This article shares some of the strategies and activities that the author believes will improve the connections between independent career education and the world of work. These activities concern school business cooperation, student motivation, student involvement, staff involvement, community and government relations, and career planning and…

The Teaching Research Transition Planning Project (Oregon) is implementing and evaluating the development of school/community teams to facilitate transition of handicapped students into the community. Preliminary evaluation results support the value of an outside stimulus to encourage collaboration, locally generated plans, and policy decision…

The level of productivity of United State's workers has been declining since 1965. At the same time consumption of goods has continued to grow and is currently higher than the productivity level. The key to influencing national productivity is improving educational levels of the work force, research and development, and capital formation. (MD)

Adult educators respond to fiscal stringency by realigning programs or attempting to maintain the status quo. Adult educators have played a significant role in local economies but this fact is largely unrecognized. They must rethink their rationale, reject outmoded beliefs and patterns, and justify their work through program outcomes. (Author/CH)

Physical education graduates' responses to a survey regarding their employment status and career plans indicated that less than half entered teaching. Many felt program weaknesses included lack of exposure to the reality of teaching; too few field experiences; and lack of preparation for coaching, special needs students, and classroom management.…

The national survey to determine what state level transition provisions exist between special education and rehabilitation services for hearing-impaired students found that half of the vocational rehabilitation and one-fourth of the special education agencies have a formal state-level transition plan in place. (DB)

Reports the comments of students who come to the writing class from the work place. Argues that teachers need to change their teaching methods to meet the needs of these students. (FL)

Provides background on continuing higher education in the 50 years since the founding of the Association of Continuing Higher Education. Discusses current trends that will affect the field. Describes three opportunities for continuing higher education: (1) "edu-economics," (2) integrative learning, and (3) community regeneration. (CH)

Educational systems have been based on the assumption that the purpose and preferred activity in life is work, with the role of education to prepare students to make a living. Social and technological change forecast a world in which few people work, requiring drastically altered social and educational values. (Author/MSE)

The author appraises the training policies of French enterprises in light of the experiences of neighboring countries and from two complementary points of view: (1) the need of the enterprise for trained personnel and (2) its major role in providing training. (CH)

Analyzes education for work in Israel, focusing on the vocational training sector in the light of cultural, social, and economic variables and in relation to social and educational policies. The training program's major flaw is its emphasis on general education, whereas the stated objective is providing skilled workers for industry, commerce, and…

The author examines technical and vocational education and training for 14- to 18-year-olds in Denmark, France, Sweden, West Germany, the United States and Japan. She aims to compare the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative of Great Britain with systems in other countries. (CH)

Using an adaptation of the University of Oregon's Quest instrument, the Illinois State Board of Education collected data to assess the related likes, dislikes, and abilities of 108,000 tenth-grade students. Data were analyzed to identify a profile of occupational possibilities that could be used for planning and developing regionally based…

Employment rates and earnings of 1,928 hearing-impaired individuals and 371 normal-hearing individuals who attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, 1968-1980, were compared. The study found that level of degree attained significantly influenced later wages and salaries and that hearing-impaired bachelors degree recipients earned 7 percent…

Praises David Kearns' article in the same "Kappan" issue for characterizing schooling as a failed monopoly and supporting development of educational research capacity and tax support. Adequate funding is the key; whereas the private sector will spend over $6,060 yearly to train one employee, public schools spend only about $3,500 yearly…