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Batman, Kangan; Gadd, Nick; Lucas, Michele – 1998
This publication contains the three communication skills units of the three levels of Support Materials for Agricultural Training (SMAT) in the area of farmers as employers: Level 1 (starting), 2 (continuing), and 3 (completing). The units are designed to help the learner improve his or her written and spoken communication and numeracy skills…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Laborers
Dyrenfurth, Michael J. – 2000
The capabilities expected of technological workers upon entry into employment were examined. Data were collected through a review of the pertinent literature and an in-person, instrument-guided interview survey of a representative sample of representatives of approximately 250 manufacturing enterprises in nine sectors. The literature review…
Descriptors: Competence, Definitions, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Buckley, Jack; Schneider, Mark; Shang, Yi – National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2004
The attrition of both new and experienced teachers is a great challenge for schools and school administrators throughout the United States, particularly in large urban districts. Because of the importance of this issue, there is a large empirical literature that investigates why teachers quit and how they might be better induced to stay. Here we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experienced Teachers, Educational Facilities, Urban Schools
Cook, Katherine M. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
This chapter reviews the educational situation in rural and other sparsely settled areas as well as the major developments in education since 1928 when the Office of Education reviewed trends in rural education for the biennium 1927-28, following a series of similar reviews. It is prepared in conformity to the changed policy of the Office of…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Rural Schools, Educational Development, Educational Environment
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1995
This document reports on barriers to the advancement of minority men and all women into decision-making positions in the private sector that were identified through a study of information from the following sources: 126 employers and employees testifying at public hearings in 5 U.S. cities; 18 commissioned research papers; survey of a sample of 25…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Asian Americans
Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1990
A study investigated techniques and practices for teaching second languages (French, German, Spanish) in 25 urban schools in different areas of England. It was found that the overall quality of work in modern languages was very good in 1 school, good in 5, satisfactory in 7, less than satisfactory in 10, and poor in 2. Three of 10 lessons seen…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design
Gee, Mary Kay – 1998
This publication provides a model curriculum with a focus on welfare-to-work, school-to-work, and first-time employees. It emphasizes the basic competencies most valued by employers for the current and future domestic and global work force. Section 1 presents an overview of LifeWork, a performance-based transitional program that uses the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Risher, Peter; Amorosi, Stacey – 1998
This publication provides statistical information from a nationwide survey of 1,000 Americans with disabilities, aged 16 and older, that was conducted in April and May of 1998. It is designed to provide comprehensive and up-to-date measures in a number of areas, including: (1) the nature and severity of the disability; (2) participation in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Attitudes toward Disabilities
Leigh, David – 1993
This module for a 1-semester Total Quality Management (TQM) course for high school or community college students gives a brief introduction to some statistical tools. It includes a section on process variation that is intended to familiarize students with the causes of variation such as common and special causes. Statistical definitions are given…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Leigh, David – 1993
This module for a 1-semester Total Quality Management (TQM) course for high school or community college students provides a classroom model to meet the needs of students learning TQM skills as well as other workplace skills. These workplace skills, sometimes called "SCANS competencies and skills," are a set of skills identified by the Secretary of…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Competence, Competency Based Education
Oinonen, Charlotte M. – 1984
These proceedings consist of the texts of papers and panel discussions presented at a Parker Project-sponsored futures symposium on youth, work, economic productivity, and the challenges facing Wisconsin's secondary schools in providing job training for the future. Addressed in the individual presentations included in this volume are the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Malowney, C. Lynn – 1983
This module, one of a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing on specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, deals with preparing exceptional students for employability. Included in the module are learning experiences that address the following topics: promoting employment opportunities for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences, Data Collection, Disabilities
Arman, Ruby L.; Arman, Mohammad R. – 1983
This student guide consists of 17 units of study for use in a prevocational career education course geared toward ninth and tenth grade students. Covered in the individual lessons are the following topics: assessing personal interests, using the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, identifying occupational choices, identifying vocational and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice, Career Education
South Dakota Board of Regents, Pierre. – 1987
The collective bargaining agreement between the South Dakota Board of Regents and the Council of Higher Education (COHE), an affiliate of the South Dakota Education Association and the National Education Association (NEA), is presented, covering the period July 1, 1987 through June 30, 1988. It sets forth the conditions of employment for all…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Access to Information, Administrators, Arbitration
Edwards, Sandra J. – 1980
One in a series of 12 publications on two-year science education, this four-part monograph examines biological education as revealed by a literature review, a study of the catalogs and class schedules of 175 representative two-year institutions, and survey responses of 160 biology instructors. Part I first presents the findings of a review of the…
Descriptors: Activities, Advanced Courses, Biology, College Curriculum