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Calma, Angelito – Journal of International Education in Business, 2013
Purpose: Little attention is paid to understanding generic skills in business. Even less attention is paid to collecting evidence of students' development of these skills. This paper aims to fill this gap. Design/methodology/approach: Four generic skills in business undergraduate and graduate programs are examined--written communication; critical…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Student Development, Educational Change, Business Skills
Ali, Jamal; Eam, Lim Hock; Ismail, Russayani; Rahim, Fauziah Abdul; Isa, Filzah Md; Ismail, Ismi Arif – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2014
Purpose: This study examined the effectiveness of Finishing School programmes in enhancing the employability of graduates from institutions of higher learning. The perceptions of the graduates and employers towards the effectiveness of the programmes were analyzed. The effectiveness of Finishing School programmes evaluated through a graduate…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, College Students, Graduate Surveys, Employer Attitudes
Harwood, Chris – Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Because Literacy and Essential Skills are so important to economic development, it is vital to know the competencies needed by the educators who deliver Literacy and Essential Skills programming. Likewise, Literacy and Essential Skills are crucial for labour market attachment. Low-skilled work has been most affected by technological change. There…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Occupational Surveys, Position Papers
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
The Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) is the national hub for research, information and knowledge exchange, about increasing literacy and essential skills across Canada. CLLN, a non-profit charitable organization, represents literacy coalitions, organizations and individuals in every province and territory in Canada. CLLN shares…
Descriptors: Position Papers, Employment Programs, Change Strategies, Transitional Programs
Darling-Kuria, Nikki – Young Children, 2012
For the last several days, Janet had been anxious about her upcoming parent-teacher conference with Sam, 18-month-old Abby's father. Sam had recently brought in alphabet flash cards because he wants Abby to learn to read. Janet completely understood Sam's desire to support his daughter's early language skills, but she was not comfortable with the…
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Basic Skills, Language Skills, Emergent Literacy
Coleman, Julianne Maner; Goldston, M. Jenice – Science and Children, 2011
When students draw observations or interpret and draw a diagram, they're communicating their understandings of science and demonstrating visual literacy abilities. Visual literacy includes skills needed to accurately interpret and produce visual and graphical information such as drawings, diagrams, tables, charts, maps, and graphs. Communication…
Descriptors: Young Children, Visual Literacy, Science Instruction, Basic Skills
O'Neill, Susan; Thomson, Margareta Maria – Support for Learning, 2013
The current literature review explores the factors that contribute to academic persistence for adult learners. The aim of the study is to identify current research-based strategies aimed at supporting learner persistence, particularly for low-skilled adults. Elements of three theoretical frameworks, namely, expectancy-value theory (EVT), goal…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Adult Basic Education
Centre for Literacy, 2013
This paper gathers descriptions on the use of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) and essential skills cross Canada. IALS was developed as a population measure to lay out the distribution of skills and their relationship to other social and economic attributes. The information was taken from federal, provincial, and territorial…
Descriptors: Literacy, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Basic Skills
Rogers, Lynne; Hurry, Jane; Simonot, Margaret; Wilson, Anita – London Review of Education, 2014
The purpose of this study, undertaken in 2012, was to describe provision available for under- 25s in prisons and to gain insight into the particularities of prison education. Six custodial establishments serving the London area were visited (prisons or Young Offender Institutions) and available statistical data were collected from a larger sample.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Aspiration, Educational Opportunities, Statistical Data
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2014
Washington's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program (I-BEST) quickly teaches students literacy, work, and college-readiness skills so they can move through school and into living wage jobs faster. Pioneered by Washington's community and technical colleges, I-BEST uses a team-teaching approach to combine college-readiness classes…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Two Year Colleges, Technical Institutes, Community Colleges
Lamb, Penny – Adults Learning, 2012
The rapidly changing picture on localism and the government's focus on local economic growth have significant implications for adult learning and skills providers in England. Government now sees a sense of place as key to economic growth and recognises the need for a renewed debate on how business and state interact with localities. There is a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Economic Progress
Barnett, Ronald – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
What is it to learn for an unknown future? It might be said that the future has always been unknown but this question surely takes on a new pedagogical challenge in the contemporary age. Generic skills may seem to offer the basis of just such a learning for an unknown future. Generic skills, by definition, are those that surely hold across…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Emerging Occupations, Epistemology, Basic Skills
Assuah, Charles; Ayebo, Abraham – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2015
This paper synthesizes the views of 6 university lecturers on Ghana's undergraduate mathematics education. These views were expressed during a mathematics workshop sensitization program on the "contribution of undergraduate mathematics education to the Ghanaian economy." The data consisting of open-ended questions followed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Mathematics Education, Teacher Attitudes
Perez Huber, Lindsay; Malagón, Maria C.; Ramirez, Brianna R.; Gonzalez, Lorena Camargo; Jimenez, Alberto; Vélez, Verónica N. – UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, 2015
The first CSRC Research Report to examine the Latina/o education pipeline, "Falling through the Cracks: Critical Transitions in the Latina/o Educational Pipeline" (Pérez Huber et al. 2006), inaugurated a series of reports that have sought to address critical issues related to the Latina/o education pipeline and to provide policy…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Access to Education, Equal Education, Educational Opportunities
White, Susan Williams – Guilford Publications, 2011
This practical, research-based guide provides a wealth of tools and strategies for implementing social skills training in school or clinical settings. Numerous case examples illustrate common social difficulties experienced by children with Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism; the impact on peer relationships, school performance, and…
Descriptors: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Children, Interpersonal Competence