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Direct linkStoten, David William – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to focus on the changing nature of quality assurance systems within the sixth form college sector. Design/methodology/approach: Ten sixth form colleges were surveyed across England and staff from varying levels within college hierarchies questioned about how quality assurance systems were implemented. Research involved…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance
Istance, David – European Journal of Education, 2011
The aim of this article is to provide an introduction to the work of OECD in the field of education through its recent projects and reports. It makes no pretence to be exhaustive. It relies heavily on published results of international reviews and comparisons where relatively clear messages have been identified, rather than single country…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Outcomes of Education, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
Postlethwaite, Keith; Maull, Wendy – Educational Review, 2007
As part of the Transforming Learning Cultures in Further Education (TLC) project, questionnaire data were collected from three consecutive cohorts of students in a wide range of learning sites, initially four in each of four Further Education (FE) colleges in England. This paper focuses on changes in perceived learning environment as mapped by…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
Download full textConlan, Sean – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2004
VTOS (Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme) and BTEI (Back to Education Initiative), two major adult education programme strands, are strange sounding acronyms. They have little meaning to the general public but are very significant to adult education practitioners and to adults trying to improve their education and enhance their employment…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, Vocational Education
Hildebrand, Henner; Hinzen, Heribert – Convergence, 2004
The Institute for International Co-operation of the German Adult Education Association, otherwise known as the IIZ/DVV, is based in Bonn. Germany and has more than 40 years of service in various projects in different countries. The Institute is known for the publication of the journal "Adult Education and Development," the most widely…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Literacy Education, Institutional Role
