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Bride, Margaret; Knights, Barry – 1981
The school-to-work transition experienced by young people employed in the manufacturing industry was examined. Personal interviews were conducted with 58 young people, their supervisors and/or employers, and staff of the schools they attended. A consensus of views was found between employers and schools on the relative importance of aims of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Research
Nedlands Coll. of Advanced Education (Australia). – 1980
Student skills and employment opportunities for diplomates of Nedlands College of Advanced Education, Western Australia, are surveyed. For diplomates in the fields of teaching, library media, and recreation, an oversupply exists in the labor market. It is suggested that this oversupply will continue for at least two years in the case of library…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential
Marks, Gary N.; Fleming, Nicole – 1998
A study examined hourly earnings among Australian young people using three Youth in Transition cohorts from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth project (birth years 1961, 1965, and 1970). It considered correlations between hourly earnings and measures of social background and school factors, qualifications, and labor market history;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Attainment, Employment Experience, Foreign Countries
Clayton, Berwyn; Blom, Kaaren; Meyers, David; Bateman, Andrea – 2003
Trends in assessment and certification of generic skills in vocational education and training (VET) across Australia were examined. Data were collected through the following activities: a literature review; semi-structured interviews with managers of assessment and teachers and learners in six registered training organizations across Australia;…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Educational Policy
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's transport and storage industry is a large, diverse sector covering all forms of transport operation, including road, rail, air, and sea, and related services: stevedoring, port operations, customs agencies, and travel agencies. Employment in this industry has not grown as quickly over the last decade as employment in general. Under…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
Beckett, David – 2000
The resurgence of "lifelong learning" has renewed consideration of the nature of "working knowledge." Lifelong learning has many aspects, including construction and distribution of individuals' very self-hood, educational institutions' role in capturing informal experiences, and the juggling required between family and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Decision Making, Definitions, Education Work Relationship
National Inst. for Educational Research, Tokyo (Japan). – 1986
This document comprises volume I of the national reports on the elementary/primary school curriculum in Asia and the Pacific sponsored by the National Institute for Educational Research (NIER) in Tokyo, Japan. Each nation's report is organized under the following topics: (1) general information on the geography and population, educational system,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Queensland Board of Teacher Education, Toowong (Australia). – 1981
This study examined the background characteristics, work experience, extent of contact with the world of work, and attitudes towards work of teachers in secondary schools in Queensland; and these teachers' views concerning the role and aims of secondary education, particularly as they relate to preparation for the world of work. Comparisons are…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries
Virgona, Crina; Waterhouse, Peter; Sefton, Robin; Sansuinetti, Jill – 2003
The role of generic skills in the lives, work, and employment of 127 dislocated workers in a broad cross-section of job categories in five areas of Australia were examined through individual interviews, focus groups, and a survey questionnaire. Selected findings are as follows: (1) generic skills are developed in all areas of human endeavor,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes
Hobart, Barry – 1999
The impact of globalization on vocational education and training (VET) in Australia was examined through a literature review. Special attention was paid to the following topics: the growing export orientation in Australian industry (industrial growth in Australia's economy, growth in Australian exports, "knowledge intensity" in the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Economic Change, Educational Change
Toms, Jon; Golding, Barry; Falk, Ian; Kilpatrick, Sue – 1999
A study examined the question of how one Australian non-metropolitan community consolidates and develops sustainable economic and social activity through the learning of community members. The research used a focused interview process with open-ended questions with these 2 major sub-groups in the community and explored their interrelatedness: 2…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Skills, Developed Nations, Economic Development
Cullen, R. B. – 1997
Although education and training should be a source of relative advantage for Australia, the competitive benefits expected from the nation's "clever country" strategy have been slow to emerge. When 22 countries including Australia, Germany, Singapore, the United Kingdom, United States, and New Zealand were compared from the standpoint of…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Change Strategies, Check Lists, Comparative Analysis
Smith, Erica; Comyn, Paul – 2003
This research study attempts to determine how teenage workers develop their employability skills in their first formal jobs. Case studies were carried out in 12 Australian enterprises of varying sizes and drawn from different industry areas. In each case study the following staff were interviewed: senior managers and/or human resources management…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Cognitive Style, Employer Employee Relationship
Hawke, Geof; Mawer, Giselle; Connole, Helen; Solomon, Nicky – 1998
Models of workplace learning and principles for funding workplace learning in Australia were identified through case studies and a literature review. A diverse array of workplace-based approaches to delivering nationally recognized qualifications were identified. The following were among the nine funding proposals formulated: (1) funding…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Definitions, Delivery Systems
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2001
As of February 2001, 285,400 people were employed in Australia's construction trades workforce and an additional 169,600 people were employed in the main nontrade on-site construction occupations. After a period of decline in the mid-1990s, employment in Australia's construction trades increased by 5% in the 2 years ending in February 2001.…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
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