Provides results of a national survey of community college contract training programs, including data on the extent of the colleges' involvement, centralization/decentralization of contract training, problems and benefits, and future trends. Discusses future policy trends. (HB)

Presents possible explanations for enrollment differences between boys and girls in summer camps and classes offering microcomputer programing. Uses data on type of enrollment and sponsorship, difficulty level of programing classes, cost, and residential vs. day use. Ratio of males to females was found to increase with grade, cost, and level of…

Examines a recent trend in American businesses--workplace democracy--and what it means for education, with specific suggestions for classroom methodology. Discusses democracy in American businesses, education's role in preparing future business employees, and suggestions for business educators. (CT)

Summarizes important research on resettlement of refugees from Southeast Asia and outlines implications of that research for instructional programs in English as a second language, pre-employment training, and cultural orientation. Concludes that if instructional programs are to facilitate language learning most effectively, they must use…

Analyzes employment trends in computer-related fields, focusing on the education and employment of Black computer workers. Reports that parity is increasing in computer occupations where gaps between Black and White employment exist, those jobs requiring the most education. (KH)

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of supervisory training provided before, during, or after promotion; supervisory coaching; the supervisory tryout; and optional courses. The author also recommends six essential points to include in a training program: job duties, policies and procedures, employee familiarization, attitudes and…

Examines a proposal utilizing a series of models that enable Service Delivery Areas to provide eligible in-school youth with JTPA (Job Partnership Training Act) services through the schools' vocational co-op programs. Describes goals, delivery system, accomplished objectives, and benefits to the student, service delivery area, school district,…

Describes a training program to enhance the employability of mildly mentally retarded adults. The model includes exploration and preparation stages, beginning with training and placement of 17-year-old juniors as teachers' aides and culminating with postsecondary vocational skill training. (SK)

The method for modifying existing training courses for international students that is described includes conducting audience and needs analysis; matching audience needs to existing course objectives; and material modification. Specific modifications helpful in redesigning course materials are discussed. (MBR)

Reviewing educational and economic development efforts in Third World countries, the author concludes that vocational education is not the solution. A combination of nonformal education and technology training, with related literacy training, would be more effective in improving the quality of life. (SK)

Why do employers go to the trouble and considerable expense of providing training for the people who work for them? Traditionally, the purpose of company-sponsored training has been to prepare specific people to do specific jobs or to do them better. (SSH)

Some 280 industry, education, labor, and state and local government leaders exchanged information about how Appalachian programs can harness technology to make traditional industries more competitive, package capital for job-creating industries and business, launch service industries, match education with jobs, and fit displaced workers into the…

Describes the Saudi system of prevocational centers, designed to retrieve young male dropouts, prepare them for reentering general education, orient them to job skills, and prepare them for more extensive training at vocational training centers. The curriculum, emphasizing clerical and industrial skills, is also discussed. (SK)

Assessed the effects of observers and videotaped replays of each rehearsal attempt on accurate reproduction of a model's performance as part of a behavior modeling training program designed to teach 36 college students behaviors for doing on-the-job training. Results revealed that one observer and videotaped feedback enhanced reproduction scores.…

A look at Canadian private vocational schools in terms of what they are, how good they are, their fee structure and what controls are imposed on them, and their philosophy. (HD)