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King, Hayley – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Drawing on 18 months of fieldwork, this article discusses the use of physical, virtual and social space to support collaborative work in translator education programs. The study adopted a contrastive ethnography approach that incorporated single- and multiple-case design rationales for site selection. Extended observation, informal chats and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Workplace Learning, Employees, Lifelong Learning
Guggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed. – 2003
This document contains the agenda and papers on work and training presented at the Agora VII meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece in October, 1999. The Foreword describes each session with a list of the topics and papers, along with a brief introduction to the topics. The three sessions are: Work and Training in Society in the 21st Century; Working…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Continuing Education
van den Tillaart, Harry; van den Berg, Sjaak; Warmerdam, John – 1998
Work and learning in microenterprises in the car repair industries of four European Community (EC) countries were examined through 21 case studies of firms with 10 or fewer employees (6 firms in Ireland and 5 each in Greece, the Netherlands, and Spain). Structured interviews were conducted with each firm's owner and 60 motor vehicle mechanics at…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education
van den Tillaart, Harry; van den Berg, Sjaak; Warmerdam, John – 1998
Work and learning in microenterprises in the printing industries of four European Community (EC) countries were examined through 17 case studies of firms with 10 or fewer employees (5 firms in Finland and 4 each in Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain). Structured interviews were conducted with each firm's owner and a total of 90 staff at the 17…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education, Economic Development
Guggenheim, Eric Fries – 2003
Materials from Agora 12 demonstrate that the disabled are merely another side of ourselves and training for them is a means of developing and acquiring independence and of becoming absorbed into society. A Foreword outlines the subjects of the three sessions: social solidarity and mental disability; training of the mentally psychologically…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations