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Semenov, V. E. – Russian Education and Society, 2008
In the process of the transformation of Russian society in the 1990s, the concept of upbringing just about disappeared from the sphere of education and youth policy in this country, as well as from the work of the mass media. The idea that labor training, patriotic indoctrination, and moral upbringing should be components of civic education, an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Citizenship Education, Job Training
Schmidt, Steve; Strachota, Elaine; Conceicao, Simone – Online Submission, 2006
This paper examines two empirical studies that used online surveys to collect data to measure satisfaction in job training and workforce development. A description of each study, findings related to response rate, the processes used in online survey development and implementation, as well as recommendations for the future use of online surveys…
Descriptors: Job Training, Internet, Test Construction, Job Satisfaction
Paek, Jeeyon; Hawley, Joshua D. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of training program characteristics on training effectiveness among organizations receiving training services from external training providers. Two surveys were sent to HRD managers and senior managers per company. The results showed that the operational margin of the programs where private…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Job Training, Human Resources, Labor Force Development
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Slovak, Karen; Joseph, Alfred Louis, Jr.; Broussard, Anne – Children & Schools, 2006
This study examined the perceptions of school social workers' (SSWers') graduate education training on contemporary issues facing students in schools as well as issues related to this host practice setting. SSWers who completed a specific school social work program were compared with those who did not on perceived graduate education preparation…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Graduate Study, Comparative Analysis, Violence
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Smith, Andrew – Education & Training, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the statistical evidence for the extent of employer training in Australia and analyse this information in the light of three major qualitative projects that have been undertaken into employer training since the mid-1990s. Design/methodology/approach: The paper reports an analysis of the major…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Training, Statistical Data, Vocational Education
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Smits, W. – Education Economics, 2006
This paper examines the relationship between a firm's training motives and the quality of apprenticeship training. Data on training quality and training motives are obtained by interviewing former apprentices. The paper employs a novel measure for training quality based on subjective survey data on the firm's training effort. It is found that…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Job Training, Interviews, Occupational Surveys
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Jackson, Ann; Wallis, John – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2006
Despite its position as a key mechanism for ensuring accountability to the government and to the public, and as a perceived tool to improve standards and outcomes, the inspection of education--and in particular of the post-compulsory sector--has been under-researched. This paper contributes to the field through an exploration of the twin…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Inspection, Accountability, Educational Improvement
Steinberg, Jon, Ed. – Literacy Assistance Center, 2009
This newsletter, published five times a year, features articles on issues of concern to adult, family, and youth literacy practitioners, as well as recommended resources, announcements, and teaching strategies. This issue includes: (1) Career Pathways for High School Dropouts: A National Survey (Jon Steinberg); (2) Work (Elyse Barbell); (3) Peer…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Mentors, Dropouts, Teaching Methods
Fettes, Trisha – Learning and Skills Network (NJ1), 2007
Citizenship is an important part of the development of young people. By enabling them to learn about their rights and responsibilities, to understand how society works, and develop knowledge and understanding of social and political issues, citizenship prepares them for dealing with the challenges they face in life. Through citizenship, young…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Apprenticeships, Vocational Education
Achieve, Inc., 2007
This survey updates the efforts of all 50 states to align their high school standards, graduation requirements, assessments, and accountability systems with the demands of college and work, and finds that at least 48 states are now actively engaged in reform efforts of some kind. There is more momentum in the states now than at any time since…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Accountability, Educational Change, High School Students
Demirdogen, R. Esra – Online Submission, 2007
This paper is about a study, which has been carried out at a chemical production facility in Izmir, Turkey during the spring of 2006 using Participatory Action Research process in a training course exploiting Learning Management System. The system has been tested with 12 chemists working in this factory. The technical training course was carried…
Descriptors: Action Research, Job Training, Foreign Countries, Management Information Systems
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Coffield, Frank; Edward, Sheila; Finlay, Ian; Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken; Steer, Richard; Gregson, Maggie – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
The TLRP project reported on in this article attempts to understand how the Learning and Skills sector functions. It traces how education and training policy percolates down through many levels in the English system and how these levels interact, or fail to interact. The authors first focus upon how policy impacts upon the interests of three…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Public Service, Educational Practices, Educational Policy
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Hemphill, Sharon; Duffield, Judy – Journal of Staff Development, 2007
The staff development teacher facilitates the evolution of a school-based professional learning community focused on improving teaching and learning by being a catalyst for teacher change and reflection. These teacher leaders needed the knowledge and skills to transform individual school staffs into professional learning communities focused on…
Descriptors: Specialists, Learning Theories, Teacher Education Programs, Lifelong Learning
Patton, Madeline – Community College Press (NJ1), 2008
How to strengthen technician education to meet the needs of the biotechnology industry was the question before the 50 people who participated in the "Educating Biotechnicians for Future Industry Needs" conference from April 28 to 30 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The participants were from higher education, secondary schools, industry, government, and…
Descriptors: Industry, Labor Force Development, Group Discussion, Community Colleges
O'Connor, Debra L.; Menaker, Ellen S. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2008
Instructional games are created when training is deliberately added to a gaming environment or when gaming aspects are deliberately incorporated into training. One type of game that is currently attracting the attention of the education and training field is the massively multiplayer online game (MMOG). Because evidence about learning outcomes…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Educational Games, Team Training, Educational Technology
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