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Scanlan, Thomas J.; Flexman, Nancy A. – VocEd, 1980
Describes a field-tested program for making students aware of and adept in skills that have brought success to business owners in their local community. Entrepreneurship education must be regarded as a complement to existing vocational and business education programs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Skills, Program Descriptions, Secondary Education
Jorstad, Kenneth W. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1973
Describes curriculum changes needed in one high school when enrollment zoomed in agriculture. (MU)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Animal Husbandry, Entry Workers, Job Skills
Carney, Cathy Chmielowski – Computing Teacher, 1986
Describes a project in which middle school teachers turned over keyboarding instruction to a computer assisted instruction (CAI) program which enabled them to focus their efforts during the CAI on teaching higher-level thinking skills. The thinking skills developed include student analysis of learning, goal setting, self-motivation, and peer…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Peer Relationship, Program Descriptions, Secondary Education

McClelland, James – Social Studies Review, 1979
Describes learning activities based on a balance of skills development with content in a high school social science department. The model for the program involves selecting the concept; choosing appropriate skills; identifying values and attitudes; and focusing on content that illustrates the concept, skills, and values. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Course Content, Learning Activities, Program Descriptions

Fenton, Edwin – Social Studies Review, 1979
Describes the rationale and objectives which define the relationship between content and skills of the Civic Education Social Studies Curriculum. The curriculum is a project of the Carnegie-Mellon Education Center in cooperation with five Pittsburgh and two Bakersfield, California high schools. (KC)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Civics, Course Content, Curriculum
Phelps, Richard P.; Parsad, Basmat; Farris, Elizabeth; Hudson, Lisa – Education Statistics Quarterly, 2001
Provides national data on occupational program offerings, the use of skill competencies, and other occupational program characteristics in public secondary schools and less-than-4-year postsecondary institutions. Data are from surveys conducted through the Fast Response Survey System and the Postsecondary Education Quick Information System.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Occupations, Postsecondary Education, Program Descriptions
Levinson, Edward M. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1984
Describes five components of a vocationally oriented public school program for emotionally disturbed adolescents: (1) behavioral incentive system, (2) academic training, (3) vocational training, (4) work adjustment, and (5) counseling. (BH)
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, High School Students, Job Skills, Job Training
Roth, Edith – American Education, 1976
The Adult Performance Level Study generates a pulse of activity that is sending adults back to school to acquire or sharpen basic skills. (Editor)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Objectives, Extension Education, Literacy
Maley, Donald – School Shop, 1973
Descriptors: Career Education, Cultural Awareness, Individual Development, Individualized Instruction
Soley, Mary; Olsen, Mary Anne – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1979
Suggests several ways in which students in junior high school social studies classes can be made aware of how the political system works. Topics discussed include the research approach, political participation, decision making, and effecting change. (DB)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Junior High School Students, Political Attitudes

Engen, Harold B. – School Counselor, 1977
The updating and renewal of knowledge and skills are professional responsibilities of all school counselors. Unfortunately, while an ever-growing need for new knowledge and skills exists, there seem to be few organized efforts to meet these needs. This article describes a model that was designed to fill this void. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselor Performance, Inservice Education, Models, Professional Training

Stevens, Larry – Social Studies Review, 1979
Describes social studies program of a community service high school. The chief goal of the school is to teach citizenship through student projects which make a useful contribution to the community. Skill areas focus on thinking, human relations, organization, and information processing. (KC)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions, Relevance (Education)

Perkins, David N.; Grotzer, Tina A. – American Psychologist, 1997
Reviews studies designed to teach students to be more able thinkers in particular subject areas. The interventions reorganize thinking by teaching strategies, metacognition, thinking dispositions, distributed cognition, and transfer of learning. Students are provided with psychological resources to think better across a range of contexts. (MMU)
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Metacognition, Program Descriptions, Science Education
Bernstein, Janet – Journal of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, 1977
School can promote acceptance of feelings and ideas and help involve people in meaningful inter-personal relationships with clear reality based communication. It is the school social worker that must spear head this movement. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Group Counseling, Individual Development, Interpersonal Relationship

McQuade, Donald; Ponsot, Marie – Journal of Basic Writing, 1982
Describes a collaborative effort among New York high school and college teachers, administrators, and students to improve writing skills. Discusses the project format and the writing/reading and writing instruction principles underlying the program. (HTH)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College School Cooperation, Higher Education, Program Content