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Download full textSchueler, Jane; Loveder, Phil – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2020
To better understand the return on investment (ROI) from technical and vocational education and training (TVET) requires an overarching view. Hence, this Guide presents an analytic framework that summarizes some of the main elements and issues that need to be considered in measuring ROI. This includes establishing the scope, context and purpose…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Vocational Education, Stakeholders
Direct linkAngela Uchechukwu Nwude – ProQuest LLC, 2020
There is a substantial body of literature on the economic benefits of workplace literacy programs, and much less empirical studies on the social or non-economic outcomes of workplace literacy programs, particularly in the context of low-income refugee workers. Adopting a social network approach, this study examines the impact of workplace literacy…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Social Networks, Occupational Mobility, Refugees
Peer reviewedGreen, Anson M. – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2020
In 2014, the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) thrust adult educators into a dramatically new landscape of service expectations and partnership requirements to increase the ability of providers to meet the employment needs of students and employers. The coronavirus pandemic created an accelerating demand for adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employers, Labor Force Development, School Business Relationship
Ko, Helen – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Against the backdrop of an unprecedented increase in the number of older adults in Singapore, the escalating pace of change which necessitates continuous learning, and a dearth of empirical research related to instructional design for older adults, this study sought to fill this gap by investigating the strategies utilized by successful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Nwude, Angela U.; Zajicek, Anna – Adult Literacy Education, 2021
This study aimed to examine the impact of workplace literacy programs on the structure of social networks accessible to low-income Somali refugee workers. We conceptualized structure as network size and tie strength. Data were drawn using interviews with eighteen participants enrolled in a workplace literacy program. The classes offered included…
Descriptors: Workplace Literacy, Program Effectiveness, Social Networks, Social Capital
Palesy, Debra – International Journal of Training Research, 2017
Classroom training sessions for new home care workers (HCWs) are often brief and ad hoc, varying in format and content. Yet the application of this training may be central to worker and client safety. A qualitative approach was adopted for this inquiry, comprising two separate but related practical studies. In the first, exploratory study,…
Descriptors: Workplace Literacy, Career Readiness, Qualitative Research, Intervention
