
This common body of knowledge is applicable to practice in all settings: industry, high schools, community colleges, etc. The successful practice of workforce education requires practitioners to have prerequisite knowledge. Employment & training services, human resources. The purpose of this book is to provide this background.
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The History and Growth of Career and Technical Education in America

Other Ways to Win: Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates

Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology

Three case studies of current issuesâ€"car airbags, genetically modified foods, and the California energy crisisâ€"illustrate why ordinary citizens need to understand technology to make responsible decisions. What is the long-term effect of this galloping technological revolution? In today’s new world, it is nothing less than a matter of responsible citizenship to grasp the nature and implications of technology.
. Table of contentsfront matterexecutive summary1 mandate for technological literacy2 Benefits of Technological Literacy3 Context for Technological Literacy4 Foundation for Technological Literacy5 RecommendationsAppendix A: Toolkit for Technological LiteracyAppendix B: Committee and Staff BiographiesIndex Used book in Good Condition.
This fascinating book from the National Academy of Engineering is enjoyable to read and filled with contemporary examples. But an even more interesting question might be what would we do if we had to actually explain how they worked? The United States is riding a whirlwind of technological change. Airbags.
Assessment of Student Achievement 9th Edition

Emphasizing that assessment is a broad term that includes testing and performance assessment, each used where it is most appropriate, Norman declares that valid assessment is necessary for effective instruction in order to improve student learning. Discusses validity and simple item analysis procedures in greater detail.
. Improve student learning with strategies that work! Spotlights expanded discussion of the role assessment plays during the planning of instruction. Used book in Good Condition. Includes references for “Additional Reading” lists. Norman gronlund gives teachers the tools they need to support the development of high-quality assessments in the classroom.
He devotes a portion of the book to preparing and using classroom tests and performance assessments, assigning grades, and interpreting standardized test scores to students and parents.
Asset Building & Community Development

. Updated throughout, environmental, social, political, human, this edition explores how communities are building on their key assets―physical, financial, and cultural capital― to generate positive change. Authors gary paul green and anna haines provide an engaging, thought-provoking, and comprehensive approach to asset building by focusing on the role of different forms of community capital in the development process.
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The History and Growth of Career and Technical Education in America

The American Community College

George R. Praise for the previous edition of the american community College "Projecting the future for the community colleges of the early twenty-first century involves projecting the future for the nation in general: its demographics, economy, and public attitudes. This is a seminal book for graduate students as well as seasoned professionals for understanding this uniquely American institution.
Charles R. At heart is a discourse on how the institutions may adapt historical structures and practices to a changing world, and how those changes may ultimately affect students, the community, and society at large. From the conclusion, "toward the future" "since 1982, The American Community College by Cohen and Brawer has been the authoritative book on community colleges.
Boggs, former president and ceo, american Association of Community Colleges "I have been a community college president for over forty-one years and a graduate professor for three decades.
Designing and Leading Comprehensive School Counseling Programs: Promoting Student Competence and Meeting Student Needs

Sage Publications Inc. Used book in Good Condition. Used book in Good Condition. The text gives in-depth discussion about major models that dominate the field and then takes the discussion a step further by showing how to implement these models in practice.
Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Bioethical Issues, Expanded

Used book in Good Condition. Taking sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Used book in Good Condition. Taking sides readers also offer a Topic Guide and an annotated listing of Internet References for further consideration of the issues.
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Training & Development: Communicating for Success

Rooted in contemporary instructional communication research, the book suggests that every aspect of developing a training program should be based upon trainee needs. Used book in Good Condition. Students are exposed to web-based training and new training technologies and learn how the internet plays a role in training and development.
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