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Cox, Eva; Leonard, Helen – 1994
The material in this monograph is part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Non-Formal Learning, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). It is designed to raise issues relating to skill definition. "Choosing a Worker or How Good Are Your Job Descriptions?" explores why interpersonal or…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Females, Foreign Countries, Industrial Education
Watkins, Karen – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Adults Learning: The Changing Workplace A, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. The first part of the document examines the roles, skills, and methods used by facilitators of workplace learning in light of a social action view of learning. The following…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies
Deakin Univ., Victoria (Australia). – 1994
This publication is part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Human Resource Development, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). It contains three essays that explore the approaches to learning currently modeled within industry. "Training for Women" (Kathy MacDermott) presents the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employed Women, Females, Foreign Countries
Butler, Elaine, Ed.; Brown, Mike, Ed. – 1993
These 12 papers are part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Project Development Plan 2, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). They examine the breadth and depth of the actions and debates around the social construction of skill and the critical role played by the concept of skill in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employed Women, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices
A Collection of Original Essays on Curriculum for the Workplace. EAE604 Curriculum and Competencies.
Deakin Univ., Victoria (Australia). – 1994
This publication contains six essays that offer a range of practical and theoretical perspectives on work-related curriculum. It is part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Curriculum and Competencies, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). An introduction proposes a course design and pedagogy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Jennings, Leonie – 1993
This issues primer is structured around a series of 20 contemporary concerns in the changing world of work and training in Australia in the early 1990s. It is part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Negotiated Study Program, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). Information on each issue is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Costs, Emerging Occupations
Welton, Michael – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, The Changing Workplace: Part B, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. The first part of the document constructs a framework for exploring the concept of the workplace as a learning environment that is in fact the primary school for adult learning and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies
Watkins, Peter – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, The Changing Workplace: Part B, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. The first part of the document examines current thinking regarding knowledge and control in workplaces emphasizing flexible production systems, flexible technology, and a flexible work…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Bernard, Elaine – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Adults Learning: The Changing Workplace A, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. The first part of the document examines the relationship between technological change and skills development. The following topics are discussed: the new technological…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Jackson, Nancy – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Adults Learning: The Changing Workplace B, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. Section 1 looks mostly at male-dominated trades work and at some historical modes of the flexing of political muscle in struggles over the definition of work and skill. It…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Clerical Occupations