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Lifelong Learning, Young Adults and the Challenges of Disadvantage in Europe. Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning
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Holford, John, Ed.; Boyadjieva, Pepka, Ed.; Clancy, Sharon, Ed.; Hefler, Günter, Ed.; Studená, Ivana, Ed. – Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 2023
This open access book challenges international policy 'groupthink' about lifelong learning. Adult learning -- too long a servant of business competitiveness -- should be reimagined as central to democratic society. Young adults, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds, engage more in education and training, and learn more day-to-day at work, if…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Disadvantaged, Lifelong Learning, Adult Education
Teachers' Problem-Solving Skills in Technology-Rich Environments: A Call for Workplace Learning and Opportunities to Develop Professionally
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De Wever, Bram; Hämäläinen, Raija; Nissinen, Kari; Mannonen, Joonas; Van Nieuwenhove, Lisse – Studies in Continuing Education, 2023
This study focuses on the problem solving skills in technology-rich environments of teachers. PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies) data on adults' (n = 11,294) competencies, is used to investigate how problem solving skills of teachers are associated with sociodemographic, work-related, and everyday-life related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Problem Solving, Skills
Returns to Workplace Training for Male and Female Employees and Implications for the Gender Wage Gap: A Quantile Regression Analysis
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Icardi, Rossella – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2021
Context: Existing studies have explored the association between workplace training and wages suggesting that training participation may have a positive association with wages. However, we still know very little about whether this association varies between men and women. Through its potential positive association with wages, training may balance…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, On the Job Training, Outcomes of Education, Salary Wage Differentials