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Sustaining the Skill Base of Technical and Further Education Institutes: TAFE Managers' Perspectives
Download full textClayton, Berwyn; Fisher, Thea; Hughes, Elvie – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2005
The demographic changes in Australia's labor market present challenges for technical and further education (TAFE) institutes. Within TAFE institutes, in which the teaching workforce is older than the overall national labor force, the imminent departure of many teachers endangers its prime asset - its skill and knowledge base. This report examines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Labor Market, Labor Force
Peer reviewedHaver, William E.; Watson, Robert F. – Community College Journal, 1997
Discusses J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College's (JSRCC) improvement of teacher education by developing courses that reflect national mathematics and science standards, providing "preteaching" experiences and in-service courses for current teachers, actively recruiting students for the teaching profession, forming preteaching student…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Demand
Gamoran, Adam, Ed. – 1998
This document contains five papers. "Vocational Teacher Education in U.S. Colleges and Universities and Its Responsiveness to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990" (Richard L. Lynch) documents the trend toward decreasing enrollments in teacher training programs in virtually all vocational fields.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Academic Persistence, Comparative Analysis
