Federal support for vocational education, and for understanding its consequences, has a long history. As was true with previous vocational legislation, the recently amended (1998) Carl Perkins Vocational and Technology Education Act (Perkins III), directs the Secretary of Education to complete an “independent evaluation and assessment of vocational and technical education programs under this Ac...

1. Evolution of Dietary Culture 1.1. Hunting and Gathering 1.2. The Era of Agricultural Food Production 1.3. The Middle Ages—Agriculture and Dietary Habits 1.4. The Industrial Revolution and Dietary Habits 2. Food and Religion 2.1. Western Religions 2.1.1. Christianity 2.1.2. Islam 2.1.3 Judaism 2.2. Eastern Religions 2.2.1 Buddhism 2.2.2. Hinduism 3. Food Habits in Different Regions 3.1. Asian...

Vocational teachers’ prior occupational experiences are construed as those that will guarantee high-quality teaching in vocational education, although individuals are no longer required to have formal teaching qualifications to be employed as teachers in Sweden. This lack of strict requirements raises the issue of the preparedness of vocational teachers to teach their subject matter. Drawing on...

Most of the investigations in the field of vocational interest have been directed toward the development of means for the detection of vocational interests in young people before they choose a vocation. The author has been working 011 another approach, that of studying the interest which people already at work have in their occupations. We know almost nothing about vocational interests, and it ...

Aiming at identification of the components of competence-based vocational training, and its status in textbooks used in technological high schools, a content analysis of five textbooks on non-technological competencies, commonly used in all fields, was undertaken utilizing a check list considered as valid by curriculum experts. Furthermore, a perusal of related texts and documents revealed thre...

BACKGROUND The process of returning to work after long-term sick leave can sometimes be complex. Many factors, (e.g. cooperation between different authorities and the individual as well as individual factors such as health, emotional well-being and self-efficacy) may have an impact on an individual's ability to work. The aim of this study was to investigate clients' experiences with an individu...

BACKGROUND Although vocational rehabilitation is a widely advocated intervention for workers on sick leave due to subacute or chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal pain, the optimal dosage of effective and cost-effective vocational rehabilitation remains unknown. The objective of this paper is to describe the design of a non-inferiority trial evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of...

A review of the literature on the prevalence of sucking habits shows that it varies from one population to another. The purposes of this study were to: 1) determine the prevalence of sucking habits among preschool Saudi children living in Riyadh City, 2) assess the influence of some cultural factors on that prevalence, and 3) to study the effect these habits might have on the primary dentition....