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Jessup, F.W., Ed. – 1969
Beginning with an assessment of the need for educational change in Great Britain, the papers in this anthology underline the relationship of continuous learning to both work and leisure. Consideration is given to the idea of lifelong learning and its implications for British institutions of formal education; professional continuing education in…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Financial Policy
Task Force on Occupational Training in Industry, Washington, DC. – 1968
In approaching its mission, the task force defined occupational training and private industry as follows: the term "private industry" embraces all service and goods-producing industries other than government agencies but includes nonprofit organizations and establishments. The term "occupational training" includes the…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Problems, Educational Programs, Educational Quality
Department of Manpower and Immigration, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1968
This guide to employee development within industry appears in two sections: Volume 1, administrative guidelines for training directors; and Volume 2, instructional practices for training staffs. Considerations in formulating training policies, steps in organizing the training function, identification and analysis of training needs, employee…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Audiovisual Aids, Counseling, Course Content
British Engineering Industry Training Board, London (England). – 1968
The 1967-68 annual report of the Engineering Industry Training Board (EITB) in Great Britain was mainly devoted to describing progress in training and the development of training standards. Activities included training for craftsmen, supervisors and managers, machine operators, clerical and commercial workers, engineers and technicians, training…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Annual Reports, Clerical Workers, Engineering
Ceramics, Glass, and Mineral Products Industry Training Board, Harrow (England). – 1969
In its fourth grant scheme, the Ceramics, Glass, and Mineral Products Industry Training Board of Great Britain gives guidelines on grants available to its industries for training conducted between August 1, 1969 and July 31, 1970. It covers such aspects as grant conditions for external and internal training; training staff qualifications; rates…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Financial Policy, Grants, Guidelines
Brooks, Kent; And Others – 1974
Due to recent industrial growth in Mississippi and the shortage of trained manpower in numerous occupations, start-up training programs have originated to provide a pretrained work force for new or expanding industry in the State. Each start-up training program is a joint effort between a new or expanding industry and a public educational…
Descriptors: Career Development, Community Involvement, Entry Workers, Industrial Training
Shlensky, Bertram Charles – 1970
The study examined the individual, job related, and training variables that affected turnover in six NAB-JOBS Federally funded training programs for the disadvantaged. Three different sources of data were used. First, demographic and wage information was obtained on all trainees in five companies in order to run a regression analysis. Second, case…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Bibliographies, Blacks
Kjaersgaard, Christian – 1998
A study identified the structural conditions for workers' perceptions of the need for qualifications and education. It defined qualification requirements based on evaluations of work organization in three workplaces in two companies. Evaluations were used to develop a reference framework for understanding workers' subjective value criteria linked…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Certification, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes
Zandniapour, Lily; Conway, Maureen – 2002
The Sectoral Employment Development Learning Project conducted a longitudinal survey of participants of industry-based workforce development programs about two years after completing training. Outcomes for unemployed and underemployed workers--77 percent of the sample--indicated increased hours worked and increased earnings per hour produced…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Industrial Training
Taylor, Maurice – 1997
Given the centrality of the topic of transfer of learning to so many areas of workplace education, this discussion paper (in both English and French versions) draws together research results and practical techniques to help practitioners in the field. Part 1 defines transfer of learning. Part 2 describes factors that influence the transfer of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
Marshall, Ray – 2000
Past rural policies are reviewed, noting the effects of globalization and information technology. Rural business profits can be maximized by direct cost or value-added competition, but cost competition limits the development of productive capacity and leads to unequal income distribution. In contrast, value-added competition could create steep…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Futures (of Society)
Ives, Ernest L.; Busser, Ralph C.; Albert, Talbot J.; Eager, Eugene; Potts, Frank G. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
This bulletin contains a compilation of consular reports on continuation schools in Prussia. It is presented in five sections, as follows: (1) Vocational Training in Magdeburg; (2) Part-Time Schools for Industrial Workers; (3) The City Continuation and Trade School of Brunswick; (4) The Continuation Schools of Barmen; and (5) Part-Time Shoe…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Vocational Education, Part Time Students
Gray, Lois; Davis, Walter – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
Labor unions and academic institutions are joining forces to reach the large population of working adults who have been left out of the mainstream of higher education. Some educational methods are described and ways to finance continuing programs are suggested. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Cooperative Education
Hirschbuhl, John J. – Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems, 1996
Discusses the use of multimedia to develop higher-level thinking skills, particularly for training systems. Examines Navigation, access, and manipulation in learning activities. A case study in a corporate environment includes requirements for designing networked multimedia computer-based training. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Baldwin, Fred – Appalachia, 1992
Discusses factors involved in locating new BMW car-manufacturing plant in South Carolina. Discusses state's business environment, transportation, and education system. Describes development process, site selection, and implications for economic development. Describes importance of state's labor-force development via regional technical colleges and…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Economic Climate, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
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