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Download full textFoldesy, Eunice; Foldesy, George – 1988
Four surveys of attitudes toward vocational education were conducted in three school districts in Nevada in 1988 to derive information for use in strengthening vocational education programs. The surveys were completed by 331 parents, 1,454 students, 154 vocational teachers, and 29 administrators. More than 85 percent of students and a smaller…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs
Hoyt, Kenneth – 1976
The five papers included in this monograph represent an attempt on the part of the Office of Career Education to clarify differences between career education and vocational education. The first paper, "Everyone's Favorite Solution Can't Be All Bad--A Reply to James O'Toole," rebuts O'Toole's seven charges against vocational education. The second…
Descriptors: Business Education, Career Education, Change Strategies, Definitions
American Vocational Education Research Association Proceedings (Dallas, Texas, December 9-13, 1994).
PDF pending restorationAmerican Vocational Education Research Association. – 1994
The following papers are included: "Emerging Themes in Youth Apprenticeship Programs" (Evanciew); "Improving the U.S. System of School-to Work Transition for Youth and Young Adults" (Stone); "Recent National Studies and Reports on Education and Economic Reform" (Ellibee); "Improving Employment Readiness of Urban…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Educational Innovation
Nelson, C. H.; Minore, J. B. – 1988
In late 1986, the Ontario government began a 4-year undertaking to establish a distance education network for northeastern and northwestern residents. The network, Contact North/Contact Nord, uses a full complement of interactive telecommunications systems to make secondary and postsecondary education more accessible regardless of community size…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Communications Satellites, Continuing Education, Demography
Straight, H. Stephen, Ed. – 1994
The papers in this special issue provide both a general overview and detailed discussion of specific examples of the languages across the curriculum (LAC) movement that is currently gaining momentum in colleges and universities in the United States. Papers include: (1) "International Students as Resource Specialists: Binghamton's Languages…
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Attitudes, Educational Strategies, Foreign Students
Lewis, L. L.; And Others – 1978
A student and school staff needs assessment was conducted to determine the career education needs of South Carolina students in the elementary, middle/junior high schools, and senior high schools. The special needs of handicapped and other educationally disadvantaged students were also considered. The needs assessment procedure was structured on…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Awareness, Career Education, Decision Making Skills
Dyrenfurth, Michael J. – 1983
Industrial arts is a program of instructional and laboratory experiences that provides basic general education for all students. Industrial arts curricula consist of experiences based upon nationally relevant economic and industrial clusters, and industrial arts courses provide "hands-on" manipulative experiences that serve students' occupational…
Descriptors: Coordination, Course Content, Curriculum, Definitions
Hughes, Lois; Dougherty, Barbara – 1975
A study was conducted to determine the felt needs of Wisconsin home economics teachers for inservice education as a basis for designing educational programs to meet these needs. The population consisted of 1,278 home economics public school teachers and 1,430 vocational, technical, and adult education (VTAE) teachers of home economics related…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities
Regional Inst. of Vocational and Technical Education, Shanghai (China). – 1999
This book contains an introduction and 10 papers from the International Conference on New Trends of Development and Models of Reform in the Field of Vocational Education and Training in the 21st Century. The following papers are included: "Introduction to the Reports Held on the International Conference"; "The Development and Reform…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Business Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
Davis, John E.; Ryan, Doris W. – 1980
Declining enrollment, collective bargaining agreements, and government requirements will reduce educational opportunities in Ontario's secondary schools unless new educational policies and technologies and increased interinstitutional cooperation are used to create alternative programs. This study analyzed questionnaire data on school size,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Class Size, Collective Bargaining, Contracts
Wichowski, Chester; McMahon, Gordon – 1980
Findings are reported from a survey of state- and territorial-level supervisors of trade and industrial education to rate trends and issues in trade and industrial education. (A trend was defined as a course of events or action that is present and likely to continue in the future. An issue was defined as a difference of opinion, dispute, or…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Career Education, Career Guidance
