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Download full textAshley, William L., Comp.; And Others – 1979
This publication reports the proceedings of a national symposium that examined from several perspectives the application of occupational adaptability and transferable skills in preparing individuals for tomorrow's careers. Five presentations made up the symposium. Jerry Short spoke on New and Changing Occupations: Jobs and Skills for Tomorrow and…
Descriptors: Career Change, Education Work Relationship, Employment, Generalization
Eckstein, Max A.; Seley, John E. – 1983
Recommendations for improving the college curriculum and the quality of the work force are presented in this report of the Network Curriculum Round Table, a Queens College project involving representatives of business, government, and education. Following a brief statement of the project's purpose and an anecdotal account of its activities, the…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives
Kuttler, Carl M., Jr.; And Others – 1990
In October 1989, St. Petersburg Junior College and the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges sponsored a seminar on strategies that community and junior colleges can use in working with business and industry to meet America's future work force needs. The proceedings of the seminar contains the text of presentations by nine…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Colleges
Roger, Margerit; Nichol, Louise – 1999
A forum was conducted to give workplace education practitioners (WEPs) from across Canada the opportunity to have an initial discussion on WEP development and recognition. The forum included presentations by forum participants, forum discussions, and brainstorming sessions on the following and other topics: roles and working contexts of WEPs in…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Competence, Competency Based Education, Conferences
Nelson, Lucie, Ed. – 1990
The focus of this conference workplace literacy in the South is the need for cooperation and collaboration among policy-makers, business and industry, labor, and education providers. The document contains nine presentations: "What Frito-Lay Has Done in Workplace Literacy" (Mossberg); "The Need for a Literate Workforce in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Corporate Support
Carey, Cristene, Ed. – 1991
This document contains summaries of five workshops, each with several speakers, held at a conference on competency-based training (CBT) in Australia. The following are included in Session 1, Developing and Delivering CBT Programs: "Developing and Delivering CBT Programs--Opening Speech" (Steve McDonald); "Competency Standards and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Building Trades, Competence, Competency Based Education
Wilkinson, Kelly S., Ed. – 1999
This document contains five refereed research papers on connecting education with careers through business education. "The Different Skill Levels Students Possess When Entering Computer Software Applications College Courses" (Michael McDonald) reports on a 1998 survey examining the perceived skill level differences of college students…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Education, Career Education, Court Reporters
Manning, Sabine, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 13 presentations/discussion summaries and 10 supporting 'thesis' papers from a symposium on selected issues in human resources development (HRD) in Europe. The following summaries are included: "Introduction" (Sabine Manning); "Developing Flexibility in Pursuit of Competitiveness" (Nick Boreham);…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Development, Competence, Conferences
Korea Research Inst. for Vocational Education and Training, Seoul. – 2001
This document contains the following five papers, all in both English and Korean, from a workshop on on-the-job training held in Korea in 2001: "Issues in Knowledge and Skills Development: Globalization and the Effective Use of New Technologies" (S. Ian Cummings); "The Knowledge Economy and Vocational Training Policy in Korea"…
Descriptors: Change, Corporate Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Guggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 11 reports from a 2-day meeting on how to report on investments in vocational education and training in enterprises and whether such reporting is worthwhile. The document begins with a brief overview of the meeting and the meeting agenda. The remainder of the report is devoted to the meeting papers, which are titled as…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Corporations, Data Analysis, Data Collection
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 2000
A 2-day regional seminar was held to raise awareness of the problem of youth unemployment in Southeastern Europe and assist countries in the region to develop their own framework of action and concrete projects. The following were among the topics discussed: ways policymakers can help young people find valid employment opportunities within…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Change Strategies, Check Lists
2002
This document contains 67 papers from an international conference on lifelong learning for social development. The following papers are among those included: "Lifelong Learning for Social Development" (John Dewar Wilson); "Building Networks of Lifelong Learning for Social Development outside the Center" (Shen-Tzay Huang, Chi…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals), Biotechnology, Colleges
Curtin, Penelope, Ed. – 1998
This book contains 31 papers from a conference on future training issues in Australia's industries. The following papers are included: "Training Development in Australia" (Chris Ellison); "Meeting National and Employer Training Requirements" (Mark Paterson); "Meeting Employee Training Requirements" (Bill Mansfield);…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agriculture, Building Trades, Case Studies
Goins, L. Keith, Ed. – 1996
This proceedings includes the following papers: "Dealing with Discipline Problems in Schools" (Allen); "Developing Global Awareness" (Arnold); "Desktop Publishing Using WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows" (Broughton); "Learn and Earn" (Cauley); "Using the Computer to Teach Merchandising Math"…
Descriptors: Business Education, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Computer Software
