Like its predecessor, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act (Perkins III) directs state and local education providers to improve vocational and technical education programs. Most of these improvements are aimed directly at changing what teachers do and what and how students learn. The National Assessment of Vocational Education (NAVE) is charged with evaluating the impact o...

Objective. To test the feasibility of measuring salivary cortisol in an inpatient clinic for occupational rehabilitation, and cortisol as a biological parameter. Methods. In 17 patients in vocational rehabilitation, cortisol in saliva was measured at awakening, 30 min after and before bedtime. The cortisol measures were taken on day 2 and day 22 of the rehabilitation period. Cortisol awakening ...

The first part of the article is based on a book “The Challenges of ICT in Finnish Education” (Sinko&Lehtinen, 1999). That book describes results of national research about ICT in Finnish education. The project was divided into five sub-projects: universities (two sub-reports) edited by Jarmo Viteli; kindergartens and institutions of general and vocational education edited by Liisa Huovinen wit...

30 months mental age, and the criterion used was a composite of the Otis Higher Self Administering Test of Mental Ability, the Terman Group Test of Mental Ability, and Army Alpha Form 9. In spite of these facts, the writer has no desire to recommend this technique too heartily?for several reasons. In the first place, the particular interview used in the original investigation cannot very well b...

PURPOSE This article outlines our overall approach, qualitative work, and pilot testing to develop a tool to facilitate identification of level of support needs and assist in planning for vocational rehabilitation interventions. METHODS A set of foundation principles drawn from literature and previous critiques of work-ability assessment tools were used to guide a set of studies to develop a ...

The intent of this study was to examine the leadership of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) reforms in Arsi administrative Zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. To achieve this purpose, researcher used mixed approach research paradigm. The participants of the study include: 45 trainers, 35 board members, and 18 District officials. Moreover, 6 Deans, 6 core process owners, 2 zona...

has made the world more modern, not less. But how has modernity been conceived of in colonial, postcolonial, and post-revolutionary worlds? In Figurations of Modernity, an international team of scholars probe how non-European worlds have become modern ones, from the perspective of a broad range of societies around the globe. From vocational education in Argentina to secular morality in Tibet, f...

The Personal Globe Inventory (PGI) proposes a unified model of vocational interests, integrating Holland's established interest dimensions, with occupational prestige dimensions. current study evaluates the structural validity PGI short form in Vietnam (N = 1140). results randomized tests hypothetical order relations support inclusion spherical model, as means to better calibrate assessment acr...

OBJECTIVE To estimate from a societal perspective the cost-utility of a multidisciplinary job retention vocational rehabilitation program compared with usual care in patients with chronic rheumatic diseases at risk of job loss. METHODS Patients (n = 121) were randomly assigned to either the vocational rehabilitation program or usual outpatient care initiated by the treating rheumatologist. Fo...

Vocational rehabilitation for people experiencing work disability is a social practice often situated within health services, but the social and political drivers and effects of this practice are rarely critically analysed in health research or policy. In this study we used a Foucauldian theoretical perspective to analyse the ways in which current vocational rehabilitation practices in New Zeal...