Vocational Education

Title	Date	Abstract
Access and equity in vocational education	[1988]	This Trends and Issues Alert contains resources about access and equity in vocational education. Included are both prin...
Apprenticeship and the future of the work force	1992	The Digest describes apprenticeship as a means of preparing skilled workers in the United States. References are inclu...
Career certificates: high quality and cutting edge?	2000	This alert examines issues related to post-baccalaureate or postmaster's certificate programs, for example those in heal...
Career pathways - approaches for the delivery of education, training, employment and human services: summary of responses to a request for information	February 2015	This report summarizes respondent-identified facilitators and barriers to career pathways development and implementation...
Cooperative education: characteristics and effectiveness	1989	Cooperative education can enhance classroom instruction by providing practical work experience that is relevant to stude...
Cooperative learning in vocational education	1992	This alert summarizes the cooperative learning model as implemented in vocational education and lists print resources an...
Dacum connection	1993	The article summarizes the DACUM, or developing a curriculum, process, which has been used for twenty years for analyzin...
Employers' expectations of vocational education	1989	The digest, an update of ERIC Digest No. 34, examines changing employer expectations for vocational education. Included...
Engaging employers to support adult career pathways programs	2013	This brief offers practical strategies on engaging employers and building business-education partnerships to support car...
Entrepreneurship education	1989	This Trends and Issues Alert contains information about the role of vocational education in entrepreneurship development...
Evaluation strategies for vocational program redesign	1989	The digest examines the role of evaluation in vocational education program redesign. Following an assessment of previou...
Guide to adult education for work: transforming adult education to build a skilled workforce	2009	This guide outlines steps that policymakers, program administrators, and providers can take to transform their current a...
Higher order thinking skills in vocational education	1992	The Digest defines higher order thinking skills in vocational education and describes strategies and applications in voc...
Improving basic skills of vocational education students	1988	The digest examines the philosophy underlying the joint efforts approach to incorporating basic skills instruction into ...
Integrating academic and vocational education; strategies for implementation	1992	This ERIC Digest reviews recent literature on the integration of academic and vocational education, highlighting the rat...
Integrating curriculum: lessons for adult education from career and technical education	September 2010	This paper addresses the "integrated curriculum" strategy being used in K-12 education to see if adult career and techni...
Integrating science and math in vocational education	1993	This ERIC Digest addresses National Education Goal #, which states that students will demonstrate competence in challeng...
Interactive videodisc in vocational education	1990	This digest looks at practical applications of interactive videodisc (IVD) in vocational education. IVD offers a combin...
Investing in America's future: a blueprint for transforming career and technical education	April 2012	This document sets forth the the elements of a transformed United States Career Technical Education program through re-a...
Is it working? Self help guide for evaluating vocational and adult education programs	1995	This manual was prepared to give project directors and evaluators of vocational and adult education programs suggestions...
Is vocational education making a difference for high-risk populations?	1998	This publication examines vocational education's role in the success of high-risk populations. References are included.
Job training versus career development	1996	This digest explores the questions about the focus of vocational education on either preparing students for specific job...
Jobs in the future	1990	The digest provides information about jobs in the future including projections of future labor market needs, the educati...
Learning styles and vocational education practice	1998	This brief examines the definitions, categories, and characteristics of various learning styles, describes the instrumen...
Locating vocational education curriculum and instructional materials	1996	This digest provides a variety of sources for curricula, lesson plans, and other instructional materials. Included are ...
Organized labor education and training programs	[1985]	Labor education and labor studies programs are designed to help union officers and members perform their union-related f...
Retaining at-risk students in career and vocational education	1989	The digest lists the factors that place students at risk of dropping out, examines the characteristics of successful pro...
Strengthening transitions by encouraging career pathways: a look at state policies and practices	February 2006	This brief summarizes the report of the same title (OTAN ID# 5877), "which was prepared to assist the U.S. Department of...
Tech prep	1991	Tech prep, an articulation partnership between secondary vocational-technical schools and postsecondary institutions, is...
The 1990 Perkins: raising the academic and occupational achievement of women and girls	1992	This is the first of a two-part series on gender equity first published in the TASSP Brief of the National Center for Re...
To reach the first rung and higher: building healthcare career ladder opportunities for low-skilled, disadvantaged adults	June 6, 2005	This interim analysis is based on CAAL's research to date and includes an in-depth review of six career ladder programs ...
Total quality management: application in vocational education	1992	The Digest focuses on methods of implementing the Total Quality Management (TQM) concept and their applicability to voca...
Using problem-solving approaches in vocational education	1998	This brief focuses on practice applications of problem solving in vocational education and their relationship to context...
Using the internet in vocational education	1995	This digest offers suggestions for using the Internet in vocational classroom. It lists newsgroups, World wide Web (WWW...
Vocational education involvement with business/industry/labor	1991	This Trends and Issues Alert contains resources that vocational educators can use in developing partnerships with busine...
Vocational education/entrepreneurship match	1991	This ERIC Digest looks at some reasons why instruction in small business development is particularly appropriate to voca...
What we must do to get students ready	1992	The brochure outlines U.S. Department of Education policy on school to work transition. Included are statistical informa...
Work-based learning	1997	This digest reviews types of work-based learning and identifies their common and unique elements. Recommendations for st...
Working together for sex equity: nontraditional programs that make a difference	1993	This is the second of a two-part series on gender equity first published in the TASSP Brief of the National Center for R...