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Guile, David, Ed.; Unwin, Lorna, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2019
"The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training" offers an in-depth guide to the theories, practices, and policies of vocational education and training (VET). With contributions from a panel of leading international scholars, the Handbook contains 27 authoritative essays from a wide range of disciplines. The contributors present…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Theories, Educational Practices, Theory Practice Relationship
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Marger, Martin N.; Hoffman, Constance A. – International Migration Review, 1992
Examines participation in small businesses by 272 immigrant entrepreneurs in Ontario (Canada) using a theoretical model viewing immigrant enterprise as a product of class and ethnic resources in combination with a favorable opportunity structure. In Ontario, Hong Kong Chinese immigrants predominate among new ethnic entrepreneurs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Economic Opportunities, Entrepreneurship, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity
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Bassili, John N.; Reil, Jane E. – Journal of Gerontology, 1981
Assessed the stereotypes of groups identified by age and either by sex, occupation, or ethnicity in samples of college students and elderly persons. Findings indicate both groups of observers stereotyped young mature adults in terms of a variety of features but stereotyped old people mainly in terms of age. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
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Stewart, Elisabeth; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1989
Investigates the effects of gender, race, and achievement on ratings by advanced undergraduate education students of appropriateness of occupations and classifications of occupations (people, data, things) suitable for future exploration by ninth-grade students. Data indicate that complex combinations of student attributes influence teachers, but…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Career Guidance, Ethnicity