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Direct linkGreenup, Jaime – Learning and Skills Network (NJ3), 2008
This research report investigates how government departments and agencies communicate with post-16 education and training organisations, and how those working in it perceive the communications. Specifically, this report details the findings from an online survey distributed to a cross-section of people working in post-16 education and training.…
Descriptors: Communications, Vocational Education, Postsecondary Education, Communication Strategies
Groves, Bob – Adults Learning (England), 2002
Interviews with a small sample of adult students revealed that even highly literate and articulate learners had difficulty understanding the assessment language used in National Vocational Qualifications. This finding highlights the alienation learners can feel when adult education discourse uses jargon instead of learner-relevant language. (SK)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Comprehension, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSherren, Kate – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2006
Purpose: In addition to mapping the consistency in rhetoric behind education for sustainability, despite changes in jargon over the past 30 years, this paper endeavours to estimate the degree to which these ideas have been integrated into the Australian tertiary sector. Design/methodology/approach: The results of a recent internet-based audit of…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Jargon, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, VA. Office of Adult and Community Education. – 1991
This learning activity package is designed to help apprentices understand some of the different ways in which words can be used to mean different things, depending on where and when one uses the words. It provides examples of words and phrases that are used in the workplace in ways different from the way they are used in regular conversation. Five…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Problems, Employment Potential
