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Direct linkSutherland Olsen, Dorothy – European Journal of Education, 2016
The relationship between learning and innovation has been a central theme in studies of innovation (Fagerberg et al., 2005, Borras & Edquist, 2014, Lundvall & Johnsen, 1994). Studies of the workplace have also claimed a relationship between skills or training and a firm's ability to innovate (Toner, 2011). Recent studies of innovation in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Educational Innovation, Workplace Learning
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1985
This report addresses three major issues concerning the Army's program for developing extension training materials: (1) indications of low usage of Army Training Extension Course lessons by soldiers in the field; (2) improvements needed in the process for developing extension training materials; and (3) the need for further evaluation before the…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Delivery Systems, Instructional Materials, Job Training
Mockovak, William P. – 1981
A study entitled the Alternative Training Experiment (ATE) evaluated the effectiveness of a method for training census enumerators that involved new processes for developing instructional materials (called job performance aids) and new methods of instruction. During the study three pairs of census decentralized offices were matched on variables…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employee Attitudes, Followup Studies, Instructional Materials
Northern Virginia Community Coll., Annandale. Inst. for Extended Learning. – 1977
Career Education for Non-Traditional Students (CENTS) was designed to address the career education needs of the adult population through the services of the community college. During the first year of funding (1975-76), the project carried out an extensive needs assessment and, based on this information, designed and developed a series of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Autoinstructional Aids, Career Development, Career Education
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This document contains four papers presented at a symposium on career development and special needs moderated by James M. Brown at the 1996 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). "Differential Rates of Employer Sponsored Job Training by Demographic Characteristics among Executives, Administrators, and Managers"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blue Collar Occupations, Career Development, Career Education
Hampden County Employment and Training Consortium, Springfield, MA. – 1991
These materials have been developed by Project CREATE (Cooperative Resources to Enhance Access to Jobs through Technical Education), a demonstration program designed to develop a network, specific activities, and resources that would provide education and support services to a wide audience. A 13-page final report describes the hands-on training…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Auto Mechanics, Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Conference Proceedings
Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit, London (England). – 1981
Following recommendations published in a report by Britains' Further Education Unit entitled "A Basis for Choice" (ABC), a set of criteria was established to develop a coordinated, nationally recognized framework for a pre-employment course in further education geared for those over the age of 16. During the next 2 years, such a course…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Course Content
