NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 94 results Save | Export
Fincher, Sally A., Ed.; Robins, Anthony V., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2019
This Handbook describes the extent and shape of computing education research today. Over fifty leading researchers from academia and industry (including Google and Microsoft) have contributed chapters that together define and expand the evidence base. The foundational chapters set the field in context, articulate expertise from key disciplines,…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Educational Research, School Business Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Billett, Stephen, Ed.; Stalder, Barbara Elisabeth, Ed.; Aarkrog, Vibe, Ed.; Choy, Sarojni, Ed.; Hodge, Steven, Ed.; Le, Anh Hai, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2022
This book addresses what is, perhaps, the single most important issue for vocational education; its relatively low standing in an era of high aspiration. The work explores the nature, extent and consequences for an educational sector that whilst having an increasingly important role in contemporary societies is seen to be of low standing across…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Role of Education, Aspiration, Government Role
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2024
Research messages is a summary of research produced by NCVER each year. This year's compilation includes a range of research activities undertaken during 2023, comprising of research reports, summaries, occasional papers, presentations, webinars, consultancies, submissions, the 32nd 'No Frills' national research conference, and various additions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Rural Areas, Barriers
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2021
"Research Messages 2020" highlights the diverse range of research activities undertaken over the past year by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Research published during 2019 encompasses a range of themes and topics categorised according to three broad areas: (1) structures and systems for skilling and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2022
"Research Messages 2021" highlights the diverse range of research activities undertaken over the past year by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). In 2021, research was shaped both by the VET (vocational education and training) reform agenda, and issues emerging from the pandemic. The 2021 national VET research…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Job Training
Phillips, Susan D., Ed.; Kinser, Kevin, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018
Accreditation is essential to colleges and universities. Without it, they are unable to participate in federal student aid programs or confer legitimate degrees. In "Accreditation on the Edge," Susan D. Phillips and Kevin Kinser bring together the expertise of different stakeholders to illustrate the complexities of the accreditation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Improvement
Ng, Betsy, Ed. – Springer, 2022
This book presents the most comprehensive discussion of emerging trends in higher education in the Asia Pacific, ranging from graduate attributes to integrated workplace learning, with an in-depth focus on work readiness, employability and career development. It draws on the relationship between graduate attributes and employability, as well as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Employment Potential, Education Work Relationship, Career Readiness
Callahan, Rebecca M., Ed.; Gándara, Patricia C., Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2014
The Bilingual Advantage draws together researchers from education, economics, sociology, anthropology and linguistics to examine the economic and employment benefits of bilingualism in the US labor market, countering past research that shows no such benefits exist. Collectively, the authors draw on novel methodological approaches and new data to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Labor Market, Bilingual Education, Educational Benefits
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Research messages 2010 is a collection of summaries of research projects published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The summaries are clustered under five broad themes used by NCVER to organise its research and analysis: Industry and employers; Students and individuals; Teaching and learning: VET system; and VET in…
Descriptors: Retirement, Employment Level, Employer Attitudes, Learning Disabilities
Fry, Ronald R., Ed. – 1997
This report focuses on approaches designed to strengthen the state-federal vocational rehabilitation partnership with private sector employers. Chapter 1, "Successful Partnerships: The Employer Speaks," is written by business people (businesses listed at the end of the chapter) and addresses the needs of the private sector employers, the structure…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adults, Business Communication, Counselor Training
Beach, Jane; And Others – 1994
This book consists of working papers presented at the national child care conference and is intended to rejuvenate interest in the child care agenda for the 1990s. The first paper addresses child care policy and its relationship to child and family poverty, and child care and its connection to economic and labor force strategies. The second paper…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Economic Impact, Employed Women
Robison, David – 1978
This book contains fifty-three case studies covering a wide variety of private-sector activities and public-private partnerships designed to increase training and employment opportunities for the hard-to-employ and speed the transition of the unemployed from government support and subsidized jobs to permanent private employment. Compiled from a…
Descriptors: Business, Case Studies, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Nieuwmeijer, Louise J., Ed.; Hall, Elsje J., Ed. – 1992
Presenting a collection of seminar papers aimed at improving mutual understanding in the workplace, this book brings together the views of prominent South Africans on effective communication in organizations. The papers collected in the book will be of interest to communication students, practitioners, personnel managers and anyone else concerned…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Organizational Climate
Alpert, William T., Ed.; Woodbury, Stephen A., Ed. – 2000
This book contains 14 original research chapters on various aspects of the employee benefits systems of Canada and the United States. Following an introduction by William Alpert and Stephen Woodbury and an overview chapter, "Does the Composition of Pay Matter?" (Sherwin Rosen), Part 1 of the book consists of three chapters that treat the…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship
Luecking, Richard, Ed. – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition, University of Minnesota (NCSET), 2004
Work experience for youth with disabilities is one of the most critical factors that sets the stage for their postsecondary employment success. Research and practice show that youth benefit from frequent and continuous exposure to real work environments throughout the secondary school years and beyond. These experiences, however, occur only when…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Secondary Education, High School Students, Disabilities
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7