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Center for Occupational Research and Development, Inc., Waco, TX. – 1981
This course in energy conservation is one of 16 courses in the Energy Conservation-and-Use Technology curriculum. Intended for use in two-year postsecondary technical institutions to prepare technicians for employment, the courses are also useful in industry for updating employees in company-sponsored training programs. Comprised of seven modules,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Air Conditioning, Behavioral Objectives, Building Design
Sredl, Henry J. – 1981
Field research was conducted to identify and examine the most recent trends in vocational and technical education during the Chinese Post-Cultural Revolution years of 1976-1981. Prior to the Revolution more than half of the middle school students participated in skill training before graduation. All such programs were abolished during the…
Descriptors: Demography, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy
Newton, Lawrence R. – 1981
This project (1) identifies basic and functional mathematics skills (shop mathematics skills), (2) provides pretests on these functional mathematics skills, and (3) provides student learning projects (project sheets) that prepare metal trades students to read, understand, and apply mathematics and measuring skills that meet entry-level job…
Descriptors: Course Content, Job Skills, Learning Activities, Learning Modules
Al-Ahram Center for Scientific Translations, Cairo (Egypt). – 1982
This annotated listing cites dissertations, government publications, newspaper articles, journal articles, and monographs dealing with education in Egypt. Items cited were published in 1980. The listing is organized by subject area. The subjects include academic accomplishment, adult education, basic education, children's books, civil servants,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Books, Childrens Literature, Comparative Education
Higbee, Homer, Ed.; Winters, Marjorie K., Ed. – 1980
Recommendations concerning the admission and placement of students from Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore are presented along with results of a review of the system of education within each country. The information was gathered by teams of U.S. and Canadian educators. For each country, information is presented on the country, the…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Curriculum
Spencer, Mary Louise; And Others – 1981
The overall goal of this project was to develop a model comprehensive school community career services system for students enrolled in the postsecondary state area vocational-technical schools. The objectives were as follow: (1) to help students develop positive self-concepts and positive concepts of the working environment; (2) to provide…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Knox, Kathleen – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the factors that account for the sustained and unusually high rate of participation in tuition-assisted education by Polaroid employees. Information was gathered by interviews with Polaroid management officials in the Human Resources Development Group; staff of the Education and Career Planning Department; and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Educational Opportunities, Employer Attitudes
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison.
This is a description of Wisconsin's vocational, technical, and adult education (VTAE) system designed to provide delivery of occupational education through comprehensive districts. It is intended for use by legislators, vocational educators, and policy makers. The system plan, divided into five sections, provides in the first section the basis…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Needs
Corvalan, Oscar, V – 1977
The purpose of this book is to describe and analyze the major vocational training institutions of Latin America, from the educational planner's point of view, in order to map the terrain in this field and propose some guidelines useful to planners. The first two chapters discuss some conceptual problems related to the field of non-formal education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations
Hull, Daniel M. – 1978
The Technical Education Research Center-SW has conceived, tested, and refined a model for disseminating newly developed programs and materials throughout the nation. The model performed successfully in the dissemination of more than 50,000 educational units (modules) of Laser/Electro-Optics Technician (LEOT) materials during a four-year period…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Costs, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Guides
Vancouver Community Coll., British Columbia. – 1979
Four appendices are provided to the Market Research Task Force Report completed at Vancouver Community College (VCC). Appendix I describes, on a series of matrices, the programs offered at each of the three VCC campuses and in the college's continuing education department. The following information is included on the matrices for each college…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age, College Programs, Community Colleges
Prince George's Community Coll., Largo, MD. – 1979
Interlaced with humor based on a parody of "The China Syndrome," this five-part handbook provides Prince George's Community College (PGCC) students with a summary of college policies, procedures, and orientation information. Part I presents a short history of the college and general information pertaining to its accreditation, board of trustees,…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Administration, College Credits, College Programs
Moore, Betty Jane; Silverman, Sherman E. – 1980
Since Spring 1969, Prince George's Community College (Maryland) has offered a team-taught, interdisciplinary course incorporating economics, geography, and political science in an introduction to social science for technical education students. As the course was originally designed, each of the instructors of the three disciplines was given a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
ARNOLD, JOSEPH P.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIRTY-SIX PARTICIPANTS SELECTED FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES, TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, AND UNIVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATION STAFFS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATED IN AN INSTITUTE TO STIMULATE AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS IN TECHNICAL TEACHER EDUCATION. ACTIVITIES AND TOPICS OF THE INSTITUTE CONCERNED EXISTING…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Guides, Educational Needs, Educational Programs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1980
This issue contains a regional review, discussion of technical and vocational education in countries of Asia and Oceania, articles dealing with various aspects of technical and vocational education, and a bibliographical supplement. The brief statistical review in section 1 concerns second-level technical and vocational education in the developing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations
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