Describes a curriculum management approach to training that ties together employee career development, current performance needs, and future business plans in order to provide a coherent planning system for the conduct of industrial training. (LRA)

A model project was conducted to demonstrate how Chrysler, in partnership with the education community and the government, could provide technical training to enable displaced workers to contribute to the "H-Body" car launch, to improve their job skills, and to enhance their future employability. The training was conducted on a pilot…

"Look into the Future" is a program created by a Job Training Partnership Act project and 9to5, Working Women Education Fund, to address the training and retraining needs of office workers in light of the advances in computer and communications systems. This guide describes the model project and suggests steps other organizations can…

To evaluate and document the effectiveness of miner training, a study monitored a wide variety of classroom sessions conducted for new miner and annual refresher training. Seven trainers and 275 mine trainees at fourteen sites in Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia participated. Observations were made of classes in underground new…

This guide is designed to assist unions, companies, and educational providers in analyzing the educational needs of workers and employers and in developing effective workplace literacy and workplace education programs to meet those needs. It is based on the success of Project ELI (Education, Labor, and Industry). An introduction defines terms.…

This publication contains bibliographic data and abstracts of over 350 documents and journal articles on sex equity, bias, and stereotyping reduction that may be found in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database. The document is divided into 16 chapters as follows: equal education and sex stereotypes, equal education and sex…

This document contains 18 papers from the human resource development and manpower training section of an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The following papers are included: "Use of Social and Economic Modeling to Plan Vocational Education and Training"…