The past years have witnessed a growing trend in applied research in Vocational Education and Training (VET), which refers to investigative activities and services conducted by VET organisations which have a strong practical focus on solving real-life problems. Insights from applied research can be used to develop or improve products and services,…

The Skills for Jobs White Paper and funding and accountability consultation set out the Government's plans to introduce a greater focus on the outcomes of learning, including a new Skills Measure that looks at the employment and other outcomes that learners achieve. Will this give colleges and providers greater freedom to deliver for learners, or…

The purpose of this paper is to outline government online training practice. We searched individual research domains of the human-dimensions of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), information and communications technologies (ICT) and instructional design for evidence of either corporate sector or government training practices. We overlapped these…

Compares a state program to deal with youth unemployment, the Ontario Career Action Program, with cooperative education programs generally. (Author/IRT)

The paper reports results of an academic occupational program intended for educable mentally handicapped and learning disabled secondary students in Leduc, Alberta. An introduction reviews history of the program and the evaluation process. The evaluation plan, based on R. Stake's model for program evaluation, is described, and sources of data…

Of the over 90 percent of 1,078 graduates from the various vocational programs surveyed since 1963, nearly 74 percent have followed a line of work utilizing their education. Data points to the need for further study and possible changes in the secondary programs. (SB)

There have been consistent deficiencies in Canadian occupational training policies for three decades. The recurrence of the same mistakes and criticisms means that not enough attention has been paid to recommendations of advisory groups on labor and training policies. (Author/JOW)

A look at Canadian private vocational schools in terms of what they are, how good they are, their fee structure and what controls are imposed on them, and their philosophy. (HD)

Reviews career-oriented programs from a local view of the students and their role in society and then from a national view of the potential of the community college system and its role in society. (SB)

This report reviews the 1990-91 activities of Quebec's Council of Colleges and its commissions on evaluation and vocational education. Part 1 focuses on the Council of Colleges and its mandate, composition, internal organization, activities, meetings, consultations, nominations to the Council and its commissions, advisory and research reports,…

This report reviews the 1991-92 activities of Quebec's Council of Colleges and its commissions on evaluation and vocational education. Part 1 focuses on the Council of Colleges and its mandate, composition, internal organization, activities, meetings, consultations, nominations to the Council and its commissions, advisory and research reports,…

This report reviews the 1992-93 activities of Quebec's Council of Colleges and its commissions on evaluation and vocational education. Part 1 focuses on the Council of Colleges and its mandate, composition, internal organization, activities, meetings, consultations, nominations to the Council and its commissions, advisory and research reports, and…

This document presents a model 5-year cyclical program review procedure for evaluating the quality and labor market relevance of programs offered by Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST). According to the review procedure, committees of SIAST and industry representatives will verify that SIAST programs are accountable to…