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Heusdens, Wenja T.; Baartman, Liesbeth K. J.; de Bruijn, Elly – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2018
Students' vocational knowledge can be defined as all knowledge students require performing within occupational practice. In the context of vocational education and training, students' vocational knowledge is often discussed from a perspective of either what should be taught and learned in schools or different kinds of knowledge students should…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Hospitality Occupations, Secondary School Students, Knowledge Level
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Westerman, Marni; Huey, Laura – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2012
Nancy Fraser's propositions regarding the nature of "boundary" work carried out by experts within organizations suggests that individuals who work within bureaucratic structures are so constrained by the institutional context that they become detached, depoliticizing arbitrators of politicized claims. The purpose of the research reported…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Administrative Organization, Bullying
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Reddan, Gregory – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2015
Field Project A is an elective course in the Bachelor of Exercise Science program at Griffith University and includes elements of both career development learning and work-integrated learning. This paper aims to determine the effects of the learning activities and assessment items developed for the course on students' self-efficacy in making…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Self Efficacy, Decision Making
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Borgen, William A.; Young, Richard A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Investigated developmental patterns in the way in which students in grades 5-12 describe five common occupations. Students (N=544) responded to five occupational titles with or without an accompanying occupational description. Results indicated that provision of an occupational description influenced responses, particularly at lower grade levels.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Career Development, Childhood Attitudes
National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies, New York, NY. – 1992
The South Asia Panel of the National Council on Foreign Languages and International Studies reports on the need for specialists in the languages and cultures of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Two categories of specialists are discussed: (1) individuals in government, mission, etc., in…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Demand Occupations, Foreign Countries, International Studies
Boothby, Daniel – 1999
This paper examines aspects of the knowledge content of work and its relationship with workers' education level and literacy skills. An executive summary appears in English and French. After an introduction, Chapter 2 classifies occupations into seven categories based on knowledge content of the work. Chapter 3 develops profiles of the prevalence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship