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Download full textAmenya, Donvan; Churches, Richard; Riggall, Anna – Education Development Trust, 2023
Difficulty transitioning from school to higher education or work remains one of the key barriers facing girls in disadvantaged contexts, with far-reaching implications for their futures and wellbeing. In this report, the first in a three-year research project on girls' transitions into higher education or work, we seek to understand the challenges…
Descriptors: Females, Disadvantaged, Transitional Programs, Barriers
Direct linkLearning and Work Institute, 2019
More than 5 million adults lack both functional literacy (below level 1) and numeracy (below entry level 3); an estimated 11.5 million adults do not have basic digital skills; and one in five adults do not have basic financial capabilities. Around 850,000 people have English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) needs. At the same time,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Kis, Viktoria; Windisch, Hendrickje Catriona – OECD Publishing, 2018
This paper looks at the importance of mechanisms that give formal recognition to vocational skills acquired through work-based learning and how such mechanisms might be developed. It describes how skill recognition can benefit individuals, employers and society as a whole, and identifies in which contexts skill recognition has the highest…
Descriptors: Job Skills, On the Job Training, Skill Development, Professional Recognition
Peer reviewedMaclean, Rupert; Jagannathan, Shanti – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
The article provides an overview of the global economic landscape in which the contemporary skills development discourse is located. Effective skills development oriented to market needs and to competitiveness in high-value global value chains will help developing economies to avoid the middle income trap. It outlines major issues and challenges…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Global Approach
Merrifield, Juliet – Centre for Literacy of Quebec, 2012
Learning always takes place in a particular context and culture, yet educators have tended to focus their attention mainly on the form of learning, its methodology, content and teaching approach. While these can and do affect learning and its results, this paper looks beyond the particulars of the program to explore how the context and culture of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Workplace Literacy, Basic Skills, Context Effect
Strawn, Julie – National Commission on Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2007
This Policy Brief is intended to help the National Commission on Adult Literacy consider state and federal policy strategies that hold promise for increasing the number of lower-skilled adults, including those with limited English skills, who earn postsecondary credentials that can open the door to family-supporting jobs and careers. It examines…
Descriptors: Credentials, Postsecondary Education, Demand Occupations, Numeracy
