G-W Integrated Learning Solution
Together, We Build Careers
At Goodheart-Willcox, we take our mission seriously. Since 1921, G-W
has been serving the career and technical education (CTE) community. Our
employee-owners are driven to deliver exceptional learning solutions to CTE
students to help prepare them for careers. Our authors and subject matter
experts have years of experience in the classroom and industry. We combine
their wisdom with our expertise to create content and tools to help students
achieve success. Our products start with theory and applied content based
upon a strong foundation of accepted standards and curriculum. To that base,
we add student-focused learning features and tools designed to help students
make connections between knowledge and skills. G-W recognizes the crucial
role instructors play in preparing students for careers. We support educators’
efforts by providing time-saving tools that help them plan, present, assess,
and engage students with traditional and digital activities and assets. We
provide an entire program of learning in a variety of print, digital, and online
formats, including economic bundles, allowing educators to select the right
mix for their classroom.
Student-Focused Curated Content
Goodheart-Willcox believes that student-focused content should be
built from standards and/or accepted curriculum coverage. Standards from
the Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) and the National Automotive
Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) were used as a foundation in this
text. Hydraulic Systems for Mobile Equipment also uses a building block
approach with attention devoted to a logical teaching progression that helps
students build upon their learning. We call on industry experts and teachers
from across the country to review and comment on our content, presentation,
and pedagogy. Finally, in our refi nement of curated content, our editors are
immersed in content checking, securing and sometimes creating fi gures that
convey key information, and revising language and pedagogy.
The AED and NATEF Connections
Goodheart-Willcox is pleased to support the AED and NATEF by
correlating Hydraulic Systems for Mobile Equipment to both the AED
Standards for Construction Equipment and the NATEF Medium/Heavy Duty
Truck task list. These standards were created in concert with industry
and subject matter experts to match real-world job skills and marketplace
demands.
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