A guide designed to assist educators with the implementation of a learning laboratory in programs providing academic instruction for adults is presented. The underlying premises involving the training of teachers to work effectively in the learning laboratory and the classroom include: (1) Responsibility for the training rests with the learning…

THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO SURVEY AND IDENTIFY TECHNOLOGICAL MANPOWER NEEDS OF INDUSTRY AND TO RELATE THESE NEEDS TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION. A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY METHOD WAS EMPLOYED FOR THE INVESTIGATION. APPROXIMATELY 11,000 COMPANIES WERE SELECTED FOR SATURATION MAILINGS. THE STUDY RESULTS WERE BASED UPON…

The purpose of the study was to investigate three separate aspects of the process by which ex-addicts-in-treatment are prepared for, enter into, and function in the world of work. These aspects were the actual labor market conditions in two different urban settings--New York City and the greater Boston area; the specific institutional supports…

Implications for Maine's vocational technical institutes of changes in the pulp and paper industry are examined in this study designed to help vocational educators realize the importance of keeping current with the needs of employers in relevant labor markets. Information used was gathered from relevant literature and from indepth interviews with…

The University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland Schools Examinations Council (UBLS/SEC) is preparing to expand its external examination and certification responsibilities, as well as its role in primary and secondary school curriculum development within its member countries. This plan addresses the educational measurement aspects of the…

To assist the States in implementing Federal standards for emergency medical services (under the Highway Safety Act of 1966), this guide has been prepared to aid in organizing, conducting, and standardizing a basic training course for emergency medical technicians (EMT's). Part I is a guide for a course designed to develop or upgrade the skill…

Reports on a program that gives college seniors in a public relations curriculum needed professional experience by assigning them to work with professionals in a nearby city. (RL)

Purdue University's Industrial Education Department cooperated with a county manpower center to provide on-the-job training for CETA clients in repairing Purdue's physical plant, thereby helping the manpower center clients and also the university's maintenance department. The article describes the training programs and skills instruction. (MF)

A vocational agriculture instructor describes the Agricultural Cooperative Training (ACT) program at Nottoway (Virginia) Senior High School for on-the-job training in agribusiness and agricultural production. Especially important are student and site selection, ACT guidelines, a parent-student-employer-school written agreement, and the student…

Describes a building trades program operating since 1971 for handicapped students in Fairfax County, Virginia, which provides construction work experience training under actual working conditions, and offers advice to vocational education teachers in adjusting programs for handicapped students. (MF)

The authors focus on issues related to the continual use of video display terminals in the office, including safety and health regulations, potential health problems, and the role of training in minimizing work-related health problems. (CH)

A school/community-based program was developed by Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools to prepare students, aged 5-21, with moderate/profound retardation for transition into adult life. Program goals included providing more community and job training and increasing opportunities for frequently occurring, quality interactions with…

This discussion of how to design a training program to teach professional judgment and performance focuses on a model for training police officers. Open job skills are explained, appropriate choices and actions are described, and the components and objectives of open job skill instruction are presented. (LRW)

Presents a summary, by state jurisdiction, of labor legislation during 1985. Legislation covered such topics as wages, equal employment opportunity, background clearance, occupational safety and health, employment and training, child labor, industrial homework, hours, agriculture, labor relations, plant closings, worker privacy, private employment…

Reports on the activities of Des Moines Area Community College's Economic Development Group (EDG), a division created to develop and coordinate a systematic approach to providing contract training for business and industry. Highlights the Project File System as the core of the EDG's delivery system. (AYC)