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Dawson-Squibb, John-Joe; Davids, Eugene L.; Harrison, Ashley J.; Molony, Maggie A.; de Vries, Petrus J. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Empowering families of children with autism spectrum disorder through education and training is best practice. A wide range of Parent Education and Training programmes are delivered around the globe, but there is limited knowledge about the characteristics of these programmes, or about the research methods and outcomes used to evaluate them,…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Training, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Escalié, Guillaume; Lesellier, Jérémy; K/Bidy, Julie; Legrain, Pascal – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2023
This article aims to draw the outlines of a psychological anthropology programme in teacher education based on Wittgenstein's philosophical approach to relationships between experience, consciousness and language. Conceptually, the challenge is to support the idea that a professional experience may be documented not only through the deliberate…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Philosophy, Correlation
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Lafont, Pascal – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2012
This contribution shows the conditions of a change of prospect in higher education which is based on institutional and policy positioning in favor of the implementation of the devices of Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE) which is used to deliver a whole or components of a qualification (certification) on the basis of the knowledge and skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Implementation, Program Validation
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Restrepo, Tomas; Arbelaez, Natalia; Millet, Dominique; Gidel, Thierry – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2010
Cooperation between disseminated actors is a key factor in improving new product development (NPD) performance. In the last years, numerous CSCW software applications have been introduced in the industry to support NPD with a low success rate. This is partly due to the limited insight of the organisational and human factors influencing user…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Program Implementation, Adoption (Ideas)
OECD Publishing, 2014
The Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will establish technical standards and guidelines to ensure that the survey design and implementation processes of PIAAC yield high-quality and internationally comparable data. This document provides a revised version of the technical standards and guidelines originally…
Descriptors: Adults, International Assessment, Adult Literacy, Competence
Charraud, Anne-Marie; And Others – Training & Employment, 1996
The variety and growing number of continuing training providers in France have led the government to question whether these bodies constitute full-fledged service producers functioning in a market situation. In the absence of quality standards and rules governing competition, many questions arise as to the ways it is to be implemented and…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education
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Bouder, Annie; Kirsch, Jean-Louis – European Journal of Education, 2007
The genesis of this article is based on the observation by the authors that the French training system has witnessed an evolution since the 1970s that corresponds to the one that was later recommended by the European authorities, i.e.: --the creation of a national qualifications framework that integrates general and vocational training and initial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, National Standards, Outcomes of Education
Frey-Hartel, Cheri; Kasum, Duffy – 1988
An intercultural training workshop including orientation and travel to France is described. The program was made available to businessmen and women interested or involved in trade with France, to students in communications, foreign languages, and international business, and to community members. The program included pre-departure classes to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cross Cultural Training, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Verdier, Eric – Training & Employment, 1992
A survey of French research by CEREQ ("A French research centre for analysis of occupations and of vocational education and training") shows that firms have undertaken a number of experiments, most of them large scale, to retrain their work force. These initiatives are situated within a general context of change. Training programs based…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
Forrester, Keith, Ed.; Ward, Kevin, Ed. – 1991
This book contains 12 chapters, each of which is a case study or a commentary on the unemployment of the 1980s and early 1990s and on the programs devised to retrain workers. Titles and authors are as follows: "Understanding Unemployment: A Critical Overview of Labour Market Trends, Employment, and Unemployment: (John Hughes); "A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Developed Nations
Tchaban, A., Ed. – 1999
This document presents five papers, each describing different experiences in the introduction, promotion and implementation of innovative adult training approaches aimed at achieving more flexibility in skill development. An introduction (Anatoli Tchaban) presents background information and a synthesis of the studies covering definitions, concepts…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Continuing Education, Corporate Education