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Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Manufacturing in Australia is a large and diverse industry, employing more than 1.1 million people. Despite its decline in relative importance (from providing 16.3% of jobs to providing 13.4%), it is still the second largest employing industry. Manufacturing makes up the major component of exports, accounting for 51 percent in 1994-95. Over the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Mining is the second smallest industry division in terms both of employment and number of business units in Australia. Employment accounts for less than 1 percent of all jobs. The outlook for employment is clouded by continuing uncertainty in Australia's main Asian markets and by the longer-term impact of environmental concerns. Mining industry…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Coal, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Heinz, Walter R., Ed. – 1999
This volume is composed of 13 comparable longitudinal studies that draw on survey data and case studies of young people in Canada, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. "Introduction: Transitions to Employment in a Cross-National Perspective" (Walter R. Heinz) provides a context and an overview. Part I has four chapters that…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Proffitt, Maris M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
A survey of educational literature, of courses of study both in the public schools and teacher-training institutions, of the programs of educational conventions, of conference reports, and of special reports from many school systems leads to the conclusion that more activity has been manifested during the past two years in the study of the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Films, Visual Aids, Occupational Information
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. – 1996
This framework was developed using results of a 1995 business partnership survey, a survey of over 9,000 Albertans (800 responses), and discussion of recommendations by a forum of approximately 140 Albertans. The surveys and discussion focused on ways in which business and schools could work together to provide the best possible education for…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Education, Corporate Support, Educational Certificates
Loewen, Jerry – 1996
This paper examines the definition and practice of intergenerational learning programs, and attempts to determine the characteristics of successful and meaningful programs of this type. The first section defines intergenerational learning and states its purpose: to bring young and old together for the purpose of learning from one another, under…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Apprenticeships, Children
Smith, Clifton L. – 1994
This planning guide begins with an overview of school-to-work transition. Section 1 also provides an overview of federal and Georgia state legislation and describes current school-to-work transition efforts, such as tech prep education, youth apprenticeship, cooperative education, entrepreneurial ventures and school-based enterprises,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Development, Career Education, Cooperative Education
Maryland State Dept. of Economic and Community Development, Baltimore. – 1991
During 1990-91, Maryland's apprenticeship program prepared workers for careers in highly skilled trades and crafts. Apprenticeship programs are operated throughout the state by sponsors (employers or a joint committee of employers and union representatives). Maryland's apprenticeship system provides services to the business community and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Apprenticeships, Competency Based Education, Emerging Occupations
New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission, Trenton. – 1993
The State Employment and Training Commission (SETC) was charged with the responsibility of designing and helping to implement a unified work force readiness system for New Jersey. In 1991, the Unified State Plan for New Jersey's Workforce Readiness System addressed three key areas: lifelong learning, employers' human resource needs, and efficient…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs
Tifft, Susan E. – EQW Issues, 1992
Youth apprenticeships have the potential to address simultaneously two national dilemmas: how to prepare U.S. business and its workers for a high skills future and how to upgrade the academic skills of all students. The highly successful German model may require some modification to work well in the United States. The biggest change may have to…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Business Responsibility, Corporate Support, Educational Change
Couch, Carol A., Ed. – 1991
This booklet is intended to help counselors guide high school students in exploring nontraditional career options. It provides a brief historical perspective on the significance gender role stereotyping has had on U.S. society in the past, the impact it continues to have on the career decisions being made by current generations of young men and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Attitude Change, Attitudes, Education Work Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1992
This document records the oral and written testimony given at a congressional hearing on school-to-work transitions, focusing on four local programs that have involved cooperation between industry, labor, schools, and the local community to help young people bridge the gap between school and work. The four programs described are as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship
Fraser, Bryna Shore; And Others – 1993
This literature review focuses on the school-to-work transition, especially as it relates to school reform. The dual focus of the review highlights issues surfacing from research and evaluation of theory and practice in the field, as well as review and evaluation of programs that fall under three types of school-to-work transition reform…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education)
Gordon, Jean – 1993
The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) commissioned 12 experts in the vocational training (VT) systems of the individual member states of the European Community (EC) to develop monographs describing the EC members' VT systems and procedures/systems for certifying vocational qualifications. The 12 national studies…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Comparative Analysis
Portland Community Coll., OR. – 1991
This report describes a partnership between Portland Community College (Oregon), private industry, and public agencies to develop and implement a comprehensive program to recruit, train, and place women in apprenticeship and other nontraditional employment in the building trades. The Building Futures in Industry and Trades (B-FIT) program's final…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Community Colleges, Construction Industry
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