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Peer reviewedAntonazzi, Leoni – Innovations in Education and Training International, 1998
Reviews the promotion and practice of continuing vocational education (CVE) at Warwick Business School (United Kingdom) for executives within the corporate sector. Highlights include relationship management, brand building, an MBA (Masters in Business Education) refresher course, a strategic management refresher course, and future developments.…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, Corporations, Foreign Countries
Download full textOliveira-Reis, Fernanda – 1989
Following an introduction, most of this document consists of descriptions of CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) projects. Most of the descriptions include a section on "results," which are indications of steps toward achieving CEDEFOP's objectives, and a section on "observations," which relate…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Documentation, Educational Media, Educational Technology
Beard, Elizabeth M. – Gifted Education International, 1988
A refresher course on the needs of children with special abilities was organized for New Zealand primary teachers. The course covered identifying pupils' needs; organizing programs within the classroom, school, and community; understanding the child's social and emotional needs; and examining philosophical issues in providing for individual…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Foreign Countries, Gifted, Holistic Approach
Skelding, C. H.; And Others – 1989
A number of ideological, economic and demographic changes are necessitating radical and substantial changes in the education system in England and Wales. Foreseeing a teacher shortage throughout primary education well into the 1990s, alternative forms of entry to the profession have been explored. However, the largest potential source for…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
Direct linkJaramillo, Maria Clara – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2004
Over the past several decades, Latin American countries have supported processes of bringing public policy decisions on education closer to the people concerned. Participation at all levels of decision-making processes has generally been highly valued. Nonetheless, these decentralization efforts came about without governments taking the necessary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Latin Americans, Refresher Courses, Conflict Resolution
Daniels, C. E. J. – 1990
The Professional, Industrial, and Commercial Updating Programme (PICKUP) of the United Kingdom is aimed at improving the performance of British industry through the colleges. In Wales, PICKUP is part of the Welsh Office Education Department. Various factors have encouraged educational institutions to take on PICKUP work: the Education Reform Act…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Distance Education, Educational Quality
