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Shackleton, J. R. – Vocational Training: European Journal, 1995
Examines the case for and against government intervention in job training. Identifies pitfalls: difficulty defining training for the purposes of meeting mandates, incentive problems, displacement effects, and lack of recognition that no one level of training is appropriate for all enterprises. Suggests that governments tend to intervene…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Peer reviewedMilburn, Fiona – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1996
Recent criticisms cite the European Union's inability to acknowledge inequities in vocational training for migrant/minority communities. Despite positive action strategies, government funding still tends to favor traditional providers. Adult education can make a contribution toward the well-being of the minorities of Europe. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Policy, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries
Goetschy, Janine; And Others – European Vocational Training Journal, 1995
Includes "Difficult Metamorphosis of the Social 'Models' of the Nordic Countries" (Goetschy); "Swedish Training System" (Ottersten); "Features of Vocational Education in Finland" (Kyro); "Boom in Apprenticeship Training in Finland" (Vartiainen); "Vocational Training in Austria" (Riemer);…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Demography, Educational Change, Employment Statistics
Download full textCommission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education and Culture. – 2002
This document launches a wide public consultation with all those involved in and with an interest in the European Union's (EU's) education, training, and youth programs called Socrates, Tempus, Leonardo da Vinci, and Youth for Europe. It is the first step toward preparing the new generation of programs to start in 2007 and will inform the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Developed Nations, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
Sellin, Burkat – 2001
CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) reviewed vocational education and training trends and innovations to promote "anticipation" in the way, tools, and instruments by which institutions and bodies cope with new challenges to education and training due to changing socioeconomic demands and requirements.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Decision Making, Developed Nations, Educational Development
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 2003
This document contains the agenda and papers presented at the Agora IX meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece in June 2000 on alternative education and training processes. The papers are "Integration of Migrant Pupils in the Danish Education System" (Bang); "Support Services for Inclusive Education" (De Vroey); "Single Sex…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Continuation Students, Disadvantaged, Dropout Prevention
Guggenheim, Eric Fries – 2003
Materials from Agora 12 demonstrate that the disabled are merely another side of ourselves and training for them is a means of developing and acquiring independence and of becoming absorbed into society. A Foreword outlines the subjects of the three sessions: social solidarity and mental disability; training of the mentally psychologically…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations
