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Direct linkWhittard, Damian; Drew, Hilary; Ritchie, Felix – Journal of Education and Work, 2022
The student workforce plays a substantial part in several low-paying industries such as retail and hospitality, and this has grown over time. However, there has been little recent research. The usual assumption is that students compete successfully with the local labour force for low-skill, part-time jobs, but there is little evidence for this.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employers, Student Employment, Employer Attitudes
Biao, Idowu – International Review of Education, 2015
A review of the Benin education system shows that it is still heavily school-based. Yet, a high level of wastage is currently being recorded at school level (about 50% success rate at primary level, about 40% success rate at high school level and about 1% enrolment rate of qualified candidates and success rate at tertiary level), leading to the…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Unskilled Workers
Tracey, Monica W.; Unger, Kelly L. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
As the need for instructing a globalized workforce increases, instructional designers must embrace the constraints and the opportunities these projects provide in order to move the field of cross-cultural instructional design (ID) forward. Cross-cultural projects offer multiple avenues for growth in ID practice, overcoming cultural barriers, and a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Constructivism (Learning), Instructional Design, Labor Force Development
Carroll, Rhonda; Kersh, Lily; Sullivan, Ellen; Fincher, Mark – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This paper examines the origins of developmental education and explores the way developmental education is administered at selected colleges in Arkansas. Finally, the paper focuses on a model Career Pathways Initiative program at University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton. Career Pathways invigorates partnerships between colleges and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Low Income, One Parent Family, Program Descriptions
Remley, Dirk – Community Literacy Journal, 2009
This essay presents a case study of the modes used in training employees at a munitions plant in Ohio between 1940 and 1945. Theories of multimodal discourse and learning advanced by The New London Group (1996), Gunther Kress and Theo Van Leeuwen (2001) and Richard Mayer (2001) inform this analysis. With an unskilled labor force and many workers…
Descriptors: United States History, War, Weapons, Manufacturing Industry
Kraak, Andre – Journal of Education and Work, 2005
This article presents a critique of the 'high skills' argument which, in the international literature, presents a high skill strategy as an adjunct and necessary condition for the successful expansion of human resources development (HRD) alongside social market institutions and 'joined up' policy. For a developing country such as South Africa,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Unemployment, Human Resources
Peer reviewedGoldstein, Irwin L.; Gilliam, Patrice – American Psychologist, 1990
Discusses the influence of future changes in the demographics of working populations and the characteristics of the workplace on research, development, and policy for training systems. Analysis of changes indicates that there will be greater expectations that training programs will help maximize each person's potential. (Author/JS)
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Futures (of Society), Industrial Training, Job Training
Bailey, Thomas – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1990
Discusses the debate over the skill level needed for jobs in the future. Explores the new body of research that suggests that jobs of the future will require more skills and education, not less. Discusses changes in the following industries: (1) apparel; (2) textiles; (3) banking; and (4) business services. (JS)
Descriptors: Automation, Banking, Education Work Relationship, Fashion Industry
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1998
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center and the Mount Rogers Regional Adult Education Program (Virginia) cross-train and upgrade workers' skills to adapt to changing workplaces and keep companies and communities competitive; customize curriculum to meet employers' needs; and provide GED and other adult education programs. (SAS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, High School Equivalency Programs
Olmsted, Jennifer C.; Cook, Peggy – Rural Conditions and Trends, 2000
Wages rise with new technology and work organization practices, but so does the need for higher skill levels, particularly in computer use, interpersonal competence, and problem solving. Low-wage workers, who are concentrated in rural areas, are less likely to receive training. Encouraging training and skills enhancement among more vulnerable…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Industrial Training
