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Schaberg, Kelsey – American Enterprise Institute, 2019
Skills have long been associated with productivity and economic well-being. A large body of evidence shows the value of academic and technical skills in the workplace. And in recent years, soft skills--skills that make for an effective employee, such as time management and communication--have also become increasingly valued in the workplace.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Job Skills, Employment Programs, Job Training
Rajan, Sonika – New Horizons in Education, 2009
Background: Isabella Thoburn College at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India has initiated Service Learning Program for its students through 4 issue based centers. One of the centers AIDS Awareness Center for Counseling, Education, and Training (AACCET) is in the field of HIV/AIDS. It follows 6 pronged approach to achieve its objectives and one of the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Human Resources, Labor Force Development
Straubel, James H. – 1970
Important lessons can be learned from the educational programs of the military services that can be applied to civilian education. The U.S. Air Force vocational-technical training program is geared to "learning outcomes" which makes it possible to measure job entry capabilities. The Utah Department of Vocational Education studied the potential for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Programs, Instructional Materials, Instructional Programs
Eschenmann, K. Kurt – 1980
This monograph is one of 12 that address various topics in the area of CETA/education linkages. They were designed to provide those individuals interested in the development and implementation of CETA/education linkages with information that will serve to enhance the quality of existing programs and facilitate the efficient and effective…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Delivery Systems, Educational Cooperation, Federal Programs
Olympus Research Corp., Salt Lake City, UT. – 1972
The major purposes of this evaluation were to: (1) assess the effectiveness of the Individual Referral (IR) program in providing training in broadening occupational choices and in making institutional training available to enrollees in areas where class-size projects are not feasible; (2) develop comparable data on such items as trainee…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Guidance Programs, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Detroit Public Schools, MI. – 1967
Teacher aides, teachers, administrators, and observers in 1 elementary, 1 junior high, and 1 senior high school participated in an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Detroit Pilot Program to Train Teacher Aides in (1) identifying, developing, and defining the role of the aide and (2) identifying effective aide training methods. Procedures…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Schools, Evaluation Methods, Job Training
Miami-Dade Junior Coll., FL. – 1971
This manual is designed to provide guidelines for establishing, conducting, and evaluating basic and inservice training programs for the implementation of law enforcement training by small police departments. Suggested methods of determining training needs, required physical facilities, selection of staff and faculty, courses of study, and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Career Development, Government Publications
Goldfarb, Robert S. – 1968
This thesis attempts to deal with difficult methodological problems of program evaluation; the particular programs considered are two types of manpower training programs: institutional or "classroom" training and government-subsidized on the job training. Characteristics of cost-benefit analysis are investigated and the method is…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Doctoral Dissertations, Employer Attitudes
United States R and D Corp., New York, NY. – 1971
The New York Industrial Education Centers combined the application of basic literacy, basic mathematics, and human development skills with exhaustive job development and placement efforts to secure jobs and upward mobility for persons 17-65 classified as disadvantaged. Training was conducted in 10-week cycles, with 100 trainees at each of two…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Morse, Susanne W. – 1984
Current types of industry-sponsored educational programs, training facilities, and teaching and evaluation methods are described. The history of education and training within the corporate world and the roles of government and unions are traced. Factors that have limited college and industrial cooperation in employee education are also identified.…
Descriptors: College Role, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Government Role
Theimer, William C., Jr., Ed.; And Others – 1971
This booklet contains summaries of projects being carried out under four of the 1970-71 programs funded by the Division of the Compensatory Education, California State Department of Education. The programs are 1) Professional Development Centers, projects which emphasize the strengthening of classroom instructional techniques in reading and…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Career Ladders, College School Cooperation, Disadvantaged
Bernard, Jeanne T.; Digman, R. Michael – 1981
To evaluate and document the effectiveness of miner training, a study monitored a wide variety of classroom sessions conducted for new miner and annual refresher training. Seven trainers and 275 mine trainees at fourteen sites in Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia participated. Observations were made of classes in underground new…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blue Collar Occupations, Classroom Techniques, Conventional Instruction
Instructional Development and Evaluation Associates, Inc., Berkeley, MI. – 1981
A three-year study examined the significant factors that affect the job placement rates of students completing a Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) program. Other purposes of the study were to develop and pilot test a model that could be used to determine factors related to student placement in a variety of vocational education programs and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Home Furnishings, Home Management, Influences
Instructional Development and Evaluation Associates, Inc., Berkeley, MI. – 1982
A three-year study examined the significant factors that affect the job placement rates of students completing a Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) program. Other purposes of the study were to develop and pilot test a model that could be used to determine factors related to student placement in a variety of vocational education programs and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Care Occupations, Clothing, Educational Strategies
Leidenfrost, Nancy B.; And Others – 1977
This booklet was developed as a guide for home economists who are responsible for teaching paraprofessionals (individuals who usually have no college degree and are trained and supervised by county home economists) how to teach low-income families. The content is in seven short sections: (1) Planning the Program discusses available resources,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives
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