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Download full textTaylor, Maurice C.; Lewe, Glenda R. – 1990
This report describes a set of procedures for conducting a literacy task analysis so that employers, educators, and trainers can understand the basic workplace training needs of employees. Four sections are included: (1) bridging the gap--demands, skills, and solutions in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada; (2) job, task analysis,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Auto Mechanics, Basic Skills
Taylor, Maurice C.; Lewe, Glenda R. – 1990
This interim report describes the first few months' work of a task force that developed a set of procedures for conducting a literacy task analysis. A literacy task analysis could be used by employers, union delegates, human resource personnel, trainers, and adult educators to understand better the specific workplace training needs of employees,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Job Analysis
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This paper examines three concepts relating to the role of heads of department (HoDs) in secondary schools: boundary management; the roles of subject leadership and departmental functioning as HoD activities; and the place of HoDs in evolving school hierarchies. To throw light on the last an empirical study is reported that explores hierarchies in…
Descriptors: Middle Management, Role Perception, Teacher Role, Department Heads
Elias, Peter; McKnight, Abigail; Kinshott, Graham – 1999
This paper considers issues relating to the measurement of skill for national statistical purposes. It draws upon the work program and research underlying the revision of the national occupational classification for the United Kingdom (UK), SOC90 (Standard Occupational Classification introduced in 1990). The report's introduction states the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Guidance, Classification, Developed Nations
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Berlin (Germany). – 1991
A study analyzed the occupational structure and qualifications associated with the field of environmental protection in the metal and chemical industries in the United Kingdom. The analysis included nine case studies based on interviews with firms in the chemicals and metals sectors. Information was gathered within an analytical framework that…
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Competence, Developed Nations, Educational Needs
Peroni, Giovanni; Guerra, Duccio – 1991
This report contains a directory of job profiles in the tourist/hotel sector that is based on seven national monographs. It provides an instrument for comparing factors that characterize practitioners working in the sector in Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. A methodological note discusses study objectives,…
Descriptors: Charts, Comparative Analysis, Cooks, Distributive Education
