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Re-Conceptualising VET: Responses to COVID-19
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Avis, James; Atkins, Liz; Esmond, Bill; McGrath, Simon – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2021
The paper addresses the impact of COVID-19 on vocational education and training, seeking to discern the outline of possible directions for its future development within the debates about VET responses to the pandemic. The discussion is set in its socio-economic context, considering debates that engage with the social relations of care and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Neoliberalism
Teaching Assistants in Human Anatomy and Physiology: Their Prevalence, Recruitment Strategies, Funding, Retention, and Training
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Hopp, Rachel; Britson, Carol; Mukhopadhyay, Soma; Goldina, Anya; Chapman, Marnie; Nielsen, Mark – HAPS Educator, 2019
Studies show teaching assistants (TAs) can positively influence the learning environment by increasing student comprehension and retention and impacting students' choices of academic and career paths. However, use of TAs in higher education is not universal. Following a fruitful panel discussion at the 2017 HAPS Conference, we conducted a survey…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Anatomy, Physiology, Incidence
On-the-Job Training in Africa.
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Bas, Daniel – International Labour Review, 1989
Describes traditional forms of apprenticeship in Africa and examines legislative and institutional attempts to improve the system. Makes recommendations for obtaining greater cost effectiveness by combining on-the-job training with theoretical instruction, upgrading trainers, and giving them fair remuneration. (SK)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Labor Legislation
Education in Production Processes: Apprenticeship as a Means of Transition from Education to Work.
Boehm, Ullrich – Education with Production, 1996
Many developing countries have tried, with varying results, to adopt the German Dual System of apprenticeship plus vocational training. Country-specific cultural, economic, and social factors affect success. Promoting apprenticeship and adapting the dual system to local structures such as micro-enterprises may present an alternative to vocational…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship, Financial Support
Faces of Innovation: Education, Training and Production in African Youth Programmes.
Hoppers, Wim – Education with Production, 1986
Identifies various ways in which training, education, and production have been combined and which institutional formats have been used. Analyzes the underlying principles of such combinations, their problems, and their likely variation in learning outcomes and impact. The discussion is limited to developments and programs in East and Southern…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship
Apprenticeship: The Perilous Journey from Germany to Togo.
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Kempner, Ken; And Others – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1993
Explores the economic and cultural reasons why apprenticeship programs imported by developing countries typically fail. Addresses experiences in Western Africa and draws on the outcomes of programs in industrialized countries. Supports programs that improve educational systems incrementally and cautions against programs that run counter to the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Failure, Foreign Countries, Industrial Training