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Department of Defense Education Activity, 2016
During their senior year, students attending Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools develop a postsecondary plan that denotes what they intend to do after graduating from high school. Seniors report whether they are planning to attend a four-year college/university, a two-year/community college, or a vocational/technical school;…
Descriptors: Public Schools, High School Seniors, Planning, Aspiration
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Lee, Yee Ming; Kwon, Junehee; Park, Eunhye; Wang, Yujia; Rushing, Keith – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2017
Purpose/Objectives: This study investigated the use of electronic and paper-based point-of-service (POS) systems in school nutrition programs (SNPs), including associated challenges and the desired skills and existing training practices for personnel handling such systems. Methods: A questionnaire was developed based on interviews with 25 SNP…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Health Programs, Questionnaires, Administrators
MDRC, 2017
The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in career and technical education (CTE) as a way to engage students, help people build the skills necessary to succeed in a technologically advanced economy, and meet employer demand for workers. MDRC--which has a two-decade history of developing and evaluating CTE programs, including their…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Trends, Educational Research, Organizations (Groups)
McHugh, Margie; Morawski, Madeleine – Migration Policy Institute, 2017
With nearly 2 million college-educated immigrants and refugees in the United States unable to fully utilize their professional skills, better understanding of the elements of successful programs and policies that reduce the waste of advanced education and skills can benefit immigrants, their families, and the U.S. economy more generally. This…
Descriptors: Refugees, Immigrants, Physicians, Credentials
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Comyn, Paul – Journal of Education and Work, 2013
This paper reports on recent research into enterprise skill profiles and workplace training practices in the Bangladesh manufacturing industry. The article presents survey and interview data for 37 enterprises across eight manufacturing sectors collected during a study for the International Labour Organisation. The research analysed enterprise and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manufacturing Industry, Job Skills, Skill Development
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2013
Since 2008, the question uppermost in policymakers' minds has understandably been the explosive growth of youth unemployment. But the crisis has also severely affected low-qualified adults, who face the highest rate of unemployment across Europe. A recent Cedefop study confirms that work-based training programmes can address the particular needs…
Descriptors: Job Training, Employment Qualifications, Adults, Job Skills
Theodos, Brett; Pergamit, Michael R.; Hanson, Devlin; Edelstein, Sara; Daniels, Rebecca – Urban Institute, 2016
Urban Alliance serves at-risk youth through its high school internship program, which provides training, mentoring, and work experience to high school seniors from distressed communities. The program aims to help youth move on to higher education or employment after graduation. The Urban Institute is conducting a six-year, randomized controlled…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Youth Programs, At Risk Students, High School Students
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Shan, Hongxia – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2015
Since the 1970s, immigrant studies have taken a feminist turn. This paper takes stock of how Canadian adult educators have contributed to this field and vice versa. Through an ethnographic content analysis of [Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education] CASAE proceedings since 2000 and other related scholarly publications, the paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Immigrants
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Strohl, Jeff; Gulish, Artem – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2015
"College Is Just the Beginning: The Employer Role in $1.1 Trillion Postsecondary Education and Training System" focuses on employer investment in formal training for workers in the context of the broader postsecondary education and training system and the primary institutions involved in skill development in the United States. Along with…
Descriptors: Employers, School Business Relationship, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education
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Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2021
These proceedings contain the papers of the 15th International Conference on e-Learning (EL 2021), which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), July 20-22, 2021. This conference is part of the 15th Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS), July 20-23, 2021,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technological Literacy, Second Language Learning
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Githiari, Florence W. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The last two decades have seen principals in Kenya come under heavy criticism over some serious cases of mismanagement that resulted in some of the worst institutional accidents, disasters/tragedies, unrests and even social and economic crimes that Kenya has witnessed. This study sought to find out ways that principals acquire the leadership…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Leadership, Secondary Schools
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Liebel, Grischa; Burden, Håkan; Heldal, Rogardt – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
Team teaching is advocated in education to offer students multiple explanations to complex concepts and to improve teacher development. However, team teaching is typically associated with high staff cost due to the increased amount of teachers involved. The authors argue that team teaching can be conducted in a cheap way by including novice…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Undergraduate Students, Computer Software, Computer Science Education
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Short, Tom; Harris, Roger McL. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to explore why harmonisation, given its potential, is so difficult to achieve. It analyses the issues and challenges in achieving harmonisation of training and development across an industry. Design/methodology/approach: The approach was a meta-analysis of six research projects undertaken in the Australian rail industry.…
Descriptors: Transportation, Industry, Meta Analysis, Foreign Countries
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de Kraker, Joop; Dlouhá, Jana; Machackova Henderson, Laura; Kapitulcinová, Dana – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the current and potential value of the European Virtual Seminar on Sustainable Development (EVS) as an opportunity for professional development in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for teaching staff at university level. Design/methodology/approach: The paper presents and reflects on the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, On the Job Training, Partnerships in Education
Aksit, Adnan; Arpat, Bulent; Kalfa, Veli Riza – Online Submission, 2017
A well-educated and qualified workforce is one of the most important outputs in vocational and technical education. Vocational schools constitute the last circle in Turkey for the preparing students about the vocational and technical education in order to meet the need for the intermediate staff needed by the labor market. The educational model…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, Training Methods, Internship Programs, Hypothesis Testing
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