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Kathe Pelletier; Mark McCormack; Nicole Muscanell; Jamie Reeves; Jenay Robert; Nichole Arbino – EDUCAUSE, 2024
In the denouement of the COVID-19 pandemic, talk of a return to "normalcy" in higher education belies the great challenges and ongoing disruptions that yet lie ahead for many institutions. Public perceptions of the value of postsecondary education continue their downward slide, placing institutions in the position of having to…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Ihrig, Jane; Wolla, Scott – Social Education, 2020
The Federal Reserve (the Fed) is the central bank of the United States. It has a congressional mandate to promote maximum sustainable employment and price stability. In normal times, the Fed seeks to achieve this mandate by setting the position or "stance" of monetary policy, primarily by managing the level of short-term interest rates.…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Federal Government, Economic Climate, Employment
Shiohira, Kelly – UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2021
Artificial intelligence has produced new teaching and learning solutions that are now undergoing testing in different contexts. In addition to its impact on the education sector, AI is substantially altering labour markets, industrial services, agriculture processes, value chains and the organization of workplaces in particular. Technical and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Teaching Methods, Skill Development, Vocational Education
Jenkins, Catherine – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
Adult educators have strong beliefs. This will surprise no-one, but where do their beliefs come from, and how do they influence future development of their teaching practice? Drawing on my PhD research, I explore the multi-directional relationship between teaching beliefs and practices, considering the influence of past traditions of adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Focus Groups, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Clark, Alistair – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2011
U.K. government policy is placing a heavy emphasis on "essential" and "employability" skills in an effort to help individuals cope with changing social and economic circumstances. Delivery of these skills falls to a range of education providers. This is a particular difficulty for university lecturers who teach non-vocational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Political Science, Research Methodology, Labor Market
Cheung, Ming – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
Hong Kong's transformation from a manufacturing to a knowledge-based economy has prompted the local government to promote the city as a regional design center. The 2008 Policy Address delivered by Hong Kong's Chief Executive calls for the creation of a large pool of creative and knowledgeable talent. The government recognizes that, in addition to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcome Based Education, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2010
In recent years, several EU initiatives have been launched with the aim of supporting the development of citizens' skills as well as improving education and training systems so that they are better able to respond to the needs of the economy and society. This document summarises the information received from 25 Eurydice National Units…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Alfred, Theodore M.
This teacher's manual accompanies a course on labor relations for managers of small and medium-sized towns. Seven instructional modules are included. Module 1 provides an introduction to the curriculum, including an overview of the content/course methodology and a discussion of the industrial relations function. Module 2 discusses the methodology…
Descriptors: Administration, Collective Bargaining, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Kossek, Ellen Ernst; Leana, Carrie; MacDermid, Shelley; Pitt-Catsouphes, Marcie; Raskin, Patricia; Secret, Mary; Shulkin, Sandee; Sweet, Stephen – Sloan Work and Family Research Network, 2006
Public policy affects the experiences of workers and their families, both directly and indirectly. For example, employment-focused statutes such as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Employment Retirement and Income Security Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act establish frameworks for…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Labor Standards, Federal Legislation, Curriculum Guides

Fryer, Roland G., Jr.; Goeree, Jacob K.; Holt, Charles A. – Journal of Economic Education, 2005
The authors present a simple classroom game in which students are randomly designated as employers, purple workers, or green workers. This environment may generate "statistical" discrimination if workers of one color tend not to invest because they anticipate lower opportunities in the labor market, and these beliefs are self-confirming as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Public Policy, Labor Economics, Investment

Schechter, Stephen L.; Coon, Charles – Social Science Record, 1995
Asserts that public policy analysis has a time-honored tradition in civics education. Provides a four-part teachers' rationale for including the study of child-labor legislation in social studies courses. Includes a five-part classroom format for teaching public policy analysis. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Citizenship Education, Civics
Carter, David – Education Research and Perspectives, 2007
This paper reflects on the relevance and applicability of "key transferable skills" to the higher education curriculum. Although they are regarded as having common currency within universities, it is argued that their uncritical acceptance devalues and distorts the nature and character of the teaching and learning employed in academe.…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Higher Education, Public Policy, Cultural Context
Imel, Susan – 2003
Workplace literacy was the focus of attention during the era of the National Workplace Literacy Program (NWLP), funded by the U.S. Department of Education from 1988-1996. Since then, it has not disappeared, in part because recent legislation such as the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and Welfare Reform Act has increased the work-related focus of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Economic Development
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Global Approach, Competence, Comparative Education
Wilson, Louis N. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1911
This bulletin contains 1,697 bibliographic entries relating to child study. All publications listed in the bibliography were published between 1908 and 1909. A subject index is included. [Best copy available has been provided.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Bibliographies, Child Development
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