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North Carolina Community College System, 2020
The Performance Measures for Student Success Report is the North Carolina Community College System's major accountability document. This annual performance report is based on data compiled from the previous year and serves to inform colleges and the public on the performance of North Carolina's 58 community colleges. Every three years, a committee…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Accountability, Performance, Skill Development
Learning and Work Institute, 2020
Adult education, learning and skills providers are familiar with the longstanding national challenge of poor adult basic skills, and many providers use their Adult Education Budget funding to offer English and math classes for adults. In recent years, there has been a focus on supporting unemployed adults to achieve the good literacy and numeracy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Skill Development, Workplace Learning
Motiejunaite, Akvile; Riiheläinen, Jari; Horvath, Anna; Noorani, Sogol; Parveva, Teodora – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2019
This report contains more than 35 structural indicators on education policies in six areas: early childhood education and care (ECEC), achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training (ELET), higher education, graduate employability and learning mobility. It is an update of the report Structural indicators for Monitoring…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
Southgate, David; Egglestone, Corin; Evans, Stephen – Learning and Work Institute, 2021
This report projects Northern Ireland's skills base through to 2030 and compares this to a number of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The report shows that on current trends Northern Ireland will continue to lag many other countries on a number of measures of learning and skills in 2030. These shortfalls can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Educational Trends, Basic Skills
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Demir, Meral; Soytürk, Mümine; Öztürk, Özden Tepeköylü – Journal of Educational Issues, 2020
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of inquiry-based instruction in the teaching of fundamental movement skills to fifth-grade students on the children's perceived motor competence. Utilizing a post-test experimental design with control group, the study was carried out with 260 fifth-grade students studying in ten different classes…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Basic Skills, Psychomotor Skills, Movement Education
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Cornish, Carlene – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
Self-governance and responsibilisation are integral to Basic Key Skills Builder (BKSB) assessments and Functional Skills qualifications. However, very little is known of its neoliberalist effects and the governance practices of tutors teaching disengaged youth taking Functional Skills as part of the overall employability certificate. Adopting a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Job Skills, Employment Potential, Neoliberalism
Lewis, Wayne D., Jr. – American Enterprise Institute, 2021
A public education system's effectiveness should be based primarily on whether graduates have been equipped to be productive workers following program completion. Otherwise, neither the system nor the completion certificate (diploma) is worth the tax dollars spent. As Kentucky's education commissioner, the author found it woefully apparent that…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Public Schools, Career Readiness, College Readiness
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Virtanen, Anne; Tynjälä, Päivi – Teaching in Higher Education, 2019
Although generic skills have received widespread attention from both policymakers and educationalists, little is known regarding how students acquire these skills, or how they should best be taught. Hence, the aim of this study was to identify what kinds of pedagogical practices are behind the learning of eight particular generic skills. The data…
Descriptors: College Students, Basic Skills, Skill Development, Constructivism (Learning)
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Cresswell, Sarah L.; Loughlin, Wendy A.; Coster, Mark J.; Green, David M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
Success in undergraduate chemical experiments requires students to develop knowledge and skills of instrumentation, equipment, and chemical techniques. In this technology report, we propose an adaptable and user-focused strategy to improve students' foundational skill and proficiency with chemical laboratory techniques and instrumentation. The…
Descriptors: Interactive Video, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students
Florida Department of Education, 2020
Throughout the years, career and technical education (CTE) has focused on teaching technical competencies and related academic skills that prepare students to enter and advance in a variety of career fields and postsecondary education. Program and course descriptions are reviewed on a regular basis to ensure that the technical and academic skills…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Rising employer demand for skilled workers has driven efforts to better align occupational training programs to industry needs. Yet, even as the demand for skilled workers increases, less than half of students who enter occupational training programs receive a credential within six years. Community colleges are working to find faster and more…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Integrated Curriculum
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Rising employer demand for skilled workers has driven efforts to better align occupational training programs to industry needs. Yet, even as the demand for skilled workers increases, less than half of students who enter occupational training programs receive a credential within six years. Community colleges are working to find faster and more…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Integrated Curriculum
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Rising employer demand for skilled workers has driven efforts to better align occupational training programs to industry needs. Yet, even as the demand for skilled workers increases, less than half of students who enter occupational training programs receive a credential within six years. Community colleges are working to find faster and more…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Integrated Curriculum
Excelencia in Education, 2017
Latinos are a young and fast growing population in education, but there are also opportunities to address the educational attainment of adults. Two-thirds of Latino adults have earned a high school diploma or less. This factsheet provides a snapshot of Latino adults in higher education.
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Adult Learning, Higher Education, Basic Skills
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Kaplan, Aylin – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2016
Lifelong learning is one of the most frequently used learning approaches and is based on all of an individual's life processes from birth to death. This research is a literature review which aims to examine the historical development process, application areas, place in educational programmes, competencies and the importance in terms of human life…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Educational History, Educational Development, Definitions
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