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Tailored Workplace Education for Immigrants in Rural Sweden: Working with Resources and Deficits
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Benerdal, Malin – Journal of Education and Work, 2021
Incorporation into the labour market is a key endeavour, of heightened importance in recent years due to high migration flows, for both immigrants and their recipient countries. Hence, activation and employability are major themes in both transnational and national policy discussions, which have generated various programmes and policy measures.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Immigrants, Employer Attitudes
The Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing Learners of Arabic in the Sultanate of Oman
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Al-Busaidi, Fatma Yousuf – International Education Studies, 2019
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the sociocultural factors influencing learners of Arabic as a foreign language in the Sultanate of Oman. A qualitative inquiry approach was adopted for the study, using in-depth interviewing, and students' diaries to understand how the sociocultural context impact non-Arab learners of Arabic in the…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Cohort and Education as Predictors of Temporary Employment, and Their Relation to Low Wages and Socioeconomic Classification for Young People in Sweden
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Reichenberg, Olof – Journal of Education and Work, 2019
The purpose of my paper is to describe and explain the probability of staying in temporary work for young people (age 16-27) in Sweden between 1992 and 2011 and its relation to socioeconomic outcomes (low socioeconomic classification and wage). I used panel data from the Swedish Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the longitudinal integration database…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Predictor Variables, Temporary Employment, Wages
The Vocational-Academic Divide in Neoliberal Upper Secondary Curricula: The Swedish Case
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Nylund, Mattias; Rosvall, Per-Åke; Ledman, Kristina – Journal of Education Policy, 2017
A historical tension between a more general and a more specific focus in post-compulsory education is made visible in some educational systems by the division into more academic and more vocational programmes. Embedded in this tension are questions of social justice and the purposes of education. In addition, division into academic and vocational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Vocational Education
End of Journey, End of Story? A Longitudinal Study of Involuntary Work Transitions among Laid-Off Workers
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Hallqvist, Anders; Hydén, Lars-Christer – Studies in Continuing Education, 2014
The purpose of this study is to increase knowledge regarding involuntary work transitions among laid-off workers. It is part of an ongoing cooperation with two outplacement agencies enrolling white-collar workers. The particular arrangements, which are based on collective agreements, include relatively generous support, both economically and…
Descriptors: Job Layoff, Dislocated Workers, White Collar Occupations, Longitudinal Studies
Work and Family in Industrialized Societies.
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Kamerman, Sheila B. – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1979
Policy developments resulting from increased women's participation in the labor force are described for each of five European countries. The societal factors that led to the development of alternative policy models in these countries are analyzed. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Child Care, Employed Women, Employer Attitudes, Family (Sociological Unit)
The Function of Schools for the Mentally Retarded in a Labour Market Perspective. Project Number 6371.
Rosenqvist, Jerry; Vallberg, Ann-Christine – School Research Newsletter, 1989
The newsletter issue presents the results of a project that examined: (1) teaching at the senior level of schools for the mentally retarded in Sweden; (2) teachers' and supervisors' views of the pupils; and (3) the reality of the open labor market. The project analyzed mechanisms in and outside teaching that prevent or impede access to the labor…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Practices, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential