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Sweet, Richard – European Training Foundation, 2009
This report examines programmes for youth that combine learning in classrooms with participation in work in 10 Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. It is one element, together with the development of a network of policymakers and experts from the…
Descriptors: Youth, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Social Capital
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Moore, Lesley J. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose: This paper aims to focus on examples of the perceived tensions of the healthcare work-based learners as they experienced paradigm shifts in both practice and education. Design/methodology/approach: Examples are drawn from a qualitative study to examine work-based learning (WBL) workshops in a Dutch healthcare setting, and a developmental…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Ethics, Work Environment
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van der Klink, Marcel R.; Streumer, Jan N. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2002
A study of on-the-job training for 36 Dutch call center trainees and 46 new post office clerks found that training goals were only partly achieved. Self-efficacy, prior experience with tasks, management support, and workload were the most powerful influences on the effectiveness of training. (SK)
Descriptors: Entry Workers, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, On the Job Training
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Verhaar, C. H. A.; Smulders, H. R. M. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1999
A study focused on the attitudes of Dutch dairy and horticultural workers regarding the need for training in the workplace. Results emphasize the importance of learning on the job but suggest that workers need to be made aware of the value of investment in other kinds of training. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employee Attitudes, Employment Potential, Foreign Countries
Warmerdam, John; And Others – 1994
Training in the motor vehicle repair and sales sector in the Netherlands was examined in a study that included the following approaches: review of the sector's structure/characteristics, institutional and social context, employment practices, changing conditions, and available education and training; in-depth case studies of four auto repair shops…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Auto Mechanics, Case Studies, Education Work Relationship
2001
This document contains three papers on informal learning and human resource development. "Workplace Learning Reviewed: Confronting the Rhetoric with Empirical Research" (Rob F. Poell, Ferd J. Van der Krogt) discusses the considerable discrepancy between theory on workplace learning and actual workplace learning-related developments in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Behavior, Adult Learning, Case Studies