Local socioeconomic advancement has given rise to great growth in language service industry of Gansu China, creating the brisk demand for full-fledged translation and interpretation (T&I) talents. However, such progress is slowed by a lack of senior T&I talents and poor T&I training. The existing literature provides little information…

The Education Scotland publication, "External Quality Arrangements for Scotland's Colleges, Updated August 2013," specifies that Education Scotland will produce a number of subject-based aspect reports each year. These reports complement, in a subject-specific context, the generic evaluations of learning and teaching in Education…

Data are provided to help educators plan educational programs for engineering, technical, and skilled occupations based on the needs of industry. "State of the Art" outlines the existing educational system and identifies problems and needed changes. "Educational Resources" describes the course offerings of secondary and…

The project was designed to demonstrate the use of a college credit course to provide inservice training for key elementary, secondary, vocational, and college staff numbers. They were selected by school administrators and given the reponsibility of leadership in developing plans to initiate career selection teaching teaching procedures in each…

This report consists primarily of employer views on hiring practices and training needs in 17 occupations in five occupational areas (office work, distribution, service, communications, and crafts). Described first are the activities of the Labor Market Information Network that resulted in the compilation of data presented in the report. The…

The "Career Approach to Natural Resource Management in Wildlife and Recreation" program has completed its second year at Conrad Weiser High School in Robesonia, Pennsylvania. It is a vocational natural resources course designed to prepare workers in wildlife and recreation management, with strong emphasis on field study and/or…