This paper reports a problem-based learning model for the training of university students in the area of industrial energy efficiency, and discusses its context, contents, and the results from its implementation. The impact has been significant, with hundreds of university graduates trained and many of them now working in industry, leading their…

For many years, there have been efforts to promote the development of national standards for education in the United States. In the Spring of 2010, the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) completed a project to develop Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Leading education organizations, such…

This implementation guide is intended to support the Grade 4 to Grade 6 portion of the Ukrainian Language and Culture Nine-year Program (the program of studies). It was developed primarily for teachers, yet it includes information that may be useful for administrators and other stakeholders in their efforts to plan for and implement the new…

This implementation guide is intended to support the Grade 4 to Grade 6 portion of the Punjabi Language and Culture Nine-Year Program (the program of studies.) It was developed primarily for teachers, yet it includes information that may be useful for administrators and other stakeholders in their efforts to plan for and implement the new Punjabi…

This guide was prepared to assist new health occupations teachers in the state of Washington to conduct their courses on the secondary level. The guide helps health care practitioners to answer such questions as: (1) What are health occupations and what kinds of programs are found in secondary education? (2) What kinds of regulations affect health…

This training manual, one of a series of eight, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in agriculture to conduct a workshop on sex equity as it relates to their future programs for vocational education teachers and administrators in the agricultural service area. The workshop's intent is to help these…

This training manual, one of eight in a series, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in home economics to conduct a workshop on sex equity as it relates to their future programs for vocational education teachers and administrators in the home economics service area. The workshop's intent is to help these…

This training manual, one of eight in a series, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in industrial arts to conduct a workshop on sex equity, as it relates to their future programs, for vocational education teachers and administrators in the industrial arts programs. Following an introduction which provides…

This training manual, one in a series of eight, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in technical education to conduct a workshop on sex equity, as it relates to their future programs, for vocational education teachers and administrators in the technical education service area. The workshop's intent is to…

This manual is intended to guide Kentucky vocational educators in designing and implementing a program of occupational and English language instruction that will efficiently and sensitively meet the special needs of students with limited English proficiency (LEP). The step-by-step guide aims to identify teachers' existing capabilities that may be…

This training manual, one of eight in a series, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in health occupations to conduct a workshop for vocational education teachers and administrators in the health occupations service area. The workshop's intent is to help these professionals to infuse the concepts and…

This training manual, one in a seris of eight, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in marketing and distributive education to conduct a workshop on sex equity, as it relates to their future programs, for vocational education teachers and administrators in the marketing and distributive education service…

This training manual, one in a series of eight, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in trade and industrial education to conduct a workshop on sex equity, as it relates to their future programs, for vocational education teachers and administrators in the trade and industrial service area. The workshop's…

This training manual, one of eight in a series, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in business and office occupations to conduct a workshop on sex equity as it relates to their future programs for vocational education teachers and administrators in the business and office service area. The workshop's…