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Melis, A. – 1989
This document summarizes the proceedings of a 2-day conference on training in small and medium businesses in the European Economic Community. Some of the topics discussed by the speakers include distance learning and the importance of training for owners and managers of small and medium enterprises. A series of guides that have been prepared to…
Descriptors: Competence, Developed Nations, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
Barbee, David E. – 1986
This paper describes the U.S. experience in providing vocational training to the low-literate. Chapter I presents an overview of the problem. It discusses the changing nature of work, the workplace, the worker, and vocational training itself. Chapter II describes the U.S. experience in the training of low-literates. The approaches, methods, and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Vocational Education, Developed Nations, Educational Technology
Percy, Keith; And Others – 1989
This report presents findings of an evaluation of Further Education Unit (FEU) REPLAN projects, an initiative to improve educational opportunities for unemployed adults in Great Britain. Chapter 1 describes the origins of REPLAN and the evaluation methodology. Chapter 2 gives an analytic and descriptive overview of the 21 FEU REPLAN projects.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations
Adams, Barbara – 1987
This report describes a project that adopted a curriculum development approach to meet the education and training needs of the unemployed and other disadvantaged groups in Birmingham, England. Chapter 1 gives the project's purpose. Chapter 2 sets the project in its context--an outer city area. Chapter 3 describes the processes of analyzing needs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1985
This volume, the second in a series of three, contains the reports of six European experiments that were part of a process of cooperative monitoring of a project on adult education and community development. The theme of these experiments is "responses to unemployment and to the consequences of economic restructuring." The six…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Developed Nations, Economic Change
Saunders, Lesley – 1989
This report provides results of an evaluation of SKILLNET, an education and training innovation to commission training in the newly redeveloped area of London's dockland. Chapter 1, an introduction, defines SKILLNET's primary function--to address the current mismatch between kinds of jobs available in the area and the levels and kinds of skills…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
James, Walter – 1985
The reports are presented from three Cooperative Monitoring Groups of the Council for Cultural Cooperation. The groups studied 14 projects that contributed to local and regional development through their provision or encouragement of the provision by others of adult education and training as a component of that development. A brief introduction…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Developed Nations
Cap, Orest; And Others – 1987
The Integrated Literacy and Automotive Skills Program for Youth (ILASPY) was designed to enable 30 young unemployed adults to make the transition from school to the work world. The project provided a combination of literacy skills, direct work experience, and formal training to prepare young adults to enter the field of automotive repairs. It also…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Auto Mechanics, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
Gibb, Allan – 1990
This series of guides is designed for those involved in organizing and delivering training to existing or would-be small business owners. The overall aim is to focus attention on the basic competencies required by organizers and trainers for effective program development and delivery. A short introductory booklet sets out the overall objectives of…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Administration Education, Competence, Developed Nations
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). Committee for General and Technical Education. – 1978
The three papers compiled here on vocational and technical education in Europe were prepared and discussed by experts in the course of three meetings held in 1977. Focus is on polyvalent occupational training, which prepares students for maximum adaptability to technical and social changes and for occupational mobility. The first paper describes…
Descriptors: Course Content, Definitions, Developed Nations, Educational Development
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 2000
This publication presents the work program for 2001 for the European Center for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) set in the framework of four operational guidelines (OGs). The section on each OG contains an introduction including CEDEFOP's aims, followed by descriptions of research projects relevant to the OG. Each of the 11…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Developed Nations, Educational Administration
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1975
The document presents the new international convention (with five articles or policy statements) and the formal statement of recommendations adopted by the International Labor Conference on June 23, 1975. Prepared by the International Labor Office, the instruments concern vocational guidance and vocational training in the development of human…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Developed Nations
Schwencke, Helen – 1999
This report compiles information from a study tour to identify the current status, development, and issues of nonprofit organizations with voluntary boards of management that provide adult and community-based education (ACE) in Australia. An overview of the community-based ACE sector covers organizations in South Australia, Western Australia,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Education, Curriculum
Carey, Cristene, Ed. – 1991
This document contains summaries of five workshops, each with several speakers, held at a conference on competency-based training (CBT) in Australia. The following are included in Session 1, Developing and Delivering CBT Programs: "Developing and Delivering CBT Programs--Opening Speech" (Steve McDonald); "Competency Standards and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Building Trades, Competence, Competency Based Education
Rydstrom, Gunnar, Comp. – 1987
This document reports, in narrative format, the proceedings of a conference in Sweden attended by more than 40 adult educators from around the world to discuss aid to education in developing nations. The report describes the conference's two main objectives: (1) to exchange experiences about financing and supporting adult education in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
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