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Customized Job Training for Business and Industry. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 48.
Download full textKopecek, Robert J., Ed.; Clarke, Robert G., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1984
This sourcebook describes and analyzes contracted customized training for business and industry provided by community colleges. First, "Customized Job Training: Should Your Community College Be Involved?" by Robert J. Kopecek identifies issues to be considered in program decision making and suggests an organizational model for program delivery.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Contracts, Economic Development, Inplant Programs
Jakupec, Viktor, Ed.; Garrick, John, Ed. – 2000
This book addresses contemporary contexts of flexible learning and its practices and provides insights about directions that education and training providers may be required to follow to implement flexible learning in a variety of settings. Key issues and debates include the following: social and economic dimensions of flexible learning and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Educational Technology, Equal Education
A Collection of Original Essays on Curriculum for the Workplace. EAE604 Curriculum and Competencies.
Deakin Univ., Victoria (Australia). – 1994
This publication contains six essays that offer a range of practical and theoretical perspectives on work-related curriculum. It is part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Curriculum and Competencies, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). An introduction proposes a course design and pedagogy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Brockbank, Anne, Ed.; McGill, Ian, Ed.; Beech, Nic, Ed. – 2002
This book contains 22 papers on reflective learning in practice. The following papers are included: "Our Purpose" (Ann Brockbank, Ian McGill, Nic Beech); "The Nature and Context of Learning" (Ann Brockbank, Ian McGill, Nic Beech); "Reflective Learning and Organizations" (Ann Brockbank, Ian McGill, Nic Beech);…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Change Strategies, Corporations, Education Work Relationship
Nissen, Bruce, Ed. – 1997
The 11 chapters in this book focus on "The New American Workplace" and assess its adequacy or inadequacy as a guide for the U.S. labor movement in relation to new work systems. "Unions and Workplace Reorganization" (Bruce Nissen) introduces the subject. "The New American Workplace: A Labor Perspective" (AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of Work,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employee Responsibility, Employer Employee Relationship, Federal Government
Eurich, Nell P. – 1985
Education in U.S. industry and business is discussed, and the history of business-based education is traced to nineteenth century efforts to meet both the demands of productivity and the training of workers. After discussing the size and scope of efforts to train employees, reasons for corporate training are identified. Four dimensions of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business, Continuing Education, Degrees (Academic)
Crouch, Colin; Finegold, David; Sako, Mari – 1999
This book analyzes vocational education and training (VET) systems in seven advanced industrial countries (AICs) to determine institutional arrangements for skills creation most promising in attaining the learning society. The AICs are France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States, and Sweden. Chapter 1 discusses special problems of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Developed Nations, Educational Administration
Walters, Shirley, Ed. – 1997
An introduction (Maurice Amutabi et al.) begins this 25-chapter book on adult education and training (AET) in a context of globalization. Chapter titles and authors are as follows: "The Impact of Globalization on Adult Education (AE)" (Ove Korsgaard); "In Defense of Civil Society: Canadian AE in Neo-Conservative Times" (Michael…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Women
Willis, Peter, Ed.; Neville, Bernie, Ed. – 1996
This collection of 20 papers is aimed at researchers, research students, and research supervisors interested in qualitative research into facilitated adult learning in the workplace, formal education programs, professional development, and community settings. "Introduction" (Willis) provides a summary of the papers. "Qualitative…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Henderson, Allan J. – 2003
This book answers more than 70 key questions that business managers and trainers ask about using e-learning in their company as a business tool. Chapters 1 and 3-11 are comprised of questions and answers related to these topics: what e-learning is all about; what e-learning costs; applying e-learning to the business; what today's e-learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Case Studies, Cognitive Style
Taylor, Maurice C., Ed. – 1997
The 23 chapters of this book are as follows: "A Framework for Developing Partnerships" (Wendy M. Doughty); "Partnership Building in Nova Scotia" (Marjorie Davison, Paul Temple); "What Makes a Successful Workplace Education Partnership?" (Rob Despins et al.); "Building Linkages in Large Organizations: The Syncrude…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Education
Peer reviewedZemsky, Robert, Ed.; Cappelli, Peter, Ed. – Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1998
The 12 articles in this volume provide guides to issues concerning education and the economy and school to work and offer direction for future research. They are organized around three themes. Articles in the first section focus on long-standing questions associated with the economics of education: "Microeconomics of College Choice, Careers,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Carnevale, Anthony P.; And Others – 1990
This document, resulting from a 3-year study, provides an overview of technical training in the United States, examines the occupations and workers defined as technical, describes where and how technical training is produced and delivered, and discusses the connection between technical training and the strategic goals of the organization. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship
Prestoungrange, Gordon, Ed.; Sandelands, Eric, Ed.; Teare, Richard, Ed. – 2000
This three-part book contains 17 chapters that seek to explore and establish the framework around which global organizations might embed their own corporate virtual university. Part 1: Design Issues, contains the following chapters: "Customer Orientation and Motivation: The Key to Effective Learning Organizations" (Gordon…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Business Administration, Computer Uses in Education, Corporate Education
Hudson, Rachel, Ed.; Maslin-Prothero, Sian, Ed.; Oates, Lyn, Ed. – 1997
Following an introduction (Hudson, Maslin-Prothero, Oates), the following 31 case studies describe flexible learning developments in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States: "Teaching Business Writing Online" (Fulkerth); "Don't Lecture Me about Flexible Learning!" (Dunning); "Improving Independent Learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Delivery Systems
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