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| Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau | 1 |
| Journal of Industrial Teacher… | 1 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 6 |
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Campbell, Clifton P. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1984
Describes the Saudi system of prevocational centers, designed to retrieve young male dropouts, prepare them for reentering general education, orient them to job skills, and prepare them for more extensive training at vocational training centers. The curriculum, emphasizing clerical and industrial skills, is also discussed. (SK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropouts, Job Skills, Job Training
Peer reviewedCampbell, Clifton P. – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1981
Discusses prevocational education in Saudi Arabia: separate schools for boys and girls, primary school curriculum, factors contributing to academic failure and dropout rates, prevocational training centers, educational facilities, program restructuring, and curriculum revitalization. (CT)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Curriculum Design, Dropout Rate, Educational Facilities
Peer reviewedCampbell, Clifton P.; Matthews, John I. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1982
Describes the implementation of a competency-based individualized and mediated vocational training system, designed to attract and train native Saudis for an increasingly industrialized Saudi Arabian workforce. (SK)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Individualized Instruction, International Programs, Learning Modules
Campbell, Clifton P. – Thrust: The Journal for Employment and Training Professionals, 1982
Saudi Arabia is attempting to build an indigenous skilled labor force to meet manpower needs. The system includes five secondary vocational industrial schools, the Higher Technical Institute, prevocational and vocational training centers using competency-based, mediated instructional materials, and mobile training units for isolated areas. (SK)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Industrialization, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Campbell, Clifton P. – 1979
Faced with sizable oil revenues and the need and desire to expand and diversify its industrial potential, Saudi Arabia is improving its vocational training efforts and attempting to involve as many of its citizens in vocational training programs as possible. At present, Saudi Arabia is having to import skilled workers to keep up with necessary…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
Campbell, Clifton P. – 1981
A serious constraint to the development of a modern and diversified industrial base in Saudi Arabia is the critical shortage of skilled manpower. To remedy this deficit, vocational and technical education programs in the country are being revised and expanded. Five secondary-level Vocational Industrial Schools have been established by the Ministry…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
Campbell, Clifton P. – 1981
The most important task of development in Saudi Arabia is the cultivation of indigenous manpower to operate the equipment and run the factories. The Kingdom has recognized the importance of education and established a modern curriculum (elementary, junior, senior high) starting in the 1950s. Although there is some resistance to technical training…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Curriculum, Educational Development, Educational Equipment
