A project was conducted to develop a set of curriculum materials for use in implementing an instructional strategy to teach mechanical skills in secondary level exploratory vocational agricultural programs in Arkansas. The specifics of the project were to field test and refine an empirical method for developing and implementing an instructional…

This volume outlines the requirements and content of a second-year course in allied health occupations education that is designed to provide students with a practical understanding of the work done by dentists, dental hygienists, dental laboratory technicians, and dental assistants and also to help students acquire some basic dental assistant…

As part of a multiphased evaluation of vocational training provided by the Job Corps in fiscal year 1982, an assessment was made of the relative effectiveness of current Job Corps training operations. To arrive at an estimate of overall effectiveness, the researchers weighed the following factors: job-placement percentage, average wage of job,…

This booklet, one in a series about life on modern farms, describes the daily life of two black farm families, the Minisees of Michigan and the Sims brothers of Arkansas. Beginning with early morning chores, the booklet describes some of the chores they do in running their diversified farms and how they got started in farming. Although the booklet…

This booklet, one in a series about life on modern farms, describes farm operations and some activities in the lives of six vegetable farmers throughout the United States. The booklet visits the tomato growing of Carl Schneider and his partners and the lettuce growing farm of Norman Martella, both in California. It then includes brief accounts of…

The relative effectiveness of current Job Corps vocational offerings was evaluated, and occupations suitable for addition to the Job Corps vocational curricula were identified. Characteristics of Job Corps enrollees and the occupations in which training was provided were identified. To assess their comparative effectiveness, training occupations…

This teacher's guide is designed for use by postsecondary child development instructors in programs that prepare students to be child caregivers or directors. Materials are developed for use in courses that have both a lecture and a laboratory. The instructor's guide is organized in five units covering the following topics: social influences on…

This curriculum guide is one of a set of four components covering the food service occupational cluster, developed for use in occupational home economics courses. Teaching strategies, teaching aids, laboratory management plans, and test questions are coordinated with the chapters in the related reference book. A variety of teaching strategies is…

This curriculum guide describes in detail the Typing I and II curriculum at Fitch Senior High School, Groton, Connecticut, that can be taken for six hours of credit at Mohegan Community College. The articulated course was developed by a committee of teachers from both schools. For each typing course, the following information is provided: course…

The Forestry/Natural Resources Sector in the Office of Training and Program Support of the Peace Corps conducted an agroforestry inservice training workshop in Honiara, Solomon Islands, in 1983. Participants included Peace Corps volunteers and their host country national counterparts from six countries of the Pacific Islands and Asia (Western…

A research project was conducted to develop an advanced child care administration course teaching microcomputer utilization for child care administrators. After a technical advisory committee generated and prioritized a list of tasks typically performed by child care administrators, a tentative course overview was developed. Eighteen of the 24…

This guidebook is designed for use by teachers implementing a mentor-protege job-site visitation program to help vocational students, particularly nontraditional students, understand and gain more knowledge about selected vocational fields. The first section of the guide reports on the job site visitation program implemented in the Ysleta…

The Ysleta Schools Vocational Equity Project was implemented to develop and test methods to link education and industry in preparing students for nontraditional jobs. Both factual and attitudinal data were collected from educators, students, employers, and employees to accomplish the following project objectives: identify successful role models to…

The Single Parent/Displaced Homemaker Program at Gulf Coast Community College (Panama City, Florida) targeted a population of women who generally had a high school diploma and needed moral support, direction, and financial assistance in returning to college to pursue higher-level vocational programs. (Because citizens in the rural panhandle area…

A study was conducted to: (1) analyze trends in the number of minorities and women enrolled at undergraduate and graduate levels in managerial, technical, and scientific fields; (2) examine the number of undergraduate and graduate minorities and women who major in these fields; and (3) examine the impact of these trends on equity and access. Four…