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Choi, Jihee; Misko, Josie; Kang, Kyeong-Jong; Phan, Oanh – 2001
A study described the general and vocational education and training (VET) systems in Korea and Australia, focusing on the role of training providers and industry in the delivery of entry-level vocational education and training in both countries. The study also analyzed the nature of the linkages established between VET institutions in the two…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Hawke, Geof – 2000
The definition of work has undergone a massive transition within the last decade, and this trend has major implications for vocational education. Earlier ideas of work included that it was full-time, permanent, and for life; in addition, work provided opportunities for career development, a clearly-defined employer-worker relationship, and clear…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Cooperative Education, Delivery Systems
Wentland, Dan – 2001
The Strategic Training of Employees Model (STEM) is a comprehensive training framework that balances the need for training against the constraints existing within organizations. The STEM is based on advances in economic and educational research. The following are among the theories that lay at the STEM's foundation: reinforcement theory; social…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Andragogy, Career Development, Cost Effectiveness
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. – 1999
This document records the oral and written testimony from a 1999 Senate Committee hearing on "the forgotten half"--young people who do not continue their education past high school and, in many cases, do not finish high school. Witnesses testified that there is a great need for persons with technical skills to fill existing and projected…
Descriptors: Blacks, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Descy, Pascaline; Tessaring, Manfred – 2001
This six-part publication summarizes the main findings and conclusions of the second report on vocational education and training (VET) research in Europe. Part 1, VET Systems, Coordination with the Labor Market, and Steering, covers education and training systems, including regulation, coordination, steering and cooperation, finance,…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
2001
This document contains three papers on human resource development (HRD) in Latin America. "Looking at the Literature on Workplace Democracy in Latin America: Factors in Favor and Against It" (Max U. Montesino) discusses selected issues related to workplace democracy in Latin America and identifies salient issues for further research,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Definitions, Democracy
Greenspan, Alan – 2000
From a macroeconomic perspective, the evolving demand for skills in the United States has been triggered by the accelerated expansion of computer and information technology, which has, in turn, brought significant changes to the workplace. Technological advances have made some wholly manual jobs obsolete. But even for many other workers, a rapidly…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Demand Occupations, Education Work Relationship
Billett, Stephen – 2002
A study conceptualized bases for learning in workplaces, examining reciprocity between how individuals are afforded access to workplace activities and guidance and how workers elect to engage in what they are offered. These reciprocal bases for thinking, acting, and learning are called "co-participation at work." The contributions that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Cognitive Processes, Employer Employee Relationship
de Blignieres-Legeraud, Anne; Brugia, Mara; Debaty, Pol; Fonseca, Eduardo Augusto Peres – 2000
This document contains four papers examining trends in the development of training and the role of innovation as a transferable practice. "Review of the Issue" (Anne de Blignieres-Legeraud) examines the vocational training systems of Portugal and France to identify how changes in training systems have affected trainer profiles and how…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Distance Education, Economic Change, Educational Change
Hughes, Maria – 2000
The provision of work-based training in the United Kingdom was studied to identify strategies for developing and improving the work-based sector. Data were collected from the following sources: a literature review; a postal survey completed by 245 work-based training providers; follow-up interviews; and regional meetings. More than 64% of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Certification, Change Strategies
2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on increasing participation in learning that was conducted as part of a conference on human resource development (HRD). "Factors Influencing Employee Participation in Training: An Empirical Investigation" (Reid A. Bates) reports on a mediated model of employee participation in training…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Learning
AARP, Washington, DC. – 1998
This booklet, which is intended for human resource managers, provides practical guidance regarding preparing for an aging work force. Chapter 1 concerns the relationship between business practices and age neutrality and offers checklists that human resource managers can use to assess their company's general policy development, training,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Career Development
Batman, Kangan; Gadd, Nick; Lucas, Michele – 1998
This publication contains the three communication skills units of the three levels of Support Materials for Agricultural Training (SMAT) in the area of farmers as employers: Level 1 (starting), 2 (continuing), and 3 (completing). The units are designed to help the learner improve his or her written and spoken communication and numeracy skills…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Laborers
Haefeli, Kurt – 2000
Vocational education (VE) in Switzerland is characterized by diversity and pragmatism and is shaped by the country's geography, political system, economy, and culture. Roughly two-thirds of all Swiss youth participate in some form of vocational training at the upper secondary level. Vocational certificates and higher vocational certificates can…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Delivery Systems
Illinois Occupational Skill Standards and Credentialing Council, Carbondale. – 1998
These skill standards, developed through a consortium of educational and industry partners in Illinois, serve as guides to workforce preparation program providers to define content for their programs and to employers to establish the skills and standards necessary for job acquisition and performance. The skill standards include the following…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Behavioral Objectives, Clerical Occupations, Competence
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