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Peer reviewedYang, Janice Chu-Yin – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1992
Provides a demographic profile of Taiwan and the characteristics of the country's elderly. Reviews efforts to mobilize people over 60 years of age into the volunteer labor force to provide social support services for the disabled, frail elderly, and other groups. (DMM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning
Download full textRoss, Patricia O'Connell, Ed. – 1994
The five commissioned papers in this anthology provided part of the research base for the national report, "National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent." In the first paper, "The Performance of High Ability Students in the United States on National and International Tests," Carolyn Callahan describes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Cultural Influences, Educational Change
Wu, Robert T. Y. – 1999
For Taiwan, Republic of China, a nation with limited natural resources and a population of 22 million people in an area of only 36,000 square kilometers, the development and use of human resources plays a pivotal role in sustainable economic growth. Vocational education and training are two major human development methods. Since persons with…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
