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Blau, Joel – 1999
This book examines the political and economic consequences of the United States' growing reliance on the market and the effects that this growing reliance is having on U.S. workers and their families. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 10 chapters: (1) consequences of the turn to the market (disinvestment, imbalance between…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Climate, Economic Opportunities, Education Work Relationship
Ministry of Labour, London (England). – 1967
IN THIS CLASSIFIED REGISTER OF CURRENT AND RECENTLY COMPLETED STUDIES OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN GREAT BRITAIN, INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS ARE ARRANGED BY THE ITEM NUMBER JUDGED MOST IMPORTANT, AND THE NUMBERS OF OTHER RELEVANT INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE INSERTED AT THE END OF EACH SECTION TO PROVIDE CROSS REFERENCES. DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDE THE TITLE…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classification, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
BAKER, JAMES; REYNOLDS, O.W. – 1966
EDUCATION AND TRAINING, BEGINNING 18 MONTHS BEFORE THE OPENING IN 1962 OF THE NEW SPENCER WORKS STEEL PLANT OF RICHARD THOMAS AND BALDWINS, LTD., IN MONMOUTHSHIRE, ENGLAND, INVOLVED ALL LEVELS OF PERSONNEL. (SOME PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR CLERICALS, WERE DELAYED UNTIL AFTER THE OPENING.) THE UNDEVELOPED SITE, RADICALLY NEW EQUIPMENT AND…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Automation, Engineering, Industrial Training
Giles, Leslie; And Others – 1996
A study identified the current and future skill requirements of secretaries through a review of available data and research literature; interviews with key players in the secretarial field and employers and secretaries in 20 British organizations; and a forum where research findings were discussed. Findings indicated that in the majority of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Skills, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1985
This report contains materials to assist teachers and others in designing curricula in robotics. The first section includes the results of a survey of technicians and supervisors in nine companies involved with robots that was designed to gather information concerning the education and training needed to prepare for a career in robotics. The…
Descriptors: Automation, Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1985
The rapidity with which information processing equipment is changing has necessitated the development of business and office occupations curricula with a more generalized approach to the technology of information processing. Educational planners should use a systems approach rather than the more traditional components approach to develop curricula…
Descriptors: Automation, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Data Processing