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Ioannidou, Alexandra; Parma, Andrea – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2022
This study explores the relation between risk of job automation and participation in adult education and training (AET) and examines variation in that relation across welfare regimes distinguishing between situational and institutional barriers. Using microdata of PIAAC, we analyze participation in formal or nonformal AET for job-related reasons…
Descriptors: Automation, Risk, Adult Education, Participation
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Vaculíková, Jitka; Kalenda, Jan; Kocvarová, Ilona – Studies in Continuing Education, 2021
One of the most often repeated goals in modern society is making education available to all on equal terms, regardless of social origin, culture or individual characteristics such as age, gender or the socio-economic status of an individual. However, in relation to gender inequality within learning environments, in the Czech Republic the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Nonformal Education, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning
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Kalenda, Jan; Kocvarová, Ilona; Vaculíková, Jitka – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2020
This study deals with key determinants of participation in the nonformal education (NFE) of adults in the Czech Republic (CZE). Our results are based on a secondary analysis of two Adult Education Surveys carried out in the CZE in 2011 (n = 10,190) and 2016 (n = 12,272). Determinants of participation are modelled through logistic regression and…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Adult Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2021
Concise, clear and comprehensive snapshots of vocational education and training systems in EU, Iceland and Norway: this is what the Cedefop Spotlight on VET series offers. Building on individual country Spotlights, this publication provides an overview of VET systems with their distinctive qualities, such as main accession and progression routes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Secondary Education
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Lester, Stan – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2013
The TRAVORS projects, supported by the European Union's Lifelong Learning Programme, ran between 2008 and 2012. Their object was to develop training programmes for disability employment practitioners across nine countries based on proven approaches both to vocational rehabilitation and to skills training. The second of the two projects aimed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Vocational Rehabilitation, Program Validation