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European Commission, 2017
This current study is part of the actions taken aiming to analyse the links between the operations and effects of higher-education institutions on the capacity to innovate in the economies in Europe. Providing insights into the contribution of higher education to the innovative capacity of the EU economies is crucial for policy making and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Innovation, Economic Development
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Down, Barry; Smyth, John; Robinson, Janean – Critical Studies in Education, 2019
In Australia, like many western countries, there has been a convergence of education policy around a set of utilitarian and economistic approaches to vocational education and training in schools. Such approaches are based on the assumption that there is a direct relationship between national economic growth, productivity and human capital…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Neoliberalism, Correlation, Economic Development
Robson, Kelly; Burgoyne-Allen, Phillip; Squire, Juliet; Schulz, Jeff – Bellwether Education Partners, 2019
Fourteen percent of the nation's population lives in rural communities, and one in five K-12 students attends a rural school. This is a substantial portion of the population, but it's far too often overlooked by education analysts, advocates, and policymakers. Rural communities tend to face some persistent challenges, including higher rates of…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Barriers
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Stuart, Margaret – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2016
New Zealand has received world-wide accolades for its Early Childhood Education (ECE) curriculum, Te Whariki. This paper explores the tension between economic imperialism, and a curriculum acknowledged as visionary. The foundational ideas of Te Whariki emanate from sociocultural and anti-racist pedagogies. However, its implementation is hampered…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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Jones, Steven; Mann, Anthony; Morris, Katy – Journal of Education and Work, 2016
Work experience placements are mandatory in the UK for all young people aged 16-18 in education, and their employability effects and associated wage premia are well noted in the literature. Through Bourdieu's lens, this article analyses and conceptualises a unique data set of reflective testimonies submitted in response to a YouGov survey of over…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Work Experience, Education Work Relationship, Young Adults
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Charteris, Jennifer – Critical Studies in Education, 2016
Neoliberal policy objectives perpetuate an audit culture at both school and system levels. The associated focus on performativity and accountability can result in reductive and procedural interpretations of classroom assessment for learning (AfL) practices. Set in a New Zealand AfL professional development context, this research takes an…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Education Programs, Faculty Development, Critical Theory
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James, Sylvia M.; Singer, Susan R. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has a long history of investment in broadening participation (BP) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. A review of past NSF BP efforts provides insights into how the portfolio of programs and activities has evolved and the broad array of innovative strategies that has been…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Strategic Planning, Human Resources, National Organizations
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Cheng, Eric C. K.; Lee, John C. K. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
This paper explores the predictive relationship between knowledge management (KM) processes and school intellectual capital (SIC). SIC is at the core of what society deems to be the purpose and definition of successful schooling. KM aims to support organizations in creating a mechanism that measures, stores and transforms knowledge into…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Case Studies, Statistical Analysis, Secondary School Teachers
Syverud, Gretchen; Williams, Candace – New England Board of Higher Education, 2016
Higher education institutions--as major employers of the workforce, purchasers of goods and services, managers of real estate, and attractors of external investment--are frequently the subject of research measuring economic impact. This research often falls into one of two categories: (1) institution-focused studies that measure the monetary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geographic Regions, Economic Impact, Human Capital
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Allsup, Randall Everett – Music Educators Journal, 2014
This article seeks to reignite debate about the purpose of a university music education. Taking inspiration from Randall Thompson's 1935 investigation of the role of music preparation in U.S. colleges and universities, an analogous call is made for a less vocational approach to the study of music. The author claims that the music education…
Descriptors: Music Education, Humanities, Human Capital, Teaching Methods
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Noda, Ayaka; Kim, Mikyong Minsun – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This study aims to understand the perceived learning experiences and gains for Japanese government officials from US and Japanese graduate and professional schools, and how applicable their continuing professional education (CPE) is to professional performance. Interview participants were drawn from long-term overseas and domestic fellowship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Continuing Education, Learning Experience, Education Work Relationship
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Harteis, Christian, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2018
This edited volume brings together researchers from various disciplines (i.e. education, psychology, sociology, economy, information technology, engineering) discussing elementary changes at workplaces occurring through digitalization, and reflecting on educational challenges for individuals, organizations, and society. The latest developments in…
Descriptors: Computer Use, Change, Work Environment, Information Technology
Cochran, Graham R.; Ferrari, Theresa M.; Chen, Claire Yueh-Ti – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2012
Research with a diverse array of organizations in the public and private sectors has documented a common set of trends affecting organizations and their human capital in the 21st century. Similar trends have been identified as important for Extension organizations and the Cooperative Extension System. It is important to determine if such trends…
Descriptors: Action Research, Extension Education, Extension Agents, Human Capital
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Rechberg, Isabel D. W.; Syed, Jawad – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2012
The aim of this paper is to explore the focus on individuals in the field of knowledge management (KM). Through a meta-review of the KM literature, we identify a relative disregard of the individual in the KM literature while information technology (IT) oriented concepts are widely represented. Our review indicates the need for a greater emphasis…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Information Technology, Databases, Evaluation
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Lee, Dara N. – Journal of Human Resources, 2013
Adolescents face daily tradeoffs between human capital investment, labor, and leisure. This paper exploits state variation in the repeal of Sunday closing laws to examine the impact of a distinct and plausibly exogenous rise in the quantity of competing diversions available to youth on their educational attainment. The results suggest that the…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Educational Attainment, Employment, Risk
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