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Download full textPautler, Albert J., Jr., Ed. – 1977
Manpower education policy, planning, curriculum content, the needs of special populations, and delivery systems are the major topics of these 21 papers presented by various vocational leaders at the National Bicentennial Conference on Vocational Education. The titles of these presentations include "On Thinking about Vocational Education…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged
Lerman, Robert I. – 1999
Stagnant or declining wages for less-educated workers make policies to upgrade the job market options for low wage workers an urgent priority. One in three low wage workers lives in a low income family. The link between low basic skills and low wages is strong. No single standard of minimum skill requirements applies to all middle income jobs, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
Sanguinetti, Jill, Ed.; Bradshaw, Delia, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 10 papers about and from a national forum that was conducted by the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARC) to gather various perspectives on the inclusion of literacy and numeracy standards in Australia's national training packages and to discuss research about the implementation of training…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
King, Kathleen P., Ed.; Ferro, Trenton R., Ed. – 2000
Focusing on interactions between theory and practice in adult education, this proceedings of refereed papers (45), symposia (3) and roundtable summaries (21) include the following: "Adult Literacy Classroom as a Social System" (Beder); "Documenting Outcomes for Learners and Their Communities" (Bingman, Mincey); "Essence of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Computers, Action Research, Adult Education
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1999
A 2-day conference on vocational training as an instrument to combat unemployment was held to discuss employment policy, vocational training, and decentralization in the context of the European Union's (EU's) accession strategy, current employment initiatives, and experiences of the EU's member states and regions. The conference included papers on…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Demography
