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Manufacturing Industries Careers Alliance, Washington, DC. – 2000
This booklet, which is part of a series demonstrating the scope of employer involvement in school-to-careers, highlights the efforts of six manufacturing employers and three "intermediary" organizations connecting workplace experiences to classroom learning for secondary education students. The introduction presents a series overview and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Awareness
Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle; Le Bot, Irene – 2000
The evolution of Germany's dual apprenticeship system and the challenges now facing it were reviewed. The following topics were considered: (1) the progression from craft guilds to vocational training; (2) the history of Germany's dual apprenticeship system from its organization in the 1970s; (4) apprenticeship in the dual system; (3) Germany's…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Certification, Change Strategies, Comparative Education
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2000
This document, which is intended for Colorado teachers responsible for teaching history to students in grades K-12, explains how to use the principles of contextual learning to integrate academic content standards with career development and workplace competencies. The introduction discusses the guide's purpose, the role of standards and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adjustment (to Environment), Career Development, Career Education
Donahue, John D.; Lynch, Lisa M.; Whitehead, Ralph, Jr. – 2000
The current situation regarding training Massachusetts' workers for the new economy was reviewed. Special attention was paid to the following topics: Massachusetts and the skill-centered economy; opportunities for workforce system reform; skills demanded in the new economy; ways other states are building workers' skills; and the fragile setting…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems
Knapper, Christopher K.; Cropley, Arthur J. – 2000
This book, which is intended for academics, educators, educational managers, and policymakers concerned with higher education, examines how universities and colleges can prepare their students for lifelong learning through continuing education, specialized courses for adults, and mainstream teaching programs geared toward traditional students. The…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Articulation (Education)
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1999
Designed for Ohio educators responsible for planning programs to prepare high school students for careers in business and management, this document presents an overview of Ohio's Integrated Technical and Academic Competencies (ITAC) system of career-focused education and specific information about the business and management ITAC career cluster.…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration Education, Business Education
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1999
Designed for Ohio educators responsible for planning programs to prepare high school students for careers in human resources/services, this document presents an overview of Ohio's Integrated Technical and Academic Competencies (ITAC) system of career-focused education and specific information about the human resources/services ITAC career cluster.…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Career Education
Pines, Marion, Ed. – 2000
This document contains nine papers devoted to the labor market problems faced by out-of-school and other disadvantaged young people in the United States and policy options and strategies for addressing those problems. The papers update the data on out-of-school young adults, review the lessons learned from past youth programs and policies,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Case Studies, Community Cooperation, Cooperative Planning
Sloman, Martyn – 2002
This book, which is written from the perspective of a practicing human resources manager, presents 17 case studies illustrating how technology is driving a new training paradigm. The case studies support 21 propositions regarding training in the e- learning (electronic learning) revolution, including the following:(1) the Internet changes…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Cincinnati, OH. – 2002
The role of Ohio's community and technical colleges in educating low-wage workers was examined. Ohio's community and technical colleges were shown to be uniquely positioned to serve as bridges to growth and opportunity by helping the state and its workers make the transition to a knowledge-based economy and help low-wage workers gain the footing…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Articulation (Education), College Role
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies are required partners in the one-stop system mandated by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). The following features have long characterized VR: the primary goal of integrated competitive employment for persons with disabilities; state flexibility in VR systems, approaches, and structures; case…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Education)
Sommers, Paul; Heg, Deena – 2000
A project was conducted to improve the state of Washington's community and technical college system by developing and using an improved occupational forecasting system to assess and respond to education and training needs. First, long-term occupational forecast data from Washington's Employment Security Department were matched with technical and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agribusiness, Agricultural Occupations, Auto Mechanics
Bjornavold, Jens – 2000
Policies and practices in the areas of identification, assessment, and recognition of nonformal learning in the European Union (EU) were reviewed. The review focused on national and EU-level experiences regarding the following areas and issues: recognition of the contextual nature of learning; identification of methodological requirements for…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Advanced Placement
van Wieringen, Fons, Ed.; Attwell, Graham, Ed. – 1999
This book contains 25 papers on vocational and adult education in Europe and the United States. The following papers are included: "Vocational and Adult Education in Europe: Introduction to the Volume" (Fons van Wieringen, Graham Attwell); "Introduction to Section 1: Markets and Institutions in Vocational and Adult Education"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Apprenticeships
2000
This document contains 15 papers from the information technology (IT) in vocational education and training (VET) section of an international conference on VET for lifelong learning in the information era. The following papers are included: "Adapting the System of Continuing Vocational Education for the 3rd Industrial Revolution--Experiences…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business English, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education