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Direct linkGuile, David, Ed.; Unwin, Lorna, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2019
"The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training" offers an in-depth guide to the theories, practices, and policies of vocational education and training (VET). With contributions from a panel of leading international scholars, the Handbook contains 27 authoritative essays from a wide range of disciplines. The contributors present…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Theories, Educational Practices, Theory Practice Relationship
Download full textHaimson, Joshua; VanNoy, Michelle – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2004
Many high school and two-year college vocational programs are exploring new ways to help students develop and document skills valued in the labor market. Over the past decade, some efforts to improve vocational programs have focused on reorganizing curricula around skill standards and assessments formulated by employers. One recent example of this…
Descriptors: Credentials, Certification, Information Technology, Labor Force Development
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2005
Wyoming Community Colleges are responsive to training and workforce development needs of the state. In February 2004, community college staff began working with the Wyoming Workforce Alliance and Community College Commission staff to address the need for a unified and automatic process that will enable Wyoming's community colleges to track and…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Job Training, Labor Force Development
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
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
Ramsey, Terry; And Others – 1996
This report presents a process for identifying emerging and significantly evolving occupations within key Texas industries. It explains findings of a research project that provided a current information resource to help job seekers make informed career and training choices. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 examines the projected mismatch…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Education, Electricity
