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PDF pending restorationGorard, Stephen; Rees, Gareth; Furlong, John; Fevre, Ralph – 1997
These two working papers are products of a regional study in industrial South Wales of the determinants of participation and non-participation in post-compulsory education and training, with special reference to processes of change in the patterns of these determinants over time and to variations between geographical areas. The study combines…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attendance Patterns, Developed Nations, Educational Research
Download full textGorard, Stephen; Furlong, John; Rees, Gareth – 1997
A study attempted to determine whether the United States experience of continuing education and training provides an appropriate resource for changes intended to increase lifelong learning in the United Kingdom by considering institutional and cultural differences for the two countries. The study considered the trajectories for lifelong learning…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Rees, Gareth; Fevre, Ralph; Furlong, John; Gorard, Stephen – 1997
This working paper is a product of a regional study in industrial South Wales of the determinants of participation and non-participation in post-compulsory education and training, with special reference to processes of change in the patterns of these determinants over time and to variations between geographical areas. Discussion begins with an…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Attendance Patterns, Developed Nations
Gorard, Stephen; Furlong, John; Rees, Gareth; Fevre, Ralph – 1997
This working paper is a product of a regional study in industrial South Wales of the determinants of participation and non-participation in post-compulsory education and training, with special reference to processes of change in the patterns of these determinants over time and to variations between geographical areas. It examines the notion of a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Attendance Patterns, Developed Nations
Gorard, Stephen; Rees, Gareth; Fevre, Ralph – 1999
A study in South Wales developed the insights provided by previous research into further education and job training by exploring the ways in which the determinants of participation in lifetime learning vary systematically over time and from locality to locality. In addition, the study looked at empirical patterns of participation in lifetime…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Apprenticeships, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Gorard, Stephen; Rees, Gareth; Fevre, Ralph; Furlong, John – 1997
This working paper is a product of a regional study in industrial South Wales of the determinants of participation and non-participation in post-compulsory education and training, with special reference to processes of change in the patterns of these determinants over time and to variations between geographical areas. This paper describes the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Attendance Patterns, Developed Nations
Gorard, Stephen; Furlong, John; Fevre, Ralph; Rees, Gareth – 1997
This paper considers the social and structural determinants of adult participation in education and training. Section 1 deals with 11 lifetime learning trajectories identified from a systematic stratified sample of 1,104 education and training histories collected from respondents aged 15-65 in industrial South Wales. For the purposes of the paper,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Developed Nations, Educational Opportunities
The "Conveyor Belt Effect": A Re-Assessment of the Impact of National Targets for Lifelong Learning.
Gorard, Stephen; Selwyn, Neil; Rees, Gareth – 2000
Although the National Targets for Education and Training in England and Wales include indicators for lifelong learning, and the progress towards the targets set for these indicators has been lauded by politicians and other observers, much of this apparent progress is actually accounted for by changes in these same indicators. However, once the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adults
