The approaches of four countries to vocational training for youth are described: West Germany's dual system; the Swedish vocational preparation system; the Certificate of Professional Aptitude in France; and Great Britain's Youth Training Scheme. (SK)

Quality circle training has been adapted from Japan, but United States training needs are very different. A survey of quality circle members indicated they perceived human relations skills to be significantly more important than problem-analysis skills. (CH)

The authors discuss problems of Great Britain's Youth Training Scheme (YTS), including high dropout rates, uneven program quality, and the program's image with employers. (CH)

Describes the Southern Regional Education Board-State Vocational Education consortium, which envisions a major change in the way vocational education is delivered. Students must be educated for jobs, not trained for them. (JOW)

Joliet Junior College's Dislocated Worker Assistance Center in Illinois was selected in 1987 by the U.S. General Accounting Office as one of eight exemplary dislocated worker projects nationwide. This article describes the program and the contributors to its success. (Author)

Results of analyzing employment specialist intervention time with mentally retarded persons in supported competitive employment programs found that persons classified as moderately or severely retarded did not require a significantly greater amount of intervention than those classified as borderline or mildly retarded. (Author/DB)

The stock-in-trade of trainers are the models, frameworks, and structures used for teaching, coaching, and counseling. The authors argue that the better the conceptual models that managers and trainers use for managing their thinking, the better performance they will achieve. (JOW)

The author suggests that trainers charged with converting to computer-based training begin with a pilot program. He covers potential problems and how to address them. (CH)

The author suggests that technical colleges expand their efforts to provide support, motivation, and retraining for dislocated workers. In addition to technical skills, he suggests that dislocated workers should study the social sciences to strengthen intellectual skills that will be useful in goal setting and decision making. (CH)

The author discusses two significant directions taken by nursing that appear to have governed the profession's transition from self-confidence to obsessive self-scrutiny. These are the decision to seek legitimacy for the profession within the university and the unquestioning acceptance of Flexner's description of professions. (CT)

Discusses various aspects of high technology: computers in cars, computer-assisted design and manufacturing, computers in telephones, video recorders, laser technology, home computers, job training, computer education, and the challenge to the technology teacher. (CT)

Extension has four roles in the economic development arena: (1) providing perspective, (2) increasing the knowledge base, (3) teaching management skills, and (4) shaping institutional structure. In different states, extension will find different appropriate roles in economic development education. (CH)

The Perkins Act makes funds available for programs that combine the resources of community-based organizations (CBOs) and vocational education. Partnerships between postsecondary institutions and CBOs are being designed around private sector needs. (SK)

The author describes the open-ended vocational programming being used at the Maryland Correctional Training Center. The programs are competency-based and feature a Student Competency Profile Record that helps instructors know what competencies a student already possesses. (CH)

Studied motivational and environmental influences on training effectiveness. Tested an exploratory model describing the influence on trainee career and job attitudes on training outcomes (learning, behavior change, performance improvement). Results suggest that job involvement and career planning are antecedents of learning and behavior change.…