The author defines self-instruction as any training method in which the trainee has control over the pace and to some extent the conditions of his learning. He discusses requirements for application of self-instructional methods: knowledge component isolation, material relevance, adaptable entry point, knowledge transfer exercises, feedback…

Traces the development of vocational education programs through the manual training movement of the 1880s, the creation of the Commission on National Aid to Vocational Education in 1914, and the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917. Discusses five key values intrinsic to the vocational education movement and why current programs have not met their promise.…

Employment and training in solar installation work is provided by fifteen Solar Utilization/Economic Development and Employment (SUEDE) demonstration projects funded by the United States Departments of Labor and Energy and the Community Services Administration. The article describes the projects and the types of work. (MF)

As both advertising and training exist to indoctrinate a certain group and move it to action, five advertising techniques that trainers might use in their work are described and applied to training: culture (organization) building, market planning, promotion, educational techniques, and motivational techniques. (MF)

A South Carolina technical college has developed a unique program emphasizing on-the-job experience to train future golf course managers. (Author/JH)

Considers the ways in which a cooperative relationship between the community college president and community employers can help the community college meet the job training needs of local business and industry. (AYC)

A conceptual framework is presented to help sociology departments define more clearly the issues surrounding employment opportunities for bachelors of sociology. Sociology departments should redefine educational objectives and identify a body of skills sociology majors should possess; offer students supervised fieldwork experiments; and give…

By adopting new techniques of recurrent and nonformal education, colleges and universities can design programs responsive to the problems of social disorganization and isolation, low productivity, and unemployment. (LBH)

The author supplies a detailed explanation of six youth employment and training bills before Congress in 1977, discusses their implications for vocational-technical educators, and states the challenge. (Editor/HD)

The relationship between college education and earning ability is examined, and the value of the college experience in itself is discussed. (RW)

One of the biggest changes in the Job Corps program has been the conversion of many single-sex centers to coeducational facilities. Interviews with program administrators at the national and center levels indicate that "coeding," the catchword for the conversion, is both popular and effective. (WL)

Describes a study conducted to identify whether higher education is responsive to the private sector training market. Findings include that miscommunication between higher education and industry regarding primary training areas acts as a barrier to the success of this mutually beneficial relationship. (10 citations) (YKH)

Discusses the government role in school-to-work (STW) in England and Wales, youth unemployment and the labor market, effects of deregulation, current research on STW, and the introduction of modern apprenticeship, in which formal training in further education colleges is combined with apprenticeship. (SK)

A survey of 551 library managers and analysis of statements made by library managers in 12 discussion groups identified problematic areas in the induction (staff orientation) of flexible workers: (1) extensive induction for temporary and casual staff is not considered cost effective; and (2) part-time workers often have to wait if induction…

Includes " A Bridge Too Far: Democracy, Development and Education in Rural South Africa (Parker); "Khuphuka: A Skills Training and Employment Programme in Durban, South Africa" (Comninos); "Reconstruction and Development Programme and Tertiary Institutions in South Africa"; and "Report on the First Session of the…