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Balatti, Jo; Falk, Ian – 2001
The socioeconomic contributions of adult learning to community were examined from a social capital perspective. The concepts of human capital and social capital were differentiated, and the relationship between learning, human capital, and social capital was explored. The relevance of social capital in describing the wider benefits of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Community Development
Schwab, R. G. – 2001
Two innovative approaches to delivering vocational education and training (VET) in schools were examined to identify ways of helping Australia's indigenous students achieve academic success by ensuring a close cultural fit between course content and the realities of local employment opportunities. The first VET-in-School program, which was located…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Education, Course Content, Cultural Pluralism
2002
The first of three papers from this symposium on cross-cultural human resource development (HRD), "Determinants of Supply of Technical Training Opportunities for Human Capital Development in Kenya" (Moses Waithanji Ngware, Fredrick Muyia Nafukho) reports findings from interviews of technical training institute department heads in Kenya…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Cherokee (Tribe), Comparative Analysis
Hodge, Sharon – 2001
Profiles of 104 welfare recipients in Georgia were examined to identify social indicators and cognitive variables that influenced work role participation. Three instruments were administered the Career Thought Inventory, the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form, and the demographic profile and participation scale of the Salience…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Analysis of Variance, Behavior Development
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