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Download full textNyyssola, Kari; Hamalainen, Kimmo – 2001
The extent to which vocational education and training policy is nurturing lifelong learning in Finland was examined. The analysis focused on the following issues: the political and structural framework of education in Finland; mechanisms supporting lifelong learning; and pedagogical solutions and learning environments facilitating lifelong…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Lee, Lung-Sheng – 2001
Vocational training (VT) in Taiwan is categorized into public training (PT) and enterprise training (ET). PT is provided primarily by 13 PT centers, and ET is provided in various ways. A review of the state of VT in Taiwan established that VT policies and practices are being influenced by increasing emphasis on the knowledge-based economy and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Competency Based Education, Context Effect, Delivery Systems
Kelly, Ann; Searle, Jean – 2000
The effects of the inclusion of literacy and numeracy competencies within Australia's civil construction industry training package were examined in a case study in Queensland. Data were collected through the following activities: interviews with trainers, workplace teachers, and workers; observations of training at an on-site training session on…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
National Staff Development Committee for Vocational Education and Training, Chadstone (Australia). – 1995
This module is the fifth of five integrated professional development modules for adult literacy and basic education (ALBE) personnel. The 12-hour module is designed to build on and develop participants' understandings about language. The stated purposes of this module are as follows: to develop participants' understandings of language as social…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques
Benn, Roseanne, Ed.; Fieldhouse, Roger, Ed. – 1994
This publication contains an introduction and the 19 papers presented in workshops at a conference that addressed some issues relating to professionalization and the training and professional development needs in the area of adult education. Papers are as follows: "Training and Professional Development in Adult and Continuing Education"…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Community Colleges
National Staff Development Committee for Vocational Education and Training, Chadstone (Australia). – 1993
This module is the third of five integrated professional development modules for adult literacy and basic education (ALBE) personnel. This module is in the form of a 6-hour workshop, the purpose of which is to provide professional development for ALBE personnel in managing an ALBE learning environment. An overview consists of these components:…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques
Goins, L. Keith, Ed. – 1996
This proceedings includes the following papers: "Dealing with Discipline Problems in Schools" (Allen); "Developing Global Awareness" (Arnold); "Desktop Publishing Using WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows" (Broughton); "Learn and Earn" (Cauley); "Using the Computer to Teach Merchandising Math"…
Descriptors: Business Education, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Computer Software
Liaroutzos, Olivier; Sulzer, Emmanuel; Besucco, Nathalie; Lozier, Francoise – Training & Employment, 2002
The French worker certification system is focusing on efforts to design a scheme for the accreditation of work-based learning. If implemented, the scheme would be directed by a business-government-worker partnership, recognized and accepted by different occupations, and accessible to all employees regardless of the way their qualifications were…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Adult Education, Competence, Competency Based Education
McIntyre, John, Ed.; Barrett, Mary, Ed. – 1998
These proceedings consist of 46 papers on the influence of vocational education and training (VET) research on policy and practice. These papers are grouped into these categories: impact of research; equity in participation; partnerships and stakeholders; practice and practitioners; research and policy; learning, work, and organizations; and VET,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Community Study, Competency Based Education
Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, Alexandria. – 1999
These proceedings consist of 43 presentations clustered into these key areas: position, strategy, contribution, and future issues; diversity of participation and contexts; issues in the workplace and learning settings; question of practitioners work; and questions of knowledge and methodology--all related to the themes of quality and diversity.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Caregivers, Competency Based Education
Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, Alexandria. – 2000
These proceedings consist of 66 conference papers on these themes: changing nature of work; emerging technologies; internationalization of vocational education and training (VET); enterprise and educational innovation; flexible delivery approaches; and research and technology and using technology in research. The papers are "Training Needs of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Wheelahan, Leesa – 2000
Issues in developing the institutional structures to deliver cross-sectoral education and training were examined in a study of five Australian single-sector higher education institutions with various institutional arrangements with the vocational education and training (VET) sector and five dual-sector universities. Data were collected from the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Learning, Articulation (Education)
Robinson, Chris – 2000
Australia's national vocational education and training (VET) system and nationally funded technical and further education colleges were established in the 1970s. In the 1980s, traineeships complementing traditional apprenticeships and competency-based training were instituted. An industry-led training system was established in the 1990s. Total VET…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Adjustment (to Environment)
Manning, Sabine, Ed.; Griffiths, Toni, Ed.; Oliveira, Teresa, Ed. – 2002
This document contains the papers from a conference on current research in vocational education and training (VET) and human resource development in Europe. The following papers are among those included: "The Contribution of the German Pilot Project 'New Learning Concepts within the Dual Vocational Education and Training System' towards the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Apprenticeships, Case Studies
Mitchell, Robert B., Ed. – 1996
The following are among the 34 papers included: "An Assessment of Support Staff Training in Public Two-Year Colleges" (Kuceyeski); "Attitude and Motivation of Vocational Student Teachers toward Teaching Commerce and Entrepreneurship" (Pihie, Elias); "Barriers Adult Office Education Students Encounter in Pursuit of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Students, Advisory Committees
