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Lucas, Susana – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2007
A three-fold research challenge, focused on the following general, interrelated questions, is undertaken in this study: (1) How does one develop competencies required in different university degrees in order to adequately function both as a person in society as well as in professional practice? (2) What role do Institutions of Higher Education,…
Descriptors: Colleges, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Social Psychology
Kansas State Dept. of Human Resources, Topeka. – 1985
This report describes a youth competency model that was developed to help trainers involved in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs in Kansas to evaluate program participants' competency in four major areas: pre-employment, work maturity, basic education, and job-specific skills. Discussed in the first section, which provides background on…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Competence
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Occupational Education. – 1997
This curriculum guide, developed in South Carolina, provides opportunities for students to develop positive attitudes toward work, learn about occupations, and seek and retain employment. It is based on the competencies and foundations identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). The guide's four units cover…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1989
This curriculum guide is the first step in a total home and family life curriculum revision in the state of Washington aimed at helping students solve problems and study issues that have an impact on home and family life. The guide contains two model, nonsequential, comprehensive courses that may be adopted or adapted by school districts. The…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Course Content, Daily Living Skills
Frederick County Board of Education, MD. – 1983
This curriculum guide contains materials for use in helping tenth grade students acquire career skills in English courses. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: self-awareness, application forms, letters of application, resume writing, the interview process, and sources of career information. Each unit…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Check Lists, Communication Skills
Hunter, Andrea – 1982
This ideabook, designed for middle school and high school teachers, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) counselors, youth job developers, residential treatment staff, and other youth service providers, suggests ways to increase young people's success in the labor market. It provides specific ideas and strategies to structure…
Descriptors: Competence, Computer Literacy, Demand Occupations, Education Work Relationship
Polis, Gloria Owens – 1983
This module adapts the content of an on-campus early childhood education program to a competency-based set of self-paced learning activities for use in largely self-directed, supervised instruction of student child caretakers employed at such settings as a day care center or Head Start agency. Addressed in the individual sections of the module are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Child Care Occupations, Classroom Techniques, Competence
Crockett, Carolyn; And Others – 1990
This color-coded guide provides a curriculum and competency-based materials to help teachers teach job-seeking and job retention skills. The materials can be localized, personalized, and supplemented by teachers to fit the needs of students, area of study, and individual teaching and learning styles. The five units in the guide cover the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Competence
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1984
This curriculum guide consists of materials for use in teaching a course in business English for high school students. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: the fundamentals of communication, listening skills, oral communications, telephone communications, information resources, reading and vocabulary, the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Business Education
New South Wales Dept. of Corrective Services, Sydney (Australia). – 1995
This document contains learning modules for adult basic education courses in Australia, along with teacher information for integrating curricula, using integrated themes, and planning curricula. The learning modules contain learning activities in the following areas: job search skills; occupational health and safety; life skills; ceramics;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Art Activities
Madison Area Technical Coll., WI. – 1993
This guide is intended for use by trainers presenting the Tools for Tomorrow program, a technical college program to train women for employment in 13 skilled trades. Discussed in the first two sections are these topics: the program's purposes, barriers encountered by women seeking to enter trades, and various aspects of implementing the Tools for…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Behavioral Objectives, Blueprints, Bricklaying
Loock, Joan W.; Schmitt, Bette – 2000
This document, which is intended for teachers of high school-level business education courses, contains both the academic standards for business education in Wisconsin secondary schools that were disseminated in 1998 and learning activities to enable students to meet the standards. The activities were developed for students completing grade 12 and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration
Bidwell, Sheri E. – 2000
This document, which was written for Ohio cosmetology teachers and academic teachers who instruct cosmetology students, presents projects that were developed by a team of highly skilled cosmetology and academic teachers with input from workplace representatives. Section 1 presents the following materials to help teachers provide students with…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration