This order presents regulations on the teacher training requirements for the Danish Folkeskole (municipal primary and lower secondary school). The document is organized into seven chapters. Chapter 1 presents the 4-year program's objectives: to provide preservice teachers with subject-related and pedagogical insights; to train them to cooperate,…

This guide is intended to assist Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program policymakers, planners, and program operators develop JTPA programs and activities. Discussed first are JTPA participant eligibility criteria and ways of assuring that competing groups can receive services in an equitable manner that is consistent with the intent of JTPA.…

A study assessed North Carolina's Multi-Purpose Occupational Information System (MPOIS). Evaluated during the study were various dimensions of the MPOIS, including its content, efficiency, operations, training, and outcomes. In addition, the development of the system was examined in terms of how it addresses both the technical and non-technical…

This report evaluates the effectiveness of the Urban Academy program, a dropout prevention demonstration program involving a collaborative effort between Community School District 10 in the Bronx (New York) and the Victim Services Agency (VSA), a social service agency, to provide increased instructional support and social services to 78 at-risk…

American Indian Studies (AIS) faces many problems in its attempt to emerge as an academic discipline, but several activities, individuals, and concepts offer possible solutions. AIS is a conceptually rudderless discipline, isolated both within the academic environment and from its cultural roots, and functioning as career ladder for those who wish…

A project was conducted to develop, field test, and disseminate a series of 36 entrepreneurship modules for use with secondary vocational students. Seventy-eight occupations were evaluated as potential areas for module development. After a review by the United States Department of Education, a final set of 35 businesses was identified. Based on a…

This paper describes preservice and inservice training for the staff of the Responsive Care Program. The Responsive Care Program was designed to facilitate the development of children's social and cognitive repertoires. The Responsive Care Model was first implemented at Syracuse University with preschool children. Assumptions are that optimal…

Describes and praises ways in which the Holmes Group report, committed to redesigning the education of teachers, goes beyond prior movements to reform teacher education. Urges the active cooperation of universities, granting agencies, politicians, faculties, teachers, and others in supporting and accomplishing the required changes. (IW)

This volume contains descriptions of five community work education councils that have broadened their agendas from a focus on youth issues to include serving adult learners by improving adults' access to education and training and by improving the articulation between work and learning institutions that serve adults in the community. Included in…

This training package, consisting of information concerning the content, use, and applications of the Occupational Information System (OIS), is designed for use in a training presentation conducted for administrators, trainers, counselors, job placement specialists, and economic development staff who will be working with the OIS. Included in the…

This report contains an outline of the major activities of the Chicago Coalition for Education and Training for Employment (CCETE) program during the period from July 1, 1985, to June 30, 1986; a description of and materials from the CCETE's Minority Entrepreneurship (ME) Program; and a detailed description of the structure, organization,…

This six-chapter document constitutes the final implementation report of Project Redirection, a demonstration of a comprehensive program designed to provide a range of services to adolescents who are pregnant or have children. Following an introductory chapter, chapter II examines characteristics of the four sites where programs were set up to…

This congressional report contains the testimony that was given at joint hearings to debate the passage of the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act. The report contains testimony that was given by representatives of the following agencies and organizations: the American Society for Training and Development; the United Auto…

Distance education--adult independent study by correspondence--is provided in South Australia by the Open College of Further Education. The Open College provides mainly postsecondary continuing vocational education and technical training, often leading to certificates or diplomas. In addition, the Open College has links with institutions of higher…

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…