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1996
This document contains four papers presented at a sympoisum on structured and unstructured learning moderated by Catherine Sleezer at the 1996 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). "Designing Experiential Learning into Organizational Work Life: Proposing a Framework for Theory and Research" (Cheri Maben-Crouch)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes
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1996
This document contains three papers presented at a symposium on diversity in the workplace moderated by Sandra Johnson at the 1996 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). "Diversity and Development: An Assessment of Equal Opportunities and the Role of HRD in the Police Service" (Rashmi Biswas, Penny Dick) examines…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Career Development, Diversity (Institutional)
Butler, Mark; And Others – 1992
A partnership among the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Texas Department of Commerce was formed in 1987 to challenge representatives from education, training, business, industry, and labor to adopt a cooperative regional view of common needs and proposed solutions. As a result, 24 Quality Work Force…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Cooperative Planning, Economic Development, Educational Improvement
Parkway School District, Chesterfield, MO. – 1994
Parkway Area Adult Basic Education Program formed a partnership with St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Luke's Hospital, Watlow Electric, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and Literacy Council of Greater St. Louis to develop a model National Workplace Literacy Program. The instructional model developed under Project…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Workforce Skills, 1994
This document consists of the four issues of the newsletter "Workforce Skills" published during 1994. This newsletter contains a variety of articles about Colorado's Community College and Occupational Education System (CCOES) and about work force skills training developed and delivered by community colleges. Each newsletter includes some…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges
Prior, John, Ed. – 1994
This compilation of the knowledge and experience of 49 training and development professionals is a guide to the most important aspects of training and development (T&D), ranging from the environment in which it operates to detailed suggestions as to how it can be done. Contributors' notes appear first. Part 1 on the world of T&D contains seven…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Basic Skills
New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Wellington. – 1992
This booklet explains New Zealand's National Qualifications Framework, a system of quality standards affecting high schools and postsecondary colleges and universities that is to be fully operational by 1996. Following an introduction, the first section explains why the current system urgently needs changing in order to equip workers for the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Certification, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. – 1993
SCANS (the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) provides definitions of the knowledge students and workers need for workplace success and methods for applying these principles in communities throughout the United States. This document contains six articles that give education and training practitioners practical suggestions for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competence, Competency Based Education, Educational Change
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1993
As part of an ongoing effort to evaluate the success of occupational program completers in the Illinois Community College System (ICCS), a survey was conducted in March 1993 of 2,641 students who graduated from 14 broad occupational program areas in the 49 ICCS institutions in 1992. The survey examined graduates' attendance objectives, educational…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Graduate Surveys
Rainbird, Helen – 1992
The levy-grant system that operated under Britain's 1964 Industrial Training Act was the most effective incentive mechanism for increasing the volume and improving the quality of training. Strengths of the act's Industrial Training Boards (ITBs) were employer-funded training, collection of data on training in companies to guide planning, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Educational Finance, Educational Planning
Grede, John F. – 1992
Contending that the nation's community colleges should improve the training of future workers by building a national job training program based on successful components already in existence, this paper reviews seven monographs published by the National Council for Occupational Education (NCOE) since 1985 which identify, highlight, or address…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Role, Community Colleges
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. – 1992
The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) examined the demands of the workplace and whether young people were capable of meeting those demands. Specifically, SCANS determined the level of skills required to enter employment. Fundamental changes in the nature of work were identified; these changes were found to hold…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Competence, Educational Responsibility
Grognet, Allene Guss – 1998
The 1992 report of the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) and several other recent studies and publications addressing the nation's changing labor force development needs, particularly as they concern instruction in English language skills for the workplace, are discussed briefly, and five aspects of this issue often…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Traits, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language)
Notes From the Field, 1998
This report focuses on the role Southern philanthropy can play in addressing racism, poverty, and inequality by supporting education and workforce improvement. "Framing the Conversation" takes input from George Autry (MDC), William Bynum (Enterprise Corporation of the Delta), Lynn Walker Huntley (Southern Education Foundation), and…
Descriptors: Black Education, Change Strategies, Community Development, Economic Development
Fradd, Sandra H., Ed.; Lee, Okhee, Ed. – 1998
A selection of essays address issues in the education of students of English as a Second Language in Florida, focusing on the development of the state's labor force among this multilingual, multicultural population. Papers include: "Implications of Demographic Changes in Florida's Public School Population" (Thomas D. Boswell);…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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