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Nilsson, Anders – History of Education, 2014
Adult education is often defined to emphasise cultural and societal development. This paper proposes that the concept should be more inclusive and that vocational education and training for adults has played a bigger role than is usually recognised. This has not been subject to much research and basic facts are often virtually unknown. In this…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Foreign Countries
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Adamuti-Trache, Maria – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
Through secondary analysis of the National Graduate Survey data, this study examines determinants of choice of further education pathways by Canadian university graduates in early 2000s. This paper extends the Cross' participation model by introducing a typology of path choices that are related to socio-demographic, post-secondary and situational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, College Graduates, Graduate Surveys
Frazier, Benjamin W. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1947
Following the setbacks of wartime, teaching is once more on the march toward a professional status that is in keeping with its great importance to the Nation and to the world. Numerous agencies have expressed the need for an authoritative statement setting forth the facts on which a young person might base a decision to enter upon teaching as a…
Descriptors: Educational History, Teaching (Occupation), Pamphlets, Teaching Conditions