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Queeney, Donna S.; And Others – 1984
This document is a report of a study that was conducted to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date compilation of data regarding professional and occupational practice requirements in Pennsylvania, focusing on the role of continuing professional education in the various credentialing processes. Following a discussion of the methodology and results of…
Descriptors: Certification, Continuing Education, Credentials, Educational Attitudes
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American Vocational Education Research Association. – 1994
The following papers are included: "Emerging Themes in Youth Apprenticeship Programs" (Evanciew); "Improving the U.S. System of School-to Work Transition for Youth and Young Adults" (Stone); "Recent National Studies and Reports on Education and Economic Reform" (Ellibee); "Improving Employment Readiness of Urban…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Educational Innovation
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1985
These proceedings consist of the following presentations and discussion papers: "Extension Research Needs in Evalaution" (Michael Patton); "Needed Research in Program Development" (Roger Lawrence); "The Cooperative Extension Service: A National Assessment" (Paul Warner); "National Study of Extension's Research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes, Educational Research
Nelson, C. H.; Minore, J. B. – 1988
In late 1986, the Ontario government began a 4-year undertaking to establish a distance education network for northeastern and northwestern residents. The network, Contact North/Contact Nord, uses a full complement of interactive telecommunications systems to make secondary and postsecondary education more accessible regardless of community size…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Communications Satellites, Continuing Education, Demography
Malizio, Andrew G.; And Others – 1984
This document consists of four papers that were read as a joint presentation on learning in the workplace and credentials in employment. Reported in the first paper, "Educational Credentials in Employment: A Nationwide Survey" by Andrew G. Malizio and Douglas R. Whitney, are the results of a survey in which 1,500 members of the American…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, Adult Education, College Credits, Credentials
Hughes, Lois; Dougherty, Barbara – 1975
A study was conducted to determine the felt needs of Wisconsin home economics teachers for inservice education as a basis for designing educational programs to meet these needs. The population consisted of 1,278 home economics public school teachers and 1,430 vocational, technical, and adult education (VTAE) teachers of home economics related…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities
Regional Inst. of Vocational and Technical Education, Shanghai (China). – 1999
This book contains an introduction and 10 papers from the International Conference on New Trends of Development and Models of Reform in the Field of Vocational Education and Training in the 21st Century. The following papers are included: "Introduction to the Reports Held on the International Conference"; "The Development and Reform…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Business Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
Wichowski, Chester; McMahon, Gordon – 1980
Findings are reported from a survey of state- and territorial-level supervisors of trade and industrial education to rate trends and issues in trade and industrial education. (A trend was defined as a course of events or action that is present and likely to continue in the future. An issue was defined as a difference of opinion, dispute, or…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Career Education, Career Guidance
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1999
The Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA) and its "Hamburg Declaration" and "Agenda for the Future" have already had demonstrable impacts in various areas of adult education policy and practice. The following are among the specific areas and activities developed as a result of CONFINTEA: (1) promotion of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Change Strategies
Hodgson, Ann, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 13 papers on the policies, politics, and future of lifelong learning in the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe. The following papers are included: "An International and Historical Context for Recent Policy Approaches to Lifelong Learning in the UK" (Ann Hodgson); "The Vocational Training Policy of the European…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, College Programs, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
Williams, Roy – 2000
The Diffusion of Appropriate Educational Technology in Open and Distance Learning in Developing Countries project was designed to determine awareness and use of educational technologies and communications media in developing countries, to identify factors constraining wider use of educational technologies by developing nations, and to explore…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Appropriate Technology, Attitude Change