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Education Today 2010: The OECD Perspective
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OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2010
What does the OECD have to say about the state of education today? What are the main OECD messages on early childhood education, teacher policies and tertiary education? What about student performance, educational spending and equity in education? OECD work on these important education topics and others have been brought together in a single…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Higher Education, Early Childhood Education, Lifelong Learning
Behavior Analysis in Education. Focus on Measurably Superior Instruction.
Gardner, Ralph, III, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book was written to disseminate measurably superior instructional strategies to those interested in advancing sound, field-tested educational practices. Part 1 contains chapters that give two views of the future of behavior analysis in education, while part 2 focuses on promoting applied behavior analysis. Part 3 addresses issues in early…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy
The Changing Outplacement Process. New Methods and Opportunities for Transition Management.
Meyer, John L.; Shadle, Carolyn C. – 1994
This book, which is designed for consumers and providers of outplacement services, explores recent changes that have led to an essentially new type of service termed OTR (an acronym that stands for "outplacement, transition, relocation" when focusing on employees and for "outplacement, transition, and restructuring" when…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Counseling
The New Poverty: Homeless Families in America.
Nunez, Ralph da Costa – 1996
This book discusses homeless families in the United States and advocates the efforts of residential educational and employment training centers--American Family Inns--which provide comprehensive services education, job training, and parenting and life skills to address the poverty-related conditions that contribute to homelessness. Chapters of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Children
Young People in Risk Society: The Restructuring of Youth Identities and Transitions in Late Modernity.
Cieslik, Mark, Ed.; Pollock, Gary, Ed. – 2002
Drawing on empirical research and theoretical writings, this book examines how concepts such as risk society and individualization may be used in the field of youth studies. It explores young peoples' identities, youth cultures, and a multiplicity of ways in which risk can be understood and influence youth policy agendas in the future. Chapter 1,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Criminals, Culture
Post-Compulsory Education for Disabled People.
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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1997
This report presents findings of a 3-year study (1994-1997) of post-compulsory educational opportunities for adolescents and adults with disabilities in 10 European countries (Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom), Australia, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Quebec. It…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Ancillary School Services
Self-Directed Employment: A Handbook for Transition Teachers and Employment Specialists.
Martin, James E.; Mithaug, Dennis E.; Husch, James V.; Oliphint, John H.; Frazier, Eva S. – 2002
This document, which was developed through a decade of research and field testing involving more than 700 people, offers step-by-step strategies that educators, employment specialists, occupational therapists, and other professionals can use to help youths and adults with mild, moderate, or severe disabilities make their own employment choices.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice