adult vocational education directors and coordinators. A total of 1,519 questionnaires were mailed to a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Vocational Education, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
Wisconsin State Council on Vocational Education, Madison. – 1988
The Wisconsin Council on Vocational Education held a public hearing on perceptions of vocational education in Wisconsin on April 26, 1988. Participants were invited from a broad-based spectrum. In addition to press notices, approximately 250 invitations were mailed to potential participants, resulting in oral and/or written testimony from 63…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Marketing, Postsecondary Education, Program Effectiveness
Adams, Kay Angona – 1977
A statewide pilot study of career education needs was conducted by surveying 667 Florida educators who have been actively involved in career education. The 354 respondents rated the actual attainment and the desired priority of the students needs, the need for improving the program needs, and other information both general and specific to career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Research
Romney, Valerie A. – 1993
In 1991, a national community education (CE) needs assessment was conducted. The national survey instrument was analyzed and revised for state-level use. A total of 381 CE educators throughout Florida were each randomly assigned to receive open- or closed-ended revised versions of the national survey. A total of 214 educators (56.2% of those…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Community Education
Pucel, David J. – 1988
A study was conducted to determine the characteristics that key decision makers deem important for the curricula of Minnesota's technical institutes in the year 2000. The technical institutes in question are postsecondary institutions that offer both day school and adult extension programs. The study focused on the actual process of curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Van Shelhamer, C.; Bishop, Douglas – 1984
The purpose of this study was to determine what personal characteristics are prerequisites to successful agribusiness employment in Montana. A questionnaire about vocational students' personal characteristics and home and school background was developed, pretested, and mailed to 306 agribusinesses in the state. Seventy-seven responses (26 percent)…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
Doty, Charles R.; And Others – 1986
These three papers were delivered as part of a conference panel that was intended to alert advisory councils to the precarious situation of vocational education in the United States today. The first paper, "Crisis Issues in Vocational Education and Training" by Charles R. Doty, makes a case for establishing a program to finance full-time…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Credits, Educational Needs
Indiana State Commission on Vocational and Technical Education, Indianapolis. – 1988
The goal of the Ad Hoc Technical Committee for Vocational Agriculture in Indiana was to develop a model and recommendations that would result in improved student knowledge and skills for the present and future, address labor market needs, and promote program excellence at all levels of education. The committee developed recommendations for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Daniel, Ellen; Stewart, Barbara L. – 1983
This project was conducted to study home economics curriculum needs by surveying former secondary home economics students to determine what tasks they learned in class and what instruction would have been helpful in order to provide curriculum managers, developers of materials, administrators, and teachers with more guidance in meeting the needs…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Followup Studies
Buskirk, Don – 1984
A study of industrial arts curriculum priorities was conducted among parents, school board presidents, superintendents, and counselors of secondary schools in Nebraska in order to obtain information from non-classroom individuals who still had an impact on industrial arts programs in secondary schools. For the study, 10 well-accepted general…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Florida State Postsecondary Education Commission, Tallahassee. – 1985
A study examined Florida's certification process for postsecondary vocational education teachers. After reviewing previous research on the certification of vocational educators in Florida, the commission solicited data analyzing the differences in teaching ability between certified and noncertified vocational teachers and the content validity,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Needs, Evaluation Criteria, Master Teachers
Stone, Sheila D. – 1982
A Delphi study was conducted among personnel of the Oklahoma Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) to determine their priorities for long-term research in vocational education. Staff in Supportive Services were grouped together, while staff in the Occupational Division, Area Schools Division, Training for Industry Programs Section, and Productivity…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Research, Futures (of Society), Long Range Planning
Ogawa, Russell – 1994
Hawaii's system of vocational education (VE) for criminal offenders in its correctional system was reviewed. This report updates a prior study done in 1989 on vocational education in corrections and thus contains comparative information and recommendations based on the latest research findings. Fourteen specialists and administrators involved in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Curriculum, Educational Change
