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Direct linkNoonan, Peter; Burke, Gerald; White, Paul – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2004
This paper is concerned with the strategies being adopted for vocational education and training (VET) in Australia and the lessons that could be learned for them from policies in other countries. Six issues are considered in the paper, each relates to or more of the objectives and particular strategies in the Australia's National Strategy for…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Public Agencies, Vocational Education
Wooden, Mark; VandenHeuvel, Adriana; Cully, Mark; Curtain, Richard – 2001
This report covers a study of barriers for older workers in obtaining and benefitting from training and innovative policies to remove them. After an introduction, Chapter 2 reviews literature on incidence and determinants of older workers' participation in training; barriers to training; and employer and government initiatives to enhance older…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Developed Nations
Istance, David, Ed.; Schuetze, Hans G., Ed.; Schuller, Tom, Ed. – 2002
This book, consisting of 17 chapters written by different authors, traces the progress that has been made in developing lifelong learning policies over the past 30 years and examines current challenges to lifelong learning policymakers. Focusing on a global agenda, the book is organized in six parts with thematic chapters following an introductory…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Communication (Thought Transfer)
