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Zan Chen; Catherine Ramos – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2024
Singapore, like many other countries in the world, is on a journey towards a culture of lifelong learning to keep its workforce competent, resilient, and future-ready in the rapidly changing world of work. In order to realise this, a significant amount of resources has been invested to the training and adult education (TAE) sector. The TAE sector…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Adult Educators, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables
Ng, Betsy, Ed. – Springer, 2022
This book presents the most comprehensive discussion of emerging trends in higher education in the Asia Pacific, ranging from graduate attributes to integrated workplace learning, with an in-depth focus on work readiness, employability and career development. It draws on the relationship between graduate attributes and employability, as well as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Employment Potential, Education Work Relationship, Career Readiness
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De Lange, Paul; Jackling, Beverley; Suwardy, Themin – Accounting Education, 2015
Drawing on research in the sociology of professions as a reference point, this study examines the practices and perceptions of professional accountants towards the requirements of IES7 on continuing professional development (CPD). Responses from 1310 accountants in the Asia Pacific region suggest while increasing globalisation has led to more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Professional Development, Professional Personnel
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Luyt, Brendan; Ann, Ho Swee – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2011
Singapore is now one of the fastest aging societies in the world. By 2030 those over 65 years old are expected to number 1.41m strong, 26.8 percent of the country's entire population. Given these numbers, it is not surprising that aging is a key concern in Singapore. This article reports on a qualitative study of 32 individuals over the age of 55…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Zhang, Lawrence Jun – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2004
This paper explores curriculum evolution processes in relation to sociocultural considerations with respect to a (teacher-of-English-as-a-foreign-language) TEFL program conducted in Singapore for inservice (English-as-a-foreign-language) EFL trainee-teachers from the People's Republic of China (PRC). It reports on how curriculum evolution was…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change