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Sturing, Lidwien; Biemans, Harm J. A.; Mulder, Martin; de Bruijn, Elly – Vocations and Learning, 2011
In a previous series of studies, a model of comprehensive competence-based vocational education (CCBE model) was developed, consisting of eight principles of competence-based vocational education (CBE) that were elaborated for four implementation levels (Wesselink et al. "European journal of vocational training" 40:38-51 2007a). The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, Vocational Education, Models
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1989
In the late fall of 1988, a study was undertaken of retention efforts focusing on minority students enrolled in occupational education programs in New York two-year colleges. Specifically, the study sought to determine the extent to which the state's colleges had programs or services to facilitate the persistence and retention of minority students…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrator Evaluation, Community Colleges, Minority Groups
Love, Cathleen T. – 1981
A study measured a community's attitudes towards its school district as well as its attitudes towards the subject matter included in consumer and homemaking education. In addition, the study assessed whether alienation was a possible cause for the attitudes toward the schools and consumer and homemaking education. Using a structured questionnaire…
Descriptors: Age, Alienation, Community Attitudes, Consumer Education
Levy, Girard W.; And Others – 1975
A survey involving all United States correctional institutions for male or female, adult or juvenile offenders was conducted to study three potential vocational preparation activities within the institutions: (1) formal vocational training programs, (2) training in prison industries, and (3) training in maintenance and service assignments.…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Programs
Shea, Mary Lou – 1981
A study examined the issue of which components should be present in a secondary health occupations program to receive approval and funding. A task force including secondary health occupations teachers, health occupations program graduates, school administrators, health care facility inservice coordinators, health occupations student association…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education, Course Content, Financial Support
Brickell, Henry M.; And Others – 1974
The taxonomy is designed to characterize, summarize, and generalize about the career education movement. It describes career education projects by the following paradigm: topics, dimensions, measures, and descriptors. (The four topics are: school district, career education project, career education instructional program, and evaluation of career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Classification, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Abramson, Theodore – 1979
Two major areas of concern to vocational education are cost benefit and job and task analysis. In recent years vocational education has broadened its outlook in terms of general human development, but the historical context of vocational education and concerns for accountability require evaluation of vocational education programs to consider cost…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development
Foster, Phillip R.; And Others – 1985
A project was conducted to assess and improve existing field experiences to prepare future industrial arts teachers in Texas. The following activities were accomplished during the project: determination of current field experiences available to industrial arts preparation students in Texas schools; identification of model industrial arts teacher…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs
Wentling, Tim L.; Barnard, Wynette S. – 1984
A study examined the views of various members of the school and business communities toward what the focus of vocational education programs in Illinois actually is and what it should be. A questionnaire dealing with six factors currently stressed in vocational educational programs and five factors that should possibly be stressed was mailed to the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basic Skills, Content Analysis, Counselor Attitudes
Owens, Thomas R.; Monthey, Wanda – 1983
A study examined the views of private sector employers in Oregon on vocational education. During the study, researchers mailed questionnaires to a stratified random sample of 1,500 employers throughout Oregon. In addition, they surveyed another 140 employers who were identified as hiring the largest numbers of vocational education completers in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Curriculum, Education Work Relationship
Wright, Douglas A.; Farris, Elizabeth – 1980
A study examined the nature and extent of vocational arts education programs throughout the 50 states. During the study, data were sought concerning those programs designed to prepare students for occupations in 14 arts areas: dance; vocal music; instrumental music; theater; radio, television, and video; cinematography; photography; graphic arts;…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Therapy, Dance, Dance Therapy
Owens, Thomas R. – 1984
A followup study collected data from and concerning 1981 high school graduates and early leavers from 19 schools throughout Oregon in order to determine the effects of vocational training on employment and further education beyond high school. Data from 1,296 former students, 672 of whom had taken at least one year of vocational cluster courses,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Johnson, John A. – 1981
A study examined the question of whether there is a connection between program characteristics and desirable program outcomes (student satisfaction, placement, and job performance ratings). A program evaluation questionnaire, containing over 300 individual items on such program characteristics as teacher certification and experience, instructional…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Relations, Counseling Services, Criteria