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Amy M. Thomsen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Micro-credentials have been used in the education setting for many years. Adult learners have taken micro-credential courses to improve their skills to perform their jobs successfully. The federal technology transfer professional has limited professional development opportunities to perform their jobs better. This dissertation study examined the…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Job Skills
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Kersh, Natasha; Laczik, Andrea – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2021
Over the past decade, adult education and Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the UK context have been strongly affected by the implications of unstable political, social and economic situations, specifically in relation to social and economic inclusion of vulnerable young adults. This paper argues, that the development of policy transfer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Educational Policy, Inclusion
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Barabasch, Antje; Bohlinger, Sandra; Wolf, Stefan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2021
The article contributes to the understanding of educational policy transfer with a particular focus on VET and labour-market related training. A review of VET policy transfer literature is followed by a description of travelling VET reforms in adult and vocational education and training around the globe. Historical foundations of VET policy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Technology Transfer