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Somayeh Tohidyan Far; Kurosh Rezaei-Moghaddam – Education & Training, 2024
Purpose: The present study aims to seek the strategic analysis of the entrepreneurship of agricultural colleges (AC). Design/methodology/approach: In terms of approach, this research was a combination of exploratory and hybrid methods. The present study was conducted in four stages. In the first stage, an open-ended questionnaire was designed to…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Research Methodology, Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education
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Misbah, Zainun; Gulikers, Judith; Dharma, Surya; Mulder, Martin – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2020
This paper investigates the realisation of competence-based education (CBE) in vocational education in Indonesia. It examines the extent to which CBE design principles of the Comprehensive Competence-Based Education Framework developed in a Western context exist in Indonesian policy documents and school practices. This study reviews educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Educational Policy
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Thi Ngoc Ha, Nguyen; Dakich, Eva; Grieshaber, Susan – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2022
Purpose: This article explores factors influencing the participation of industry professionals in Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) in three Vietnamese public universities. The impact of the unique socio-cultural background of Vietnam on WIL is also addressed. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach that included three focus groups and 15…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Professional Personnel, Workplace Learning, State Universities
Suffren, Quentin; Mezera, Danielle – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2017
Once dubbed Vocational Education, Career and Technical Education (CTE) celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2017. The federal Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act signed in 1917 marked the first nationwide investment in career training at the secondary level. That initial investment has continued through the Vocational Education Act,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, State Policy, Federal Legislation
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Coria, Maria Marta; Deluca, Monica; Martinez, Maria Eugenia – Quality in Higher Education, 2010
This paper assesses the impact on the curricula of undergraduate programmes in Argentina of the quality assurance mechanism implemented by the National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation (CONEAU). The paper examines curricula changes in pharmacy, biochemistry and agriculture undergraduate programmes to show the major…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Biochemistry, Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Zhao, Xiwen – Convergence, 2009
In order to realise the strategic aim of constructing new socialist rural communities in the 21st century, "new farmers' education" has been placed on the Chinese government's agenda and will soon become a very important issue of Chinese adult education in both research and its practice. As an adult educational researcher I first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Agricultural Occupations, Farm Management
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Osokoya, Modupe M.; Adekunle, Adewale – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2007
The Leventis Foundation (Nigeria) Agricultural Schools (LFNAS) are schools established to train youths to develop their state and their nation in the area of food production. This study sought to assess the trainability of enrollees in the three operating LFNAS. Five research questions were posed. The CIPP evaluation model was adopted. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Economic Development, Developing Nations
Dorofeeva, N.; And Others – 1987
Perhaps the main objective of vocational-technical education in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic today is to train middle-level managers and agricultural workers to take part in the republic's comprehensive program to accelerate its social and economic development. Secondary agricultural institutions called sovkhoz-technicums have played an…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Case Studies, Curriculum, Ecology
American Vocational Association, Arlington, VA. Agricultural Education Div. – 1984
This document contains the texts of 27 presentations given at the National Agricultural Education Research Meeting. The papers in the proceedings are grouped under 10 themes with a critique for each group. The themes (with speakers' names in parentheses) are as follows: supervised occupational experiences (Gregory W. Fletcher, David L. Williams,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Classroom Techniques, Computer Oriented Programs
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Materi, Ramona R.; Fahy, Patrick J. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
This is a report of the role of Distance education (DE) in enhancing education and training in developing countries. As countries compete in an ever more challenging international marketplace, they recognize the need to continually train and upgrade their citizenry. As national leaders struggle to cope with increasing populations and decreasing…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Program Development, Internet
Papadaki-Klavdianou, A.; Menkisoglou-Spiroudi, O.; Tsakiridou, E. – 2003
This book examines existing European environmental education and agricultural practices friendly to the environment. Focus is on studies conducted in five countries Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain--that aimed to define new knowledge qualifications related to environmental issues in producing alternative agricultural products…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations
Andrews, Benjamin F. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
The act of July 2, 1862, "donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," led to the establishment of a group of higher institutions, at least one in each State, having direct relations with the Federal Government and dedicated to a common…
Descriptors: Educational History, Professional Training, Curriculum Development, Program Implementation