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Green, Rhiannon – Online Submission, 2017
The objectives of this article are to critically analyse the impact of formative and summative assessment in an informal secondary school environment. The informality reflects the work of The Anne Frank Trust UK and their practices in evaluating student progress through a two-week workshop programme. The preference for formative assessment is…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Criticism, Curriculum Implementation, Program Design
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Evans, Carol; Waring, Michael; Christodoulou, Andri – Research Papers in Education, 2017
Supporting early career teacher (ECT) research literacy is essential in promoting research-integrated professional practice, however it remains an area in much need of development. This article discusses the importance and process of developing ECTs' research literacy, through establishing strong collaborative links between universities and…
Descriptors: Research Skills, Skill Development, Theory Practice Relationship, College School Cooperation
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Ellington, Peter – Accounting Education, 2017
There is much debate in the literature concerning the changes necessary for university accounting education to meet the needs of the business environment and broader society. In the USA the Pathways Commission has responded by implementing a programme of evaluation and improvement. In the UK there is no formal agenda for change. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Accounting, Business Administration Education
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Manpower Div. – 1965
AN INTENSIVE STUDY OF TWO SAMPLES DRAWN FROM ONE GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN EACH OF FOUR COUNTRIES AIMED TO DETERMINE THE TRAINING AND JOB HISTORIES OF SKILLED WORKERS IN THE METAL TRADES AND THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY DIFFERENT TRAINING SYSTEMS. THE COUNTRIES WERE SELECTED TO REPRESENT (1) PREDOMINANTLY SCHOOL-BASED TRAINING (BELGIUM), (2) HIGHLY REGULATED…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Stanton, Geoff, Ed.; Richardson, William, Ed. – FEDA Report, 1997
This document contains eight papers examining different aspects of categorization, divisions, and choice in further education (FE) that were commissioned during a study of tripartite pathways (for example, academic, vocational and applied) in education and training for 16-19 year olds in the United Kingdom. The following papers are included:…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Gray, Michael; Peters, Jane; Fletcher, Mick; Kirk, Gordon – 2002
The impact of individual learning accounts (ILAs) on the success of learners in post-16 education sector in the United Kingdom was explored through an examination of available research on ILAs. The following were among the study's 12 messages for providers, the Department for Education and Skills, and the Individual Learning Account Centre: (1)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Programs, Delivery Systems, Educational Finance
Rumble, Greville, Ed.; Oliveira, Joao, Ed. – 1992
This book contains the following papers on distance vocational education programs: "Vocational Education at a Distance" (Oliveira, Rumble); "An Introduction to Case Studies" (Oliveira, Rumble); "'Working on Work': Orientation on Work and the Labour Market in the Netherlands" (Bender, Bronkhorst); "Expanding…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Case Studies, College Programs, Computer Science Education