The Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology envisions Alberta's prosperity through innovation and lifelong learning. Advanced Education and Technology's mission is to lead the development of a knowledge-driven future through a dynamic and integrated advanced learning and innovation system. This paper presents the highlights of the business…

The authors consider two quality-related aspects of large employers' apprenticeship programmes. The first is their contribution to national educational objectives, including the creation and strengthening of ladders of vocational attainment. Such ladders already exist in apprenticeship's traditional domains, but the prospects for their wider…

In the United Kingdom, Project 2000 shifts nursing education from apprenticeship to formal higher education; nurse learners are now students rather than health authority employees. (SK)

The article proposes that the proper status for teacher education, both historically and in terms of its research-demonstrated importance, is one of full professionalism alongside other professional training regimes in universities. It proposes furthermore that the many reviews and reports of the past quarter-century have been attempting to move…

Thanks to the efforts of Chambers of Industry and Commerce and the immense output of universities and polytechnics, West Germany possesses a healthy balance of managerial talent in that area of companies that is vital for success--lower and middle management. (JOW)

Discusses Germany's apprenticeship program, examines the emerging concept of cognitive apprenticeship, and proposes an integration of the cognitive and traditional apprenticeship methods. (SR)

The 23rd EUROCALL conference was held in Cyprus from the 24th to the 27th of August 2016. The theme of the conference this year was "CALL Communities and Culture." It offered a unique opportunity to hear from real-world CALL practitioners on how they practice CALL in their communities, and how the CALL culture has developed in local and…

Introduction of a diploma of higher education in nursing in a Scottish college represented a shift from an apprenticeship approach to an academic approach favored by Project 2000 reforms. A blend of the two, exploiting the advantages of mentoring, is recommended. (SK)

Describes the first college for home-schooled students, which requires that students adhere to a strict social code (including attendance at daily chapel services, a ban on alcohol, and limits on casual dating). An apprenticeship program during the junior and senior years revolves around writing policy papers on issues raised by politicians.…

Calls for changes in the teaching of technical communication. Proposes including in instruction political discourse which analyzes the values of the military-industrial complex that technical writing now serves. Suggests that an apprenticeship model would be better suited to such instruction than the model now offered by the market. (SG)

In the New York area there are approximately 10 university-based labor education programs, and most larger unions have committed considerable resources to education. They have demonstrated their value to workers, benefits to employers, and advantages for unions, and have raised hopes that organized labor will garner the respect and recognition it…

This edition contains short notes on the educational developments in many European countries. Reports written in English concern the present state of advanced studies in the Soviet Union; an Austrian bill on pilot projects for school reform; a development plan for post-secondary education in Denmark; the debate on the reform of university…

The Berry Informational Technology (B.I.T.S.) program at Berry College (Georgia) is an apprenticeship opportunity associated with student work. The program gives students the opportunity to seek technological training in areas, such as building computer systems, trouble-shooting, networking, Web development, and user and technical support. In…

Describes a six-week rotation program through hospital departments for undergraduate college students to assist participants to establish firm career goals. (PG)

Discussed in this article are the theoretical advantages and possible limitations of two recent trends in teacher education--internships and microteaching. Topics considered include the values of internship, supervision and analysis, and the overemphasis on technique. (EB)