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Needels, Karen; Corson, Walter; Nicholson, Walter – 2002
Data from national administrative and telephone surveys of nationally representative samples of unemployment insurance (UI) recipients who began collecting benefits in 1998 were analyzed to identify changes in the UI claimant population over the past 10 years and determine whether the time has come to retool the nation's reemployment services. The…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Delivery Systems, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship
2001
This document consists of a two-part report that was developed as part of a project to develop a national workforce development (WfD) system to ensure that people in the United Kingdom develop the basic, intermediate, and other skills needed in the 21st century. The first report sets out proposals for a more demand-led system that places skill…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Kawulich, Barbara B. – 2000
The influence of skills and education on work choices of Muscogee (Creek) women was examined in an ethnographic study during which 16 Muscogee women with educational levels ranging from an eighth grade boarding school education to a master's degree participated in multiple personal guided interviews. Only two of the women were not high school…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, American Indians, Career Choice
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1999
It is a myth that skills alone ensure employment. Other keys to workplace success include continuous learning, emotional intelligence, networking, flexibility, and commitment to business objectives. Although academic degrees, skill certifications, and other documentation of accomplishments provide access to employment, they are significant only at…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Education Work Relationship
Simpson, Mary; Lane, Joanna – 1998
This document describes the experiences of 13 unemployed adults who participated in job training that was provided by the Croydon Continuing Education and Training Service in the London borough of Croydon with funding from the European Social Fund from 1995-1997. The document begins with an overview of the two projects: the New Addington NOW (New…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies, Continuing Education
Niederhauser, Dale S.; Salem, Donna J.; Fields, Matt – Online Submission, 1999
The typical introduction to technology course focuses on helping preservice teachers develop skills for using technology and integrating it into their practice (Downs, 1992; McKenzie, 1994; Niess, 1991; Raiford & Braulick, 1995). Current national standards for technology in teacher preparation also emphasize the importance of developing skills…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Introductory Courses, Technical Education, Technology Uses in Education
Bachner, David J.; Malone, Laurence J.; Snider, Mary C. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2001
This volume argues that international/intercultural experiences are powerful vehicles for first-year college students to learn the perspectives and skills necessary to function interdependently in a rapidly changing, increasingly complicated world. The authors develop this thesis through an in-depth case study of efforts to provide such learning…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Skill Development, Case Studies, Multicultural Education
Stott, Tim; Hall, Neil – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2003
This investigation focuses on students' self-reported changes in personal, social and technical skills that took place during a six-week long expedition to East Greenland. A 105-item pre-and post-expedition questionnaire was completed by 60 young expeditioners aged 16 to 20. Before the expedition participants generally felt that they had high…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Student Attitudes, Physical Fitness, Hygiene
Stahmer, Aubyn C.; Ingersoll, Brooke – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2004
The passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 mandated the provision of interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) under the age of 3 years. Although Strain, McGee, and Kohler (2001) suggested that children with autism benefit from inclusive programming, inclusive early intervention programs are…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Young Children
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce; Stambaugh, Tamra – Gifted Child Today, 2006
This article describes Project Athena, a Javits program funded by the U.S. Department of Education and developed through the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary. Project Athena seeks to find ways to help impoverished children develop advanced skills in reading comprehension, literary analysis, and persuasive writing. Its…
Descriptors: Literacy, Poverty, Skill Development, Reading Comprehension
DesRoches, Diane – 1995
An approach to teaching integrated language skills in adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction is described. The technique uses a combination of classroom drama and role-playing, writing about the event, revision, publication, and follow-up activities to develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Eight stages are defined…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Logan, David C.; Kritzell, Bryan – 1997
This book is designed to help individuals reinvent their careers by analyzing the current state of their careers, identifying career objectives suited to their individual and family needs, and developing personal strategic action plans for achieving career fulfillment in five new career path options: corporate climber, new entrepreneur,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Career Ladders
Anderson, Clinton L.; And Others – 1992
New recruits who need developmental work to be ready for college-level work often seem to fall into a gap in the military's structure for education. Contrary to what critics portray, research points to a variety of success-oriented developmental education programs. Factors that ensure program success include inclusion of problem solving and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, College Preparation, Developmental Studies Programs
Sutcliffe, Jeannie – 1994
This book, which is intended primarily for volunteers, tutors, and staff at Great Britain's further education colleges, adult education centers, and training schemes, provides introductory information on teaching basic skills to adults with learning difficulties. Among the topics discussed in chapter 1 are the following: literacy/numeracy needs,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies
Bush, Marcia, Ed.; Taylor, Helen Parcell, Ed. – 1993
This yearbook includes 17 papers organized into 3 sections devoted to the concepts that leadership begins with people, requires action, and must be purposeful. The following articles are included: "Personal Skill Development" (Van Huss); "Leadership Profiles" (Fry, Hibler); "Leadership: From the Classroom to the Boardroom" (Felton); "Planting the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship