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Direct linkCool, Julie; Ellis, Simon; Jiang, Feng – Natural Sciences Education, 2020
The provision of meaningful experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate students in natural resources-based programs is particularly important. In 2017, the Department of Wood Science at the University of British Columbia reintroduced a dormant, 1-week tour of manufacturing operations for students in the Wood Products Processing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manufacturing Industry, Woodworking, Experiential Learning
Kuyken, Kerstin; Ebrahimi, Mehran; Saives, Anne-Laure – Learning Organization, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to develop a better understanding of intergenerational knowledge transfer (IKT) practices by adopting a context-related and comparative perspective. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative case study design involving 83 interviews and non-participative observation in German and Quebec organizations has been chosen.…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Cross Cultural Studies, Case Studies, Interviews
Le, Thanh; Tang, Kam Ki – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This paper empirically examines the impact of academic research on high-tech manufacturing growth of 28 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and emerging countries over the 1991-2005 period. A standard research and development (R&D) expenditure based measure is found to be too general to capture the input in high-tech…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Manufacturing Industry, Technological Advancement, International Organizations
Castro, Helio; Putnik, Goran D.; Shah, Vaibhav – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to analyze international and national research and development (R&D) programs and roadmaps for the manufacturing sector, presenting how agile and lean manufacturing models are addressed in these programs. Design/methodology/approach: In this review, several manufacturing research and development programs and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Manufacturing Industry, National Programs, International Programs
Download full textYang, Jin, Ed.; Valdes-Cotera, Raul, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (NJ1), 2011
In recognition of the status of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai as a platform for exchange of ideas and experience in lifelong learning, UNESCO, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy and the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO joined forces to co-organise the Shanghai International…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Manufacturing Industry, Foreign Countries, Distance Education
Urbanic, R. J. – Journal of Learning Design, 2011
In Canadian engineering institutions, a significant design experience must occur in the final year of study. In the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems at the University of Windsor, unsolved, open ended projects sponsored by industrial partners from a variety of sectors are provided to the student teams in order for them to apply…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Interaction, Teamwork
Brox, James – Industry and Higher Education, 2007
Does academic research have a positive impact on productivity? To examine this question, the paper focuses on national Canadian manufacturing data, using a variable-cost CES-translog cost system. Changes in the elasticities calculated from the estimation results allow the study of the impact of the free-trade agreements on Canadian production and…
Descriptors: North Americans, Expenditures, Research and Development, Productivity
Peer reviewedBulgak, Akif Asil; Liquan, He – Industry and Higher Education, 1996
A Chinese university and a Canadian university collaborated on an advanced manufacturing technologies project designed to address human resource development needs in China. The project featured university/industry/government partnership and attention to environmental issues. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Industry, International Educational Exchange
Twetten, Jim; Smith, M. K.; Julius, Jim; Murphy-Boyer, Linda – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2007
Student response systems, commonly referred to as "clickers," have become an important learning tool in higher education. With a growing number of faculty using the technology to promote active learning, student engagement, and assessment, most campuses have seen increasing clicker use. And with faculty bombarded by multiple,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Reaction, Active Learning, Student Participation
Davidson, John – School Progress, 1973
Increasing information suggests school buses are defective at the manufacturing level. (Reprinted from The Financial Post, Feb. 24, 1973.) (Author)
Descriptors: Equipment Standards, Legislation, Manufacturing Industry, Mechanical Equipment
Birchard, Karen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
Canadian educators are increasingly worried about their country's position as a destination of choice for international students, according the annual conference of the Canadian Bureau for International Education. The bureau added that Canada has dropped out of the top five preferred countries as a place to study. Over all, the number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Foreign Students, Student Recruitment
Eleen, John W.; Bernardine, Ashley G. – 1971
This report discusses the social, economic, and human implications of plant shutdowns. As part of the data gathering process, personal interviews were held with civic leaders, company representatives, union leaders, and workers in order to gain insight into the causes and effect of the closing of plants. Sections of the report cover topics such…
Descriptors: Administration, Community Problems, Labor Economics, Labor Legislation
Peer reviewedKumar, Pradeep – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1972
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Labor Economics, Manufacturing Industry, Salary Wage Differentials
Peer reviewedEaton, B. Curtis – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1972
Empirical analysis of 26 Canadian strikes finds strikes profitable, Industries
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Labor Economics, Manufacturing Industry, Salary Wage Differentials
Social and Labour Bulletin, 1982
This collection of articles on technological change discusses female workers displaced by automation in Canada and Japan; robotics in German automobile manufacturing; union concerns about technology in Europe and Japan; privacy of personal data in Sweden; small business legislation in the United States; and productivity improvement in textile and…
Descriptors: Automation, Banking, Confidentiality, Databases
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