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Download full textHughes, Maria – 2003
Successful employer engagement requires that colleges in the United Kingdom secure employers' involvement in the design, development, management, and delivery of post-16 learning so that the skill needs of employers and the workforce will be met and the increased productivity, competitiveness, and efficiency of individual organizations and the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Contract Training, Education Work Relationship
O'Shea, Dan – 2001
Based on interviews and document analysis, an evaluation of Year 3 of the Capital Area Education and Careers Partnership (CAECP) assessed its initiatives to help youth and young adults advance their educational and workplace achievements in pursuit of satisfying, productive careers. CAECP improved school-based learning activity objectives by…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
O'Shea, Dan – 2002
Based on interviews and document analysis, an evaluation of Year 4 of the Capital Area Education and Careers Partnership (CAECP) assessed its initiatives to help youth and young adults advance their educational and workplace achievements in pursuit of satisfying, productive careers. CAECP improved school-based learning activity objectives by…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Career Awareness, Career Development
By the Numbers, State College, PA. – 2000
Interviews with representatives from nine states (Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Ohio [Canton City Schools only], Oregon, Rhode Island, and West Virginia) and two nations (Australia and the United Kingdom) provided a context for the development of a certificate of basic or foundational skills as an indicator of an adult's…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Hughes, Maria; Keddie, Vince; Webb, Peter; Corney, Mark – 2002
Research into workforce development (WD) considered the relationship between corporate assessments of workers' development needs and WD strategies; how learning at work takes place; and what learning methods are used and their effectiveness. Focus was on practice in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Methodology included a literature…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Business Responsibility, Cognitive Style
Phan, Oanh – 1999
This publication provides a detailed description of Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system in the context of Australians living in rural and remote regions who undertook some form of VET in 1997--about one-third of all students who participated in training in public institutions. The nine sections of the report cover the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Certification, Competency Based Education
Robinson, Chris, Ed.; Arthy, Kareena, Ed. – 1999
This book contains seven papers from a conference on lifelong learning and creation of a new training culture for Australia. "Promoting a Training Culture in Industry" (Chris Robinson) discusses the extent to which a training culture exists in Australia. The results of a 1997 survey of Australian employers' satisfaction with vocational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Economic Change, Education Work Relationship
1999
The first of the three papers in this symposium, "Conflicts that Arise in Small Group Facilitation: A Descriptive Study of Accounts, Actions, Outcomes, and Assessments" (Judith A. Kolb, William J. Rothwell), contains self-report verbatim accounts contributed by facilitators and the results of a literature review on small group conflict.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Foucar-Szocki, Diane; Bolt, Les – 2001
A stratified random sample of Virginia's 4,000 employers with over 100 employees was surveyed about workplace-based foundational basic skills (oral and written communication, reading, math, thinking skills, teamwork, English proficiency, and basic computer literacy). A total of 446 surveys were sent with a usable response rate of 18 percent.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Differences
Smith, Andrew – 2002
Statistical information about employment in 13 engineering trades occupations in Australia was examined to identify skill shortages in the country's engineering trades. Data from various Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business (DEWRSB) reports regarding the supply of and demand for skills in the engineering trades…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Competence, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Mulraney, James; Turner, Peter; Wyatt, Frank; Harris, Roger; Gibson, Terri – 2002
The role of small enterprise in Australian school students' workplace learning was examined. First, the literature on structured workplace learning in Australia, Europe, and North America was reviewed. Next, four structured learning programs in South Australia and four in New South Wales were studied. Interviews were conducted with a total of 41…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes
Connor, H.; And Others – 1996
This report presents an analysis of data on student trends in higher education (HE) in the United Kingdom for the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals (CVCP) of UK universities. It is based on research including a review of the literature, interviews in a sample of 14 universities to investigate individual institutional trends,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Agents, Change Strategies, College Graduates
McNutt, Dorothy Ellen – 1995
This document, which is designed for educators at community and technical colleges throughout Texas, presents and examines employer-defined workplace competencies for high-technology occupations and outlines instructional strategies and capstone experiences for use in improving technical education and preparing students for high-technology…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Capstone Experiences, Community Colleges
Gerber, Paul J., Ed.; Brown, Dale S., Ed. – 1997
This book provides information on preparing individuals with learning disabilities for the challenges of employment and outlines the rights of those with learning disabilities in the workplace. Introductory chapters in Part 1 include: "Life after School: Challenges in the Workplace" (Paul J. Gerber); "The New Economy in the 21st…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Attitudes toward Disabilities
New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission, Trenton. – 1996
New Jersey's Task Force on Education and Workforce Quality was formed in 1995 to develop recommendations to ensure a strong, mutually beneficial relationship between New Jersey's education system and the needs of its evolving labor market. The task force conducted a needs assessment that was mailed to approximately 1000 New Jersey employers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Economic Change
