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Callander, Emily J.; Lindsay, Daniel B. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Parental employment is a significant factor in ensuring financial ability to access care for children with autism spectrum disorder. This article aimed to identify the influence of autism spectrum disorder on parental employment and whether childcare access may effect labour force participation using the "Longitudinal Survey of Australian…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employment Level, Children, Autism
Borgonovi, Francesca; Pokropek, Artur – OECD Publishing, 2017
The paper examines between-country differences in the mechanisms through which education could promote generalised trust using data from 29 countries participating in the OECD's Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). Results indicate that education is strongly associated with generalised trust and that a large part of this association is mediated by…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), International Assessment, Educational Attainment, Literacy
Childs, Alison Jean – Multicultural Education Review, 2018
The period of transition between education and employment can be difficult for young people, particularly young immigrants. Human capital theory argues that higher levels of educational attainment should lead to improved likelihood of employment. However, although young immigrants have higher, on average, levels of educational attainment than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, Secondary School Students, Adolescents
Baldwin, Susanna; Costley, Debra – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
There is limited large-scale research into the lived experiences of female adults who have an autism spectrum disorder with no co-occurring intellectual disability. Drawing on the findings of an Australia-wide survey, this report presents self-report data from n = 82 women with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder in the areas of health,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Females, Adults
Billett, Stephen – International Journal of Training Research, 2015
Knowing how adults learn through work is central to understanding their development across working lives. That development is important for their personal trajectories, and ability to contribute, sustain and advance the interests of their workplaces, and collectively to the social and economic viability of their communities and nations. This paper…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Workplace Learning, Adult Development, National Surveys
McVicar, Duncan; Tabasso, Domenico – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2016
Increasing educational attainment is generally tied to better employment outcomes. The vocational education and training (VET) sector is often used as an entry point into post-compulsory education for individuals who have experienced disadvantage in their lives. But does increasing participation in VET by disadvantaged individuals necessarily lead…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Attainment, Postsecondary Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Mamedova, Saida; Sparks, Dinah; Hoyer, Kathleen Mulvaney – National Center for Education Statistics, 2017
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) conducted the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), a multi-domain adult skills assessment with an extensive background questionnaire, in 2012. PIAAC is a global effort to understand how individuals' education, workplace experiences, and other…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies
Mostafa, Tarek; Pál, Judit – OECD Publishing, 2018
In 2015, for the first time in its history, PISA (the Programme for International Student Assessment) asked teachers to describe the various aspects of their working environment and teaching practices. This paper examines how teacher, student, and school characteristics are related to science teachers' satisfaction in 19 PISA-participating…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Job Satisfaction, Evidence, Teacher Surveys
OECD Publishing, 2017
"Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. With more than 125 charts and 145 tables included in the publication and much more data available on the educational database, "Education at a Glance 2017" provides key information on the output of…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries, Graduation Rate, Higher Education
Pillay, Hitendra; Kelly, Kathy; Tones, Megan – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
Objectives: The purpose of the current article was to explore perceptions of transitional employment and training and development amongst blue collar workers employed in technical, trade, operations or physical and labour-intensive occupations within the local government system. Methods: The responses of manual workers to two national surveys…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Retirement, Employment Level, Job Satisfaction
White, Bruce – Australian Teacher Education Association, 2009
There has been an increased emphasis on training and recruiting appropriately qualified teachers of science and mathematics (ACDS, 2002; MCEETYA, 2004; Harris, Jensz & Baldwin, 2005). There has also been concern over the age profile of the current teaching force which is generally older in comparison to other professionals and the implication…
Descriptors: Employment, Teaching Load, Graduates, Interviews