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Download full textStarr, Harold – 1987
The Iowa Curriculum Assistance System at the University of Iowa collects and disseminates curriculum materials and information and offers inservice workshops to vocational educators. A third-party evaluation of the system was made through a 3-day site visit by three experts who interviewed personnel from the system, administrators and faculty from…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Research, Curriculum Study Centers, Educational Resources
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993
A number of findings and recommendations regarding the mission of Private Industry Councils (PICs) under the Job Training Partnership ACT (JTPA) were developed based on information collected in several ways: a focus group of PICs, roundtable discussions held nationwide with staff from nearly 100 PICs in 45 states, and canvasses of more than 200…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Institutional Mission
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This document reports oral and written testimony given at hearings by witnesses concerning House Bill (H.B.) 2039, the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Amendments of 1989, and related proposals. The proposed legislation is designed to correct shortcomings in JTPA and to redirect focus to the hard to serve; and provide more intensive services…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Emmons, Kathy D. – 1993
This study was conducted to identify the perceived needs regarding implementation of inhouse training at Northern Arizona Long Distance Corporation (NALD). Specifically, the study was conducted to evaluate whether current and proposed training programs were consistent with company training goals from employer and employee perspectives, to make…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Corporate Education, Employee Attitudes, Policy Formation
Sampson, James P., Jr.; And Others – 1986
A nationwide comparative study of the 677 sites using DISCOVER or SIGI (computer-assisted career guidance systems) as of June 1984 was made. Software-based and institutionally-based factors influencing system use were explored. The former included theoretical bases, ease of software usage, and developer's implementation assistance; while the…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Maddy-Bernstein, Carolyn – 2000
Research literature, perceptions of best practices, and the wisdom of practitioners and leaders in the field were examined in order to focus on career development issues affecting secondary schools, including: (1) clarification of career development terms; (2) delivery of career development programs; (3) resources that support program development…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance, Definitions
Hipps, Jerome A.; Friedman, Sanford I. – 1980
Directors of 39 projects funded by the federal Consumers' Education Program were interviewed about their attitudes toward federally mandated evaluation. The projects were varied, and included activities such as consumer workshops; development of curriculum, materials or policy; inservice training; consumer advocacy/counseling; and television…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Programs, Consumer Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Wu, Robert T. Y. – 1989
An evaluation was made of the third phase of a curriculum development program conducted in Taiwan, Republic of China. This phase of the program, scheduled to run from 1986 to 1990, emphasized the implementation of a new cluster-based vocational curriculum and focused on teacher inservice programs, purchase of laboratory equipment, and improvement…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Industrial Education
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison. – 1985
A survey of former students of the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) wood technics programs and employers in woodworking industries was conducted during spring of 1985. General objectives were to determine job classifications, types of businesses, and relative importance of tasks or duties in various woodworking-related…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Building Trades, Educational Attitudes
