Young adults making the transition from full time education to employment will be challenged by jobs requiring considerable or limited skills which require training. Vocational education programs should adapt instructional methods to meet students' vocational needs. (ABM)

Law schools have undertaken clinical methods permitting law students to represent indigent civil or criminal clients under supervision. Seven programs are described and represent various approaches, indicating the importance of granting academic credit, dedication of sufficient resources for supervision, and emphasis on skills development and…

How to use math in handling money is the most important life-coping skill/competency adult basic education students in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska want and need, according to a survey conducted by the Adult Consumer Education Project, part of the Adult Education Program at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. (SH)

Two techniques of videotape recorded modeling for training counselors to ask open-ended questions (OEQ) were examined. Undergraduate peer counselors (N = 18) were randomly assigned to pure video models, corrective video models, or notreatment control. Findings support that a pure video model results in greater learning than a corrective video…

This article describes several cautions and recommendations in regard to the use of skill-training programs. Whether the value of skill training is being overestimated is explored through a discussion of the process of skill training, skills vs. self as instrument, and perceptual psychology. (Author)

The problem of moral education in the context of career preparation is discussed with reference to the Dickinson College program. Focus is on its career advising and curriculum elements and their relationship to student self-reflection and social analysis. (LBH)

Interpersonal and emotional problems are best explained as learning phenomena. It is necessary to reject the clinical treatment component of the medical model in favor of the mass teaching component of the educational model. Developments which might take place as the educational model takes firmer hold among professionals are discussed. (Author)

Psychoeducation is a therapeutic approach under which the psychological practitioner's functioning is viewed not in terms of abnormality diagnoses, prescription, therapy, cure; but rather in terms of client dissatisfaction, goal-setting, skill-teaching, satisfaction or goal achievement. Content of psychoeducation is discussed in terms of general…

The available data point to empirical boundaries of demarcation between counseling psychology, clinical psychology, and school psychology both in work setting and in professional functions. The data suggest that there are specific competencies held by counseling psychologists not replicated among the competencies of other professional…

Undergraduate medical students are shown to improve their ability to make patient management decisions through the use of computer-assisted learning. With this problem-solving approach an improvement in their factual knowledge also occurs and they retain a significant amount of the content. (Author/LBH)

Argues that educational focus is stronger and clearer with educational competencies rather than with educational objectives. (SL)

Suggests teaching methods and materials for use by high school and college social studies teachers as they help students develop valuing skills. Entitled Valuing Confrontation With The Future (VCF), the materials promote consideration of provocative episodes such as electrical stimulation of the human brain and a congressional ban on large pets…

The communication skills of listening, reading, speaking, and writing are the most critical skills that high school business education students must master. The following two approaches to helping students develop these skills are discussed: (1) expand present business communication courses and (2) integrate these skills into all business…

If academically disadvantaged adults are to succeed in learning, they must be proficient in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Presents the major conceptual considerations implemented at the University of Akron (Ohio) in conducting laboratories which provide academically disadvantaged adults an opportunity to practice these skills. (EM)

Recommends objectives, subject matter, and learning activities for a comprehensive program of values education. Suggestions include increasing students' sensitivity to value claims and moral issues, willingness to consider alternatives, and consideration of the effects and consequences of actions. (Author/DB)