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Brown, Justin – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This research offers insights into the options available to individuals as they navigate the vocational education and training (VET) market. Importantly, this study directly represents the voice of students, asking how their choices were made and whether their choice was sufficiently "informed." The student voice is contrasted with…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Foreign Countries
Gore, Jennifer; Ellis, Hywel; Fray, Leanne; Smith, Maxwell; Lloyd, Adam; Berrigan, Carly; Lyell, Andrew; Weaver, Natasha; Holmes, Kathryn – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This study explores the views of 6,492 New South Wales (NSW) primary and secondary school students' post-school aspirations. It explores when vocational education and training (VET) begins to feature in students' thinking about their futures, the kinds of students who think about VET, and under what conditions. The study informs how teachers,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Foreign Countries
Hargreaves, Jo; Osborne, Kristen – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This summary brings together the findings from two research projects: "Choosing VET: Investigating the VET Aspirations of School Students" and "In Their Words: Student Choice in Training Markets--Victorian Examples." The research investigated school students' post-school aspirations for vocational education and training (VET),…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Foreign Countries
Russell, Russ – 1984
This report describes the nature and scope of further education and industrial training in England and Wales. Examined in a discussion of the United Kingdom educational system are funding, the relationship between school and government, school inspections, and curriculum and research bodies. The next section is devoted to changes that have…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Continuing Education, Decision Making
Bernstein, Tina E. – 1979
The study focused on individual high school seniors and their high school programs; school, work, and life values; educational and occupational goals; and decision-making criteria for postsecondary plans. The project, based on the 1972 National Longitudinal Study, had three components: field testing, the base year survey, and follow-up survey.…
Descriptors: Business Education, Career Planning, College Attendance, Decision Making
Nelson, Robert E.; Piland, William E. – 1982
This manual contains guidelines for organizing small business programs in community colleges. Following an introductory discussion of the need for such a program both throughout the United States in general and in Illinois in particular, the role of the community college in facilitating small business development is examined. Guidelines are set…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Business Administration, Business Administration Education