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Download full textBeddie, Francesca; Hargreaves, Jo; Atkinson, Georgina – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
At the request of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Industry Skills Council (ISC), and the Skills Senior Officials Network (SSON), a National Training Product Reform Group, comprising representatives from all of the jurisdictions, considered the longer-term reform of training products. This exercise, conducted during 2016, aimed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Industry, Educational Change
Shulock, Nancy; Moore, Colleen – Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, 2013
The California Community Colleges are vital to closing the projected shortfall of Californians with a postsecondary credential and sustaining the state's economic competitiveness. Increasing the number of students who pursue and earn certificates and associate degrees in career technical education (CTE) fields is an important component of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Community Colleges, College Role
Campbell, Clifton P. – 1997
A theory of vocational education and training (VET) somewhat different than that currently accepted is a set of beliefs about the purpose, practices, and principles associated with producing occupational competence. VET institutions need to be aware of and responsive to work force requirements. An analysis of information about current and future…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Curriculum Development, Demand Occupations
Quad-City/Tri-County Vocational Regions, East Moline, IL. – 1991
The focus of tech prep at Quad-City/Tri-County Vocational Regions/Black Hawk College was on providing all students with skills for higher education as well as job opportunities. To accomplish this, a comprehensive model applicable to all program areas was implemented to provide sequenced, vocationally and academically integrated, and complementary…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Competence, Cooperative Programs
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Inst. for the Study of Adult Literacy. – 1999
The Framework of Work Based Foundation Skills Project was undertaken to facilitate development of Pennsylvania's new workforce investment system Team PA CareerLink by identifying and developing common definitions of the foundation skills all workers need to function effectively in any workplace. A framework of 19 work-based foundation skills and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Basic Skills, Competence
Billett, Stephen; McKavanagh, Charlie; Beven, Fred; Angus, Lawrence; Seddon, Terri; Gough, John; Hayes, Sharon; Robertson, Ian – 1999
A 1998 study conducted by researchers from the Centre For Learning and Work Research at Griffith Univ. and The Studies of Work, Education and Training, at Monash Univ. sought to evaluate the contributions of competency-based training (CBT) and assessment to Australian vocational education and training. "Introduction" (Stephen Billet,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Change Strategies, Competence, Competency Based Education
Foucar-Szocki, Diane; Mitchell, Randy; Larson, Rick; Harris, Laurie; Sherman, Nancy – 2001
This document presents a case study for an innovative session exploring the nature of learning and the relationship between action learning within academic programs in adult education/human resource development (HRD) and the higher education institutions that house them. The first two sections discuss the dilemmas confronting higher education and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Organization, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Holland, Chris, Ed.; Frank, Fiona, Ed.; Caunt, Jaine Chisholm, Ed. – 2001
This document is the course book of an accredited 3-day professional development course for qualified basic skills tutors in the United Kingdom who are interested in working in workplace settings. The course materials are organized into 17 sections grouped into 4 units as follows: (1) general concepts of workplace language, literacy, and numeracy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
