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Korea Research Inst. for Vocational Education and Training, Seoul. – 2001
This document contains 19 papers and case studies, in English and Korean, from a conference on national strategies for developing human resources through technical and vocational education and training. The following are representative: "The Need to Innovate and Optimize Resources [Keynote]" (Wataru Iwamoto); "School to Work…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities
Kelly, Ann – 1999
This booklet, which is written for adult literacy practitioners in Australia, argues that adult literacy practitioners working as trainers and assessors must become familiar with the tasks and texts used by competent workers in particular occupations and industries, and must understand how those tasks and texts fit within the broader social…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Clerical Occupations
Callan, Victor J. – 2001
A project developed and tested a management and leadership capability framework for the vocational educational and training (VET) sector. The framework emerged from a review of research into the characteristics and behaviors of managers and leaders and from interviews and focus group meetings with VET managers. The framework that emerged consisted…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Freeland, Brett – 2000
Qualitative research was conducted as part of a four-industry project studying operation of training markets, one of which was Australian tourism and hospitality (T&H). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 individuals representing stakeholder groups. Interviews were conducted across Queensland, Victoria, and South Australia and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's construction industry employs nearly 600,000 workers, over 7% of total national employment. The industry is heavily dominated by males (nearly 88%) and full-time workers (86%). Much of the work in this industry involves subcontracting and is cyclical. Construction employers provided much less structured training than the average…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Construction Industry, Education Work Relationship
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Nearly 590,000 persons are employed in education in Australia, two-thirds of whom are women. One-third of education jobs are part time, and 40% of the work force is over age 45, suggesting that labor shortages may emerge in the next decade. As would be expected, this sector employs more persons with bachelor's and higher degrees than any other…
Descriptors: Administrators, Apprenticeships, Education, Education Work Relationship
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's finance and insurance industry is among the 5 industry divisions in which females outnumber males. Women's share of industry jobs has risen from 51% to 55% in the last decade. However, there is a pronounced gap in earnings between male and female workers. Employers expressed below-average satisfaction with vocational education and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
In Australia, the health and community services industry is the nation's fourth largest, and employment has grown by 39% since 1987, almost twice as much as the labor force as a whole. The industry is the most female dominated in Australia (77%) and the second-largest source of jobs for women. Thirty-eight percent of jobs in the sector are part…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Services, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Smith, Heather; Jones, Anne; Burrows, Jennifer; Daly, Peter; Woodman, Jane – 2001
As part of a larger project, this study was conducted to provide a snapshot of the characteristics, size, work patterns, and training needs of the sessional teaching work force in technical and further education (TAFE) in the vocational education and training (VET) sector in Victoria, Australia. Twelve research questions formed the basis of two…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Demography, Developed Nations, Educational Demand

Ledgar, Jennifer – Higher Education in Europe, 1996
Discussion of the Australian education system gives a brief overview of the entire system, then details key developments in higher education and in the vocational education sector, including aspects of funding, international cooperation, reform and expansion, quality assurance, delivery systems, apprenticeship programs, responsiveness to the labor…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Access to Education, Change Strategies, College Role
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
Across OECD countries, governments are seeking policies to make education more effective while searching for additional resources to meet the increasing demand for education. The 2009 edition of "Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries' performance. It provides a rich,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Salaries, Expenditure per Student, Part Time Employment
Bernard, Elaine – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Adults Learning: The Changing Workplace A, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. The first part of the document examines the relationship between technological change and skills development. The following topics are discussed: the new technological…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Fleer, Marilyn, Ed. – Journal for Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 1996
This journal consists of selected refereed papers from the third Annual Conference of the Australian Research in Early Childhood Education (1995). Contained in the publication are the following articles: (1) "Longitudinal Studies--Are They Worth It?" (Judith Cowley); (2) "Scripts for Learning: Reflecting Dynamics of Classroom…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Child Rearing, Classroom Environment, Day Care Centers
Cullen, R. B. – 1997
A recent study of work skill competitiveness and overall national competitiveness worldwide revealed that 17 countries are more competitive than Australia. Some countries have a relative resource advantage and will be able to extend access to education and training more effectively than Australia will, and some countries have targeted education…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Change Strategies, Check Lists, Comparative Analysis
National Inst. for Educational Research, Tokyo (Japan). – 1982
This document is the result of two regional workshops (attended by representatives of 16 Asian countries) on the preparation of vocational and technical education teachers in Asia. Chapter 1 lists the objectives for the workshops, countries representated at each, and the officers for each. Chapter 2 gives an overall review of the present status of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship