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Download full textHer Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2004
The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Act 2000 placed a duty on councils: (1) to have regard to the value of stable family life in children's development; (2) to provide education appropriate in content and approach to pupils' age, understanding and stage of development; (3) to work with parents and put in place direct procedures for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inspection, Family Life, Best Practices
Phelps, D. Jason – 2002
Many believe that the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 represents the most sweeping national education reform legislation in decades. NCLB's provisions have created numerous potential opportunities and challenges for career and technical education (CTE), including in the following areas: (1) teacher quality; (2) expansion of the Education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Access to Education, Coordination
Nashashibi, Pauline – 2002
This document explores the United Kingdom's developing practice of recognizing adult students' achievement in ways that make flexible use of the learning outcomes methodology, provide a mix of accredited and non-credited work, and are sensitive to the ethos of adult learning. (That ethos is often characterized by adult students' desire for…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Rating, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1997
This congressional report contains testimony examining the status of vocational assistance and its role in work force development and the Clinton Administration's views on reforming the federal investment in vocational education. Testimony was provided by two U.S. senators (James M. Jeffords, Vermont; Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts) and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Richards, Greg – 2001
The extent of cross-border mobility in the tourism sector of the European Union (EU) was examined, along with its relationship to the transparency and recognition of qualifications. The study focused on the current and historical levels of mobility in the tourism industry, policies on transparency and recognition of qualifications, and existing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Career Change, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Stevens, David W. – 2001
The passage of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 (Perkins III) and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) marked a new era in the performance accountability partnership among the states, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Evaluation of vocational education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Data Collection, Definitions
Heitmann, Gunter – 2001
Recent trends and developments related to the structures of qualification levels in Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom were examined in a quasi-experimental study that was part of a more comprehensive study on the same topic. The study focused on standards, qualifications, and classifications at the tertiary level of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Certification
Robinson, Chris – 1999
For the past 20-30 years, both Indonesia and Australia have placed considerable emphasis on reforming their systems of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Indonesia has focused on expanding secondary-level TVET, whereas Australia has emphasized provision of postsecondary-level vocational education and training (VET). Two…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Competency Based Education
Saunders, S. – 2001
Training indicators are functional suites of quantitative and qualitative indicators of current or future vocational education and training (VET) supply and demand. The training indicators approach to educational planning considers indicators of present and likely future conditions for skilled labor and forms judgments about the most appropriate…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Mitchell, John – 2000
The impact of electronic commerce (e-commerce) on Australia's National Training Framework (NTF) was studied for the purpose of forecasting future demand for training in areas related to e-commerce and identifying appropriate responses by the NTF committee. The following were among the study's main data collection activities: reviews of the…
Descriptors: Competence, Definitions, Developed Nations, Economic Impact
Westerhuis, Anneke – 2001
This document contains reports on the structures of qualification levels in Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom that were commissioned during a study to identify trends and developments in the European Union related to national certification frameworks. Each country report examines the following topics: the history of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Building Trades, Case Studies
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Apprenticeship and Industry Training. – 1997
These three publications examine the current state and future of apprenticeship and industry training in Alberta, Canada. The "Current Context" publication, released in October 1996, examines the following topics: the structure of apprenticeship and industry training in Alberta; enrollment and industry participation; Alberta's…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning
Hager, Paul – 2001
Increasing the mobility of service providers, including professionals, via mutual recognition (of regulatory systems) agreements (MRAs) has become a significant issue worldwide. Despite increasing interest in MRAs, it may be argued that MRAs are but one of a larger range of major developments that have fueled current interest in occupational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Career Change, Case Studies, Competence
Mansfield, Bob – 2001
This document, the fourth volume in a series, details a process for linking vocational education and training (VET) standards and employment requirements that was developed in the United Kingdom and based on functional analysis. The introductory sections describe the other three manuals in the series and the process used to develop this manual.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Curriculum Evaluation
Johnson, Steven; Winterton, Jonathan – 1999
A task force was convened to identify the nature, extent, and pattern of skill needs and shortages for managerial occupations in the United Kingdom (UK). The task force began by examining the key challenges facing managers in the UK. The following factors were among those considered: economic policies promoting liberalization and deregulation;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Business Administration, Business Education, Competency Based Education
