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Direct linkYoo, Jeong-Ju; MacDonald, Nora M. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2014
The goal of this paper is to illustrate how the promotion of 21st Century process skills can be used to enhance student learning and workplace skill development: thinking, problem solving, collaboration, communication, leadership, and management. As an illustrative case, fashion merchandising and design students conducted research for a…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Workplace Learning, Process Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Vincent, Carol; Braun, Annette – Journal of Education Policy, 2011
This paper reports on research from a small-scale project investigating the vocational training of students in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in England. We draw on data from interviews with 42 students and five tutors in order to explore the students' understandings of professionalism in early years. In the paper, we discuss first, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Child Care Occupations, Vocational Education
Kidd, Terry T., Ed. – Information Science Reference, 2010
The expanding field of adult learning encompasses the study and practice of utilizing sound instructional design principals, technology, and learning theory as a means to solve educational challenges and human performance issues relating to adults, often occurring online. This book disseminates current issues and trends emerging in the field of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Nontraditional Students, Learning Theories, Instructional Design
Jones, Barbara; Cooper, Linda; McMillan, Janice – Perspectives in Education, 2006
This article investigates how training instructors in the South African clothing industry were prepared for their roles as Education, Training and Development Practitioners (ETDPs) by a university adult education programme. The key focus is on how these emerging ETDPs experienced their changing roles, identities and approaches to teaching and the…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Educational Development, Clothing, Case Studies
Download full textNational Institute for Literacy, 2003
This issue of "EFF Voice" was assembled by the staff to share with their readers some of the ways their partners are using Equipped for the Future (EFF) to help adults build the skills they need to be successful in the workforce today. Readers will learn about how states like New Jersey are using EFF to craft a common vision and a common…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Workplace Literacy
Andrews, Benjamin R. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
Part I of the report on "Education for the Home" (Bulletin 1914, No. 36) consisted of an introduction and summary for the investigation together with a list of equipment for household arts instruction; Part II (Bulletin, 1914, No. 37) described in detail education for the home in respect to State legislation, elementary schools, high schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Home Economics Education, Home Economics Skills
Calvin, Henrietta W. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
Home economics education includes not only that instruction in household arts and sciences which is given in elementary and secondary schools and universities, colleges, and normal schools, but it also includes that which is taught through correspondence and extension courses. The major topics in home economics education are discussed in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizations (Groups), Extension Education, Elementary School Students
Whitcomb, Emeline S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1931
This chapter of the "Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1928-1930" focuses on the following topic areas as they relate to homemaking education: Part I: Present trends, contains the following: (a) Contributions rendered; (b) Philosophy changes; (c) Expansion of home economics in our public schools; (d) Home economics required; (e)…
Descriptors: Educational History, Home Economics Education, Occupational Home Economics, Home Economics Teachers
