This handbook introduces the reader to the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) research project and the various data sets that comprise the NLS. It is designed to assist readers in making an informed decision on whether the NLS is an appropriate data source for their research needs and to provide additional resources for those who desire more…

This manual is designed to provide materials to improve the employment and academic skills of adults. Five chapters are included. Each chapter begins with problem-solving exercises that encourage students to reflect on the topic and recall their past experiences. These exercises provide a framework for the students to understand the readings that…

This handbook of the Imperial Valley College (IVC) 2+2+2 Project provides an overview of the development of an articulated education program for business and law enforcement careers, involving six local high schools and San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus. Following a brief introduction to the 2+2+2 project in section I, section II…

This guide is intended for use in conducting a seminar to help students prepare for the transition to the work force as office workers in business, industry, or government. The first third of the guide contains the following: a profile of the critical skills required for the Canadian work force, a flowchart of the recommended sequence of studies…

The Frost Center (Rockville, Maryland) is a private, nonprofit school and therapeutic day program that serves adolescents with emotional, learning, and behavioral disabilities and their families. Approximately two-thirds of each student's day is spent in academic classes, acquiring the skills and behavior necessary for a return to a less…

A British study reviewed teaching and learning strategies used in Business and Technician Education Council (BTEC) courses in the context of growing emphasis on student-centered approaches and work-based competence. Course coordinators, tutors, course teams, and students in Business Studies and Engineering departments at 16 centers were…

Students and teachers at a suburban high school in Oregon and employers associated with cooperative work experience (CWE) and experience-based career education (EBCE) programs were interviewed regarding youth responsibility. Specific focuses were perceptions about the meaning of responsibility, youth attitudes regarding being given adult…

This self-instructional module, one of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, provides preservice and inservice educational materials for teacher-coordinators supervising on the job training. The three goals stated for this module are (1) to know the types of information needed to obtain an appropriate training station, (2) to…

This self-instructional module, the fifteenth in a series of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, deals with support services. Addressed in the module are the importance of various support services for work experience programs; financial, placement, work adjustment, evaluation, and transition support services that are…

The Study of Work Project implemented an experience-based prevocational career education program with 785 students from Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey. The emphasis of this approach was on developing connections between skill acquisitions in the classroom and skill application in occupational settings. The grant funded a community…

This report surveys the vocational education system, work experience programs, and job training programs for youths in Chicago. The report is organized in five sections. It begins with a brief review of the socioeconomic context that affects youth employment in the city of Chicago. Section 2 examines vocational training in the Chicago public…

A Pedagogical and Technological Survey Instrument (PTSI) was administered to determine whether an inservice training need existed for upgrading and modernization of vocational educators in the vocational pedagogical and technological service areas. The PTSI was mailed to 120 individuals with district program responsibilities; 83 responded.…

A project was conducted in Idaho to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a cooperative construction and mining training program to provide preapprenticeship training in construction trades, equipment operation and construction truck driving, apprenticeship-related instruction, and classes in more technical areas for journeyworker…

This guide is designed to aid teachers and administrators in the task of planning occupational home economics programs in food production, management, and service occupations for students in the 11th and 12th grades in Montana. In response to a needs assessment of Montana home economics teachers, the guide is organized with a scope and sequence,…

The Making Canada Productive project, a human resource initiative undertaken by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC), is described in this monograph. An introductory chapter discusses the need for and aim of the project (i.e., to improve work force productivity through training, using creative partnerships between industry, labor,…