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Commonwealth of Learning, 2022
The present report is the outcome of a study on the status of OER in the Commonwealth conducted in late 2021. Considering the importance of OER in the context of the challenges posed by COVID-19, the findings shall be useful for Member States and educational institutions to mainstream OER. The overall objective is to help countries across the…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Foreign Countries, Resource Units, International Cooperation
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Burnett-Louw, Cora – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: In view of global health concerns about high levels of inactivity and related disease patterns of citizens, Physical Education and Health (PEH) has become an educational priority in many countries, including South Africa. Aim: The research aimed to explore and capture the effects of a multistakeholder physical education (PE) initiative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Childrens Rights, Child Health
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2021
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has launched a new publication, "Integrated Approaches to Literacy and Skills Development: Examples of Best Practice in Adult Learning Programmes." This new compilation showcases 21 adult education programmes that demonstrate promising approaches to integrating literacy, life skills and…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning
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van de Heyde, Valentino; Stoltenkamp, Juliet; Siebrits, André – Cogent Education, 2017
The paper explores critical success factors (CSFs) in relation to the support structure for an online self-coaching pilot project, by the Centre for Innovative Education and Communication Technologies of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa, in collaboration with UWC's Social Work Department and the University of South Africa…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Social Work, Program Effectiveness, Online Courses
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Downs, Colleen T.; Wilson, Amy-Leigh – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Large first-year class sizes have resulted in many lecturers adopting coping strategies consisting of direct-transmission mode teaching, reduced practical time, and assessment. Recently several strategies have been implemented in an attempt to improve student participation and active learning; however, these changes have to be facilitated and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Undergraduate Students, College Students
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Boughey, John; van Heerden, Eve – Higher Education Review, 2007
Within the broad context of its National Human Resource Development Strategy (2001) the South African government has implemented two pieces of legislation, namely the Skills Development Act (Act 97 of 1998), an attempt to boost the nation's productivity by increasing skills levels in the workplace, and the Skills Development Levies Act (Act 9 of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Skill Development
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McGrath, Simon – Journal of Education and Work, 2005
Three important elements of a South African vision for high skills must be spreading skills improvements across the population in general, creating policy coherence and constructing new institutions. This article examines these issues through an investigation of the micro and small enterprise (MSE) sector and, in particular, through an analysis of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Citizenship, Educational Change
Bachner, David J.; Malone, Laurence J.; Snider, Mary C. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2001
This volume argues that international/intercultural experiences are powerful vehicles for first-year college students to learn the perspectives and skills necessary to function interdependently in a rapidly changing, increasingly complicated world. The authors develop this thesis through an in-depth case study of efforts to provide such learning…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Skill Development, Case Studies, Multicultural Education