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Lang, Josephine – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2023
Purpose: Since new digital micro-credential technologies emerged a decade ago, there has been a rapid rise in micro-credentials in the education landscape. Much has been promised about these educational technologies, yet there is much confusion by key stakeholders in the digital micro-credential ecosystem. This confusion has led to significant…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Job Skills, Universities, Lifelong Learning
Li, Junmin; Pilz, Matthias – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2023
The transferability of vocational education and training (VET) systems is a central issue within international comparative VET research. However, scholars working in related disciplines also focus on the international cooperation associated with VET. This literature review presents relevant findings from the field of VET research, but also from…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Vocational Education, Comparative Education, Educational Research
Dardanou, Maria; Hatzigianni, Maria; Kewalramani, Sarika; Palaiologou, Ioanna – OECD Publishing, 2023
Digitalisation places new demands on the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce to navigate the care and well-being of children in the digital age. This literature review examines frameworks for digital competencies (DC) in education, with a focus on ECEC, as well as variation in DC requirements for ECEC staff with different…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Technological Literacy, Professional Development
Hardin, Katherine – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2023
Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) is a form of adult language education that teaches communicative skills in the context of preparing learners for a particular vocation. Despite their pedagogical and logistical benefits for adult language learners, such programs are uncommon today. This literature review traces the emergence and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, English (Second Language), Adult Education, Second Language Instruction
Göttelmann, Gabriele – Global Partnership for Education, 2022
The Global Partnership for Education's (GPE) interest in broader education workforce issues is situated within the context of the partnership's current strategic plan (GPE 2025), which recognizes "quality teaching" as a priority area within a wider system transformation agenda. GPE's work includes providing technical support in this area…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Educational Quality, Teacher Effectiveness, Technical Support
Valiente, Oscar; Lowden, Kevin; Capsada-Munsech, Queralt – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2020
This article shows how the Scottish Government's (SG) political management of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has reinforced the economic goals of lifelong learning (LLL) under the skills for work agenda. Youth unemployment has been prioritized as the main social problem to be addressed, and most of the limited public resources for LLL have been…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, At Risk Persons, Young Adults, Economic Climate
Durodolu, Oluwole O.; Mojapelo, Samuel Maredi – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2020
This study embarked on an in-depth content analysis of the information literacy environment in the South African education sector. The review of literature encompasses a comprehensive critical analysis of available appropriate and contemporary literature, which further expounds the research problem. This research adopted the qualitative method of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning
Julie Harris, Editor; Leslie Greenhow, Editor – OECD Publishing, 2019
This thematic report is the culmination of the OECD's first comparative education policy focus on physical and health education in school systems around the world. Conducted under the auspices of the OECD Future of Education and Skills 2030 project as part of the International Curriculum Analysis, this report presents new insights into the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Policy, Health Education, Curriculum
Jules, Tavis D. – Comparative Education Review, 2015
This article draws on "regime theory," particularly on the concepts of cooperation, compatibility of interests, and proclivity to compromise, to examine the rise of the Caribbean Educational Policy Space (CEPS). In making this argument, with the aid of a content analysis of 26 educational policies from the 15 member states of the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Global Approach
Mutamba, Charlene – Online Submission, 2014
There is increasing interest in the intersection of education and training through societal development in the developing world, a concept linked to national human resource development (NHRD). In addition, education and training is known to correlate strongly with employment outcomes that are connected to economic success, health and family…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Labor Force Development, International Organizations
Panitsides, Eugenia A.; Anastasiadou, Sofia – Open Review of Educational Research, 2015
The Lisbon European Summit in 2000 has been a milestone in reframing education policies to foster a "knowledge economy", whilst amid the challenges of the new decennium Lifelong Learning (LLL) has been propounded as a powerful lever for attaining "sustainable growth". The present article aims to elucidate the development of an…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Educational Trends
Bridgeland, John; Bruce, Mary – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2011
Across the country, large numbers of young people are dreaming about and planning on attending college. A poll released in 2005 showed that 87 percent of all young people want to go to college. Often, however, parents' and students' dreams for the future are not being realized. Many young people never enroll in a postsecondary institution, and of…
Descriptors: Expertise, Credentials, Labor Market, Skilled Workers
Winterton, Jonathan – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to explore diversity in competence models across Europe and consider the extent to which there is sufficient common ground for a common European approach to underpin the European Qualifications Framework. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses a literature review and interviews with policy makers.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Employment Qualifications
Center for Law and Social Policy CLASP, 2005
The Higher Education Act (HEA) can be a key part of the solution to the coming "skills gap" resulting from the lack of skilled workers with postsecondary education entering the workforce. HEA should be modernized to support economic development, meet the needs of businesses and workers, and assist the growing number of "nontraditional"…
Descriptors: Skilled Workers, Federal Aid, Educational Policy, Economic Development
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1982
One of a series of productivity primers examining the interrelationship among vocational education, productivity, and economic development, this volume consists of seven occasional papers on economic development and productivity. Included in the collection are the following papers: "The Real Supply-Side Economics," by Anthony P.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economic Factors, Economics, Educational Policy