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DeFord, Diane – Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse, 2012
This brief by the Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse is about reaching for the stars--stories of vision and commitment from educators in small and large schools. Everyone knows of people who are held up as "visionaries" throughout history: Leonardo Da Vinci, Mahatma Gandhi, Jules Verne, Thomas Edison, Susan Anthony, or John Dewey, to name a few. The…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Work Experience Programs, Literacy, Coaching (Performance)
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Errington, Edward Peter – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2011
A recent UK survey found many graduates unprepared for employment while employers placed greater value on transferable, employability skills rather than on specific ones. Increased student entry into professional-oriented programs, and subsequent pressures on work placements, have educators looking to alternative ways of providing safe,…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Work Experience, Professional Development, Education Work Relationship
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McGrath, Simon; Lugg, Rosemary – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
Much of VET policy internationally draws on a toolkit that has been seriously questioned for its logic, international relevance and effectiveness by considerable amounts of academic research. Reflecting primarily on our experiences of leading a complex, multi-country policy study, we develop an account that seeks to explore ways in which the…
Descriptors: Evidence, International Education, Educational Change, Vocational Education
Mauriel, John J. – 1982
The history of the Bush Public School Executive Fellows program is described. The primary objective of the program is to increase the ability of chief Minnesota school executives to guide and direct the design and delivery of public education in a more effective and efficient manner. Participation is designed to increase their ability to more…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrators, Change Strategies
Victoria Training Board, Melbourne (Australia). – 1998
The state of Victoria (Australia) needs a well-educated, adaptable work force to face the numerous challenges stemming from the following: shifts in employment toward "knowledge workers"; the impact of competition, technological change, and microeconomic reform; aging of the population; disparate views regarding the purpose of education;…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Competency Based Education, Distance Education, Education Work Relationship
1997
This document contains 39 papers and 13 poster presentations from a conference on technological education and national development. The following are among the papers included: "The Future of Technological Education and Vocational Education: UNESCO's (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's) Perspective" (Adnan…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Case Studies, Change Strategies