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Nijhof, Wim J., Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Nieuwenhuis, Loek F. M., Ed. – 2002
This collection of essays, which is arranged in four sections, concerns flexibility in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems of Europe. The first section, "Introduction," includes the following chapter: "Shaping Conditions for a Flexible VET" (Nieuwenhuis et al.). The second section, "Institutional and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
2000
This booklet explains how local communities can organize and structure their one-stop centers so that business is viewed as a customer of the system. The introduction provides an overview of the booklet's development and purpose. The following key attributes underpinning a workforce investment system that views business as its customer are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Career Centers, Certification
Booth, Robin; Clayton, Berwyn; Hartcher, Robert; Hungar, Susan; Hyde, Patricia; Wilson, Penny – 2003
The use and potential of online assessment in Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector was examined. The pertinent literature was reviewed, and 41 Australian and international online designers were interviewed. The following issues in achieving quality online assessment were identified: (1) using the online environment to expand…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Methods
Relave, Nanette – Issue Notes, 2000
This document examines selected issues related to collaboration between the welfare and work force development systems under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, Welfare-to-Work grant program, and Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). The document begins with a brief overview of how recent policy developments have created…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills, Cooperative Planning
Hughes, Chris – 2000
In England, vocational education and training (VET) does not exist as an institutionalized system as in Europe, where specialist institutions are tied to vocational qualifications, the labor market, and long-term objectives. Education has purposes other than to provide a skilled work force for the economy. However, the relationship between…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Economics, Education Work Relationship
Sanderson, Kay; Pearce, Ron – 2001
Performance level assessment (PLA) is a type of supplementary evidence system for competency-based assessment that is being pilot tested at five technical and further education (TAFE) institutes throughout Queensland, Australia. The PLA system uses the following three levels of performance: competency achieved; competency achieved with credit; and…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Planning, Criterion Referenced Tests
Orkwis, Raymond; DeCarme, Judi; Glover, Jeanne – 2000
This 5-volume directory describes more than 1,200 discretionary grants and contracts supported by the Research to Practice Division of the Office of Special Education Programs. The projects are grouped into sections representing the seven program areas of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments (1997), Part D. This volume, the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices
Mundry, Susan; Britton, Edward; Raizen, Senta; Loucks-Horsley, Susan – 2000
This book outlines the principles of planning, implementing, and evaluating successful professional meetings and conferences in education. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the knowledge base of effective meetings and conferences (nine principles held by effective meeting designers; characteristics of effective meetings and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agenda Setting, Audience Analysis
Mississippi Research and Curriculum Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, State College. – 1996
This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for two programs in the state's postsecondary-level computer information systems technology cluster: computer programming and network support. Presented in the introduction are program descriptions and suggested course…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Accounting, Behavioral Objectives, Community Colleges
Pianta, Robert C.; Walsh, Daniel J. – 1996
This book presents the Contextual Systems Model (CSM), a theoretical framework for the study and education of young children at risk for failing at formal schooling. Chapter 1, "Contemporary Children and Risk," provides a demographic snapshot of the realities of children's lives and introduces formal concepts regarding risk and risk…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Development, Context Effect
Miles, Curtis – 1994
This textbook contains information and activities designed to help college students develop the following generalized competencies that are critical to job success and satisfaction in the 21st century: learns; thinks reflectively; manages time; manages stress; sets goals; solves problems; demonstrates interdependence; thinks systematically; solves…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Education, Check Lists, College Students
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Pisapia, John; Riggins, Earl – 1997
The literature on integration of academic and vocational education was reviewed to identify strategies for school districts planning to integrate their academic and vocational programs. Among the topics examined were the following: reasons for integrating academic and vocational education; meaning of curriculum integration; essential components of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Evaluation
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1996
This document contains four papers presented at a symposium moderated by Valeria Stokes at the 1996 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development. "Management Development Simulations: Effective or Not?" (Jill R. Hough) reviews the differences between simulations and educational games and presents a simulation classification…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Collection, Educational Games, Educational Quality
Brown, D. F. – 1992
This study investigated the methods and effects of introducing a teacher development program aimed at improving student learning across the curriculum at two secondary schools in New Zealand. A particular target was the lowest achieving 30 percent of learners who were identified as "less proficient learners." The teachers were volunteers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1998
This document provides an overview of the Workforce Investment Act, which provides the framework for a national work force preparation and employment system designed to meet simultaneously the needs of the nation's businesses and of job seekers wishing to further their careers. The document begins with a brief summary of the act's five titles,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees
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