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Heinz, Walter R., Ed. – 1999
This volume is composed of 13 comparable longitudinal studies that draw on survey data and case studies of young people in Canada, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. "Introduction: Transitions to Employment in a Cross-National Perspective" (Walter R. Heinz) provides a context and an overview. Part I has four chapters that…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2000
This publication contains materials from a forum on the changing nature of work (CNW) that brought together researchers and research users to hear how to use findings to improve vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. An overview of the program and biographical information on presenters and panel members follow. The next section…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Developed Nations, Dislocated Workers
Download full textBrauns, Hildegard; Gangl, Markus; Scherer, Stefani – 1999
This paper explores educational stratification of unemployment in early labor market career; its institutional embeddedness in specific education and employment systems; and youth unemployment in France (F), the United Kingdom (UK), and West Germany (G), which greatly differ relative to major institutional characteristics of education systems and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Descy, Pascaline; Tessaring, Manfred – 2001
This six-part publication summarizes the main findings and conclusions of the second report on vocational education and training (VET) research in Europe. Part 1, VET Systems, Coordination with the Labor Market, and Steering, covers education and training systems, including regulation, coordination, steering and cooperation, finance,…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Montague, Alan – 2001
A study analyzed mitigating conditions and factors that prevented the uptake of apprenticeships and traineeships among young people aged 15-19 years of age who had left school in Victoria, Australia. Data were based on a thesis completed in May 2000 involving analysis of theoretical research, observation in the field, and case study interviews…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Apprenticeships, Career Education, Developed Nations
Smith, C. Selby; Ferrier, F.; Anderson, D; Burke, G.; Hopkins, S.; Long, M.; Maglen, L.; Malley, J.; McKenzie, P.; Shah, C. – 2001
This report provides an overview of the economics of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia and on the changes and policy development in VET over the past decade. The book is organized in seven chapters, with the first chapter providing an overview of the scope, background, and changes of VET in Australia during the 1990s, as well as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Delivery Systems, Demand Occupations
Lerman, Robert I. – 2001
Efforts to improve career outcomes for youth in the United States and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries were reviewed. The review focused on the following topics: trends in the employment and schooling levels of youth in OECD countries; the emerging consensus on preparing all youth for careers; and approaches…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Career Development, Comparative Education
Smart, Nigel, Ed. – 2001
This volume on apprenticeships in Australia summarizes 11 research studies. After an "Introduction" (Nigel Smart), the reports are: "Apprenticeship in Australia: A Concise History" (John Ray); "Issues and Directions from the Australian Apprenticeship and Traineeship Literature" (Stephen Saunders); "Determinants…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Blue Collar Occupations, Delivery Systems
