Executive summaries and/or full text of recent NCRVE publications are available electronically on NCRVE's various online services. See the Cyberspace Update in this issue for instructions on how to access them.
MDS-1031 August 1995 $3.25
Strengthening Entrepreneurship in Communities: An Emerging Role in Postsecondary Education
V. M. Hernandez-Gantes, R. P. Sorensen, A. H. Nieri
This paper describes some of the preliminary results of a Center on Education and Work study that examines strategies for fostering entrepreneurship in schools through business incubators and postsecondary programs. It also includes a discussion on the implications for entrepreneurship development considering education and training opportunities in and out of business incubation and in business partnerships with postsecondary institutions.
MDS-1032 August 1995 $2.50
Fostering Economic Development: Opportunities and Challenges in Postsecondary Education
V. M. Hernandez-Gantes, R. P. Sorensen, A. H. Nieri
This paper discusses an expanded role for two-year postsecondary institutions. It argues that global competition and recent developments in new technologies are creating a new set of demands for both the workplace and the postsecondary educational system specifically, that these changes are placing an increasing demand for (1) highly skilled workers who can adapt to and can function in high performance jobs, and (2) new management styles and entrepreneurial skills to recognize changes and improve business performance. The authors argue that these trends in the workplace and global market suggest the need to reevaluate the role of two-year postsecondary education to emphasize an institutional and public commitment to economic development as a community enterprise. They also outline some possible strategies for fostering economic development through partnerships between industry and postsecondary institutions.
MDS-1033 August 1995 $2.50
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The Effect of Functional Flow Diagrams on Apprentice Aircraft Mechanics' Technical System Understanding
S. D. Johnson, R. E. Satchwell
This paper describes an experimental study that tested the impact of one type of conceptual illustration on students' understanding of the structure, function, and behavior of complex technical systems.
MDS-772 Reprint Series $2.50
True Reform of Tired Retread? Seven Questions to Ask About School-to-Work Programs
W.N. Grubb
Reforms tend to follow a cycle of proposal, enthusiasm, and collapse. Grubb asks the big question about school-to-work: will it evaporate in ten years' time, without having created any deep, long-term change in schools and students? In order to avoid this, Grubb asks us to develop a clearer vision for the future. He gives a compelling and insightful discussion of seven issues which need careful long-range planning so that school-to-work fulfills its promise. These issues include the need for larger responsibility on the part of employers, the need to design school to work programs so they'll include all students, and the thorny questions of assessment.
MDS-887 Reprint Series $2.00
Young Men and the Transition to Stable Employment
J. A. Klerman, L. A. Karoly
This article explores whether the characterization of the U.S. education system as failing to provide a smooth transition from high school to the labor market for the average student is accurate. The article uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLS-Y) to estimate the distribution of young men's ages at entrance into jobs lasting various lengths of time specifically, one, two, and three years. Although the article does not examine the characteristics of these jobs, its approach offers a useful way to characterize the amount of "milling about" that U.S. youth do in the labor market.
MDS-896 Reprint Series $3.25
Implications of Cognitive Science for Instructional Design in Technology Education
S. D. Johnson, R. G. Thomas
The purpose of this article is to review the cognitive science research literature relevant to technology education. This review is intended to provide a conceptual basis and direction for instructional
design in technology education.
MDS-898 Reprint Series $11.50
An Evaluation of Seventeen Leadership Development Programs for Vocational Educators
J. Moss, Jr., G. W. Leske, Q. Jensrud, T. H. Berkas
Success as a leader in vocational education is conceived primarily as facilitating the group process and empowering group members. However, a telephone survey conducted in early 1990 of members of the University Council for Vocational Education revealed that there were very few identifiable activities being offered by member institutions that were specifically intended for leadership development. In addition, while many faculty recognized the need for more and better leadership development activities, they lacked the time to create them. Therefore, NCRVE decided to offer special incentives to institutions of higher education and state agencies to initiate a wide variety of innovative leadership development programs for graduate students and inservice personnel in vocational education. This article discusses those programs and the data about leadership development that was collected and analyzed.
MDS-1025 Reprint Series $2.50
The Promises of Consolidation: Three Pitfalls, Three Solutions
W. N. Grubb
This article, written by well-known NCRVE researcher W. Norton Grubb, was included as part of a recent Capitol Hill presentation on legislative principles for promoting career-related education and training. The article argues that, although current consolidation proposals show great promise for creating a streamlined system, there are three potential pitfalls to be avoided when consolidating federal programs.
MDS-1030 Reprint Series $2.00