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Download full textPang, Eng Fong; Low, Chee Kiat – 1994
The transformation of Singapore from a stagnating colonial port city in the late 1950s into a newly industrialized city-state in the early 1990s was the outcome of planned adjustments to changing internal and external conditions. Training and retraining programs played a role in these adjustments. Although full employment prevailed in 1979, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development
Education Writers Association, Washington, DC. – 1990
Six observers studied both school-to-work transition programs for youth and retraining programs for adult workers in three Western European countries--West Germany, Sweden, and England. They identified European solutions to a pressing problem in the United States: youth and adult workers whose skills are inadequate for today's and tomorrow's jobs.…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Apprenticeships, Comparative Education, Developed Nations
Pascal, Anthony H. – 1975
The report is concerned with the evaluation of existing literature on alternative programs to facilitate mid-life redirection of careers, with a view to identifying how literature in relevant fields can be used by policy makers. The report is a condensed and abbreviated version of the material in Volume 2, Major Findings. Some 300 items of…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adults, Career Change, Educational Programs
Pascal, Anthony H.; And Others – 1975
The report evaluates some 300 items of literature dealing with programs for mid-life career redirection. A 20-page introductory chapter presents background information, a general description of target groups, and suggestions for further research in mid-life redirection of careers. Part one, Mid-Life Redirectors: Sources and Opportunities, contains…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adults, Bibliographies, Career Change
Jarvis, Peter – 1995
This textbook examines the theory and practice of adult and continuing education. The following topics are among those discussed in 11 chapters: rationale for provision of education for adults (nature of contemporary society and the individual); conceptual framework for adult and continuing education (changing concept of education; teaching,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Brook, Les, Ed. – 1993
This book contains 15 articles about various aspects of community further education (FE) programs in Great Britain, including program rationales/benefits, administration, and delivery. The following articles are included: "Foreword" (Bradshaw); "Commitment to Community Is Good Business and Practical Politics" (Brook); "Can…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Lindsay, Janis – 1983
A study examined the career education opportunities available to mentally handicapped adults in British Columbia. The primary objectives of the study were to assess the effectiveness of various methods and models in meeting the needs of mentally handicapped adults, to explore the policy implications of the program strengths and weaknesses, to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Articulation (Education), Career Education
Hrimech, Mohamed, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 35 papers and 4 symposia/poster sessions presented at a Canadian conference on the study of adult education. The following papers are among those included: "Adult Education on the Internet: New Dawn Breaking or Sky Falling?" (Archer); "'Shapeshifting': Negotiating Identity in First Nations Adult…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Educators
