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Drivers of Learning for the Low Skilled
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Brown, Alan; Bimrose, Jenny – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
The drivers of learning for mid-career workers with few initial qualifications from the Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy and Poland are examined. The focus in this article is upon the learning pathways and experience of the low-qualified drawn from empirical research which gathered and analysed the strategic career and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Semiskilled Workers, Career Change
"While I'm Retraining, I Get the Full Whack": Illuminating Narratives of Career Change
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Mulvey, Rachel – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2014
This article considers four interviews conducted with French citizens by a team of researchers as part of the research project "Learning for Career and Labour Market Transitions: individual biographies". Funded by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), this study sought to contribute to the development…
Descriptors: Interviews, Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Career Change
Cross-Cultural Approaches to Biographical Interviews: Looking at Career Transitions and Lifelong Learning
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Barabasch, Antje; Merrill, Barbara – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2014
This article focuses on the methodological approaches used in the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) research project "Learning for Career and Labour Market Transitions--individual biographies". In particular, it illuminates how biographical approaches were employed to help the in-depth understanding of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Change, Biographies, Identification (Psychology)