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Download full textThomson, Peter; Mageean, Pauline – 1987
A pilot study assessed the effectiveness of two selection profiles that were designed to evaluate candidates for admission into prevocational hairdressing and automotive mechanics programs. The selection profile, which was developed by the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) National Centre for Research and Development, consisted of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, Auto Mechanics
Hill, Raymond; And Others – 1986
This guide is intended for local school district and community college administrators, instructors, and other advisory and coordinating groups charged with developing and offering courses in residential and commercial plumbing. The following topics are covered: legal authority (program standards, planning, structure, development, review and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Facilities
Batchelor, Leslie A.; Abercrombie, Richard, Ed. – 1980
This training manual, the first of two volumes, comprises the first six blocks in a nine-block in-service training course for apprentices working in heavy duty mechanics. Addressed in the individual blocks included in this volume are the following topics: shop equipment and practices; procedures for starting, moving, and stopping equipment; the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Auto Mechanics, Electricity, Engines
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1982
This curriculum outline provides secondary and postsecondary instructors with detailed information on student learning outcomes for completion of the welding/metal fabrication program requirements. A program overview discusses the aims of education; secondary school philosophy; and career preparation programs and their goals, organization, and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bibliographies, Blueprints, Career Education
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1983
This curriculum outline provides secondary and postsecondary instructors with detailed information on student learning outcomes for completion of the sheet metal fabrication program requirements. A program overview discusses the aims of education; secondary school philosophy; and career preparation programs and their goals, organization, and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bibliographies, Career Education, Cooperative Education
White, Barbara – 1984
A study examined the characteristics, educational training, and background experiences of women who entered apprenticeship in Hawaii during the period from July 1, 1974, through June 30, 1982. Survey instruments were completed by 118 of 243 female apprentices originally contacted--58 women registered with Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and 60 women…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Educational Background, Employment Patterns
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1984
This volume comprises instructional techniques that are designed for use with drafting students who demonstrate a need for additional instruction in the areas of reading, writing, math, and verbal and visual communication. Included in the guide are the following teacher-developed instructional techniques: a drafting crossword puzzle, tool bingo, a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Classroom Techniques
Plakke, Bruce L.; Brown, Jerome D. – 1984
This guide is designed to assist industrial arts teachers in expanding their knowledge of hearing conservation and to enable them to answer some routine questions that their students may have concerning hearing protection and hearing loss. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: industrial arts, hearing…
Descriptors: Definitions, Ears, Educational Legislation, Equipment Utilization
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1983
This curriculum guide, one of 15 volumes written for field test use with educationally disadvantaged industrial education students needing additional instruction in the basic skill areas, deals with helping students develop basic reading and writing skills while studying auto mechanics. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists
Robinson, Fred – 1983
Since it became known in l979 that the Arkansas Power and Light Company was going to build a large electricity generating plant near Hampton and that there would be a lignite mining operation established there to support the power plant, the Warren public schools have been preparing to meet the impact on the schools. Because it was assumed that…
Descriptors: Coal, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Demand Occupations
Associated General Contractors of America, Washington, DC. – 1989
This module on introductory insulation is one of a series of modules designed to teach basic skills necessary for entry-level employment in this field. The instructor's guide contains three instructional units that cover the following topics: (1) insulation materials; (2) insulation tools; and (3) insulation layout and basic skills. Each…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Classroom Techniques, Construction (Process), Course Content
Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Vocational Instructional Services. – 1984
This document contains three units of a course on floor framing to be used as part of a building trades program. Each unit consists, first, of an informational lesson, with complete lesson plan for the teacher's use. Included in each lesson plan are the lesson aim; lists of teaching aids, materials, references, and prerequisites for students;…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Carpentry, Classroom Techniques, Construction (Process)
Further Education Staff Coll., Blagdon (England). – 1984
This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in teaching students the procedures of conducting the MOT (Ministry of Transportation) Test (Great Britain's motor vehicle inspection test) and dealing with the customers on whose cars the inspection is performed. The guide is one in a series of core…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Core Curriculum
Minnesota State Commission on the Economic Status of Women, St. Paul. – 1986
This report provides information about the status of male and female students and staff in Minnesota high school vocational courses during the 1984-85 school year. The information is intended to enhance equity efforts by measuring progress and indicating areas needing attention. Narrative and tables or charts illustrate vocational enrollment,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education, Distributive Education
Widen, William C. – 1982
After conducting a comprehensive evaluation of its curriculum, staff at the Westinghouse Nuclear Training Center in Zion, Illinois, undertook a research and development project aimed at upgrading the center's curriculum to the competency-based format. Included among the main activities of the curriculum development process were the following:…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Classification, Competency Based Education
