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Jenkins, Andrew – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2011
The objective of this research was to identify the effects of participation in learning on the subjective wellbeing of older adults. Data were from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), a large-scale, nationally representative survey of those aged 50 and above. The survey contains several wellbeing measures and information on three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Adult Learning, Outcomes of Education
Fry, Richard C. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Many small to medium sized manufacturing organizations do not have adequate resources to conduct formalized workplace training or properly evaluate its results. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of electronic training on workplace behavior and small business organizational performance in the manufacturing environment using…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Workplace Learning, Statistical Analysis, Job Performance
Lee, Wang-Sheng; Coelli, Michael – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
This document is an appendix that is meant to accompany the main report, "Analysis of Private Returns to Vocational Education and Training". Included here are the detailed regression results that correspond to Tables 4 to 59 of the main report. This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the main report, and is…
Descriptors: Females, Technical Education, Males, Vocational Education
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Smerdon, Becky; Cohen, Jennifer – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2009
The Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) is one of the first urban districts in the country to undertake large-scale high school reform, phasing in small learning communities by opening new high schools and transforming large, comprehensive high schools into small high schools. With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Restructuring, Educational Change, School Visitation