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Toms, Jon; Falk, Ian; Kilpatrick, Sue – 1998
A project has been designed to identify how a non-metropolitan community consolidates and develops sustainable social and economic activity. For many authors, the political position reiterating vocational education and training (VET) as the pivotal contributor to building national economic sustainability is framed in terms of human capital…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developed Nations, Economic Development, Economic Impact
Falk, Ian – 2001
The relationships existing among human capital theory, Australian public policy, literacy education, and the plight of Australia's long-term unemployed were examined. The following topics were considered: human capital theory-based public policies and literacy education; social capital and learning; building and using social capital; the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Community Education