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Sara Rodríguez-Pérez; Daniel Barrientos-Sánchez; Mónica Torres-Sánchez; Pilar Pineda-Herrero – Education & Training, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive description and analysis of quality levels with regard to dual Vocational Education and Training (VET) at companies participating in this programme in Spain, with a specific focus on company size. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on a quantitative cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organization Size (Groups), Vocational Education, Apprenticeships
Walton, Douglas; Gardiner, Karen N.; Barnow, Burt – Abt Associates, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) supported 46 grantees across the country to expand registered apprenticeship into new sectors, such as healthcare, and to populations historically underrepresented in apprenticeships. DOL commissioned an evaluation of the AAI grants to build evidence about the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Federal Aid, Grants, Employers
Bankolé, Rubain A.; Nouatin, Guy Sourou – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
This paper discusses the effect of the dual apprenticeship or Certificate of Professional Qualification (CQP) program on the CQP students and graduates in Benin. The study sought to understand how dual apprenticeship was introduced in formal TVET system and how the dual training is provided in Benin context. This research was conducted on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Dual Enrollment, Vocational Education
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2020
Developments in five priority areas for VET, agreed in 2015 by the EU-28, Iceland, Norway, candidate countries, the European Commission and EU social partners, are at the centre of this report. Work in 2015-19 shows continuity with earlier national strategies and initiatives. It confirms the recent focus on apprenticeships and other forms of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Access to Education
Bartik, Timothy J.; Hershbein, Brad J.; Miller-Adams, Michelle; Adams, Lee; Meyers, Amy; Timmeney, Bridget F. – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2020
In this second annual summary of the their work, the Investing in Community Initiative provides practical advice for community leaders and policymakers around four critical issues. First, how should local needs be defined? Chapter 1 argues that data about local economies can show whether communities are best served by creating new jobs,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Skill Development, Financial Support, Labor Force Development
Learning and Work Institute, 2019
This report explores best practice in the design and delivery of pre-apprenticeship programmes across Europe. For the purposes of this project, pre-apprenticeship programmes are defined as programmes targeted at young people aged 16-24, where at least one of the stated aims is progression to an apprenticeship. Across Europe, some programmes are…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Instructional Design, Apprenticeships
Hanson, Devlin; Lerman, Robert I. – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: Apprenticeships in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, which operate under the United Services Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP), now account for about 20 percent of all registered apprentices in the USA. The purpose of this paper is to draw on interviews and focus groups to examine the strengths and limitations of USMAP,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Military Training, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation
Frank, Kristyn; Jovic, Emily – Statistics Canada, 2017
Strong economic growth through much of the period since 2000 and demographic pressures such as workforce aging, have contributed to a robust demand for skilled tradespeople. Despite a decline following the economic recession in 2008 and 2009, new registrations in apprenticeship programs have increased nearly 200% since the 1990s. Apprenticeship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Apprenticeships, Job Training
Education Scotland, 2015
This publication provides a quality framework to provide a structure for external review of Modern Apprenticeship off-the-job training.? The indicators in this framework are arranged under three key principles, addressing five questions which Education Scotland is adopting for evaluation purposes. These are underpinned by a wider principle on the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Educational Quality, Apprenticeships, Off the Job Training
Palmer, Robert – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2009
Since 2001 there has been a renewed government focus on skills development and its relationship with combating unemployment in Ghana. Technical and vocational education and training (hereinafter; TVET), delivered through public and private schools, vocational training institutes and informal apprenticeship training, continues to be seen as an…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Public Schools, Junior High Schools, Graduates
Sweet, Richard – European Training Foundation, 2009
This report examines programmes for youth that combine learning in classrooms with participation in work in 10 Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. It is one element, together with the development of a network of policymakers and experts from the…
Descriptors: Youth, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Social Capital
Berryman, Sue E. – 1990
In the face of changing economic conditions and shifts in skill requirements caused by technology, American corporations must integrate learning as an integral part of their functioning. Businesses must implement learning-intensive production, speed up the process of learning how to improve training, and learn how to assess the results of…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Industrial Education, Industrial Training, Job Training
Davis, Otto A.; And Others – 1976
The Pittsburgh Plan, a voluntary hometown plan designed to place minorities in local building trade unions, is described in detail from the perspective of its operations, its effectiveness in carrying out its purpose, and the individuals it serves. A benefit-cost analysis of the Pittsburgh Plan is presented. The significance of the results and its…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Apprenticeships, Black Employment, Blacks
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1970
This report provides a comprehensive model of an optimum apprenticeship program, using survey and interview data to determine the essential characteristics of such a program. The model is intended to serve as a framework for constructing new programs and evaluating existing ones. Subsequent volumes will discuss survey findings in specific trade…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Inplant Programs, Labor Force Development, Models
Hordman, William E.; And Others – 1973
The problem of time-shortening the first year of the apprenticeship training program now on-going in the tool, die and precision machining industry is addressed. A research study was carried out comparing apprentices in on-going programs with apprentices in a newly designed programed course of instruction. The results, which are discussed in…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Industrial Training, Job Analysis, Machinists