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Critical Professional Issues in Labour Force Development for Teachers with Children up to Two Years of Age: A New Zealand Perspective
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Rockel, Jean – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
This paper critically examines current concerns regarding professional issues in labour force development for teachers with children up to two years of age (UtoT). The concerns in New Zealand (NZ) relate to whether initial teacher-education (ITE) qualifications prepare teachers to work with children UtoT, involving synergy between ITE and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Infants
Adult Learners' Perceptions of An Undergraduate HRD Degree Completion Programme: Reasons for Entering, Attitudes towards Programme and Impact of Programme
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Dwyer, Dan; Thompson, Dale Edward; Thompson, Cecelia K. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2013
The purpose of the study was to evaluate an undergraduate distance education (DE) programme based upon adult learners' perceptions. The study investigated the value of the Human Resource Development programme at the University of Arkansas by examining the students' reasons for returning to college, their attitudes towards the programme and the…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Distance Education, Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Study
Educating the Next Generation of Energy-Savvy Workforce
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Wu, Bin; Abad, Jorge – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This paper reports a problem-based learning model for the training of university students in the area of industrial energy efficiency, and discusses its context, contents, and the results from its implementation. The impact has been significant, with hundreds of university graduates trained and many of them now working in industry, leading their…
Descriptors: Energy, Energy Education, Labor Force Development, Problem Based Learning
Partnerships between Community Colleges and Prisons: Providing Workforce Education and Training to Reduce Recidivism
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Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2009
A 50-state analysis of postsecondary correctional education policy conducted by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) in 2005 found that 68 percent of all postsecondary correctional education is provided by community colleges. The IHEP findings were the basis for this review of partnerships between community colleges and prisons. This…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Partnerships in Education
Maryland Career Clusters: Restructuring Learning for Student Achievement in a Technologically Advanced, Global Society. Second Edition
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Maryland State Department of Education, 2006
Maryland Career Clusters are a resource for high schools as they reorganize into smaller learning communities. Instruction is organized around career themes, providing more students the opportunity to explore career choices while still in high school and enroll in pathway programs that enable them to successfully transition from high school to…
Descriptors: High Schools, Tech Prep, Postsecondary Education, Career Education
Local Career & Technical Education Advisory Councils
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West Virginia Department of Education, 2003
To better meet the needs of a technologically changing workplace and large, diverse and mobile population, the West Virginia State Plan for the Administration of Vocational and Technical Education requires local education associations to utilize program advisory committees as a key source of input for program review and curriculum update.…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Program Content, Labor Force Development, Advisory Committees