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National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
In November and early December 2010, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) conducted consultations to identify research topics using the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY). LSAY tracks young people from the age of 15 to 25 as they move from school into further study, work and other destinations. It uses large,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Young Adults, Education Work Relationship
Donald, Janet G. – CCSHE Professional File, 1988
The improvement of instructional methods or the solutions of problems of an instructional nature requires information that is not usually part of the Canadian common experience and must be discovered by means of research. Types of fundamental and applied research are discussed, including action, developmental, evaluation, and diagnostic research.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement, Postsecondary Education
Persons, Edgar – 1992
In an era of ever-shrinking dollars for education and especially for educational research, one must ask the question, "Does the proposed research add value to agricultural education?" Although it may not be possible to answer the question completely, a framework can be developed within which the answer can be pondered. Researchers,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Postsecondary Education

Larson, Milton E.; Valentine, Ivan E. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1975
The article provides an overview of research needs in vocational education; lists some problem areas; discusses research methods and statistical treatment of data; and touches upon sponsorship, dissemination, and future research challenges. (MW)
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Research Methodology, Research Needs, Research Opportunities
Schumacher, Sally – 1984
Although previous conceptualizations have made distinctions among two types of research, this paper suggests conceptual distinctions among three types of research: basic, applied, and evaluation. In an evolving field, distinctions are based on recent writings and the elaboration of evaluation research as different in emphasis from basic and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Postsecondary Education
Lucas, John A. – 1976
In the past, almost all student follow-up studies have been cross institutional or very broad in nature. The target has consisted of populations of graduates, dropouts, or longitudinal entering classes. The output measures have centered around continued education of the population, job situation, mobility, reason for leaving, or a general…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Followup Studies, Institutional Research, Postsecondary Education

Sheppard, N. Alan, Ed. – 1976
Major contents of these conference proceedings are 10 addresses presented to the whole conference of 62 educators or to small interest groups. Major addresses were (1) "The Importance of Research in Vocational and Technical Education," by J. Robert Warmbrod, (2) "The Impact of Federal Funds and Establishment of Priorities for Research in…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Research, Federal Legislation, Postsecondary Education

Cross, K. Patricia – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1983
Extracts highlights about the process and products of needs assessment from 40 major research studies conducted over the past five years. Discusses who conducts needs assessments and why, where needs assessments are going wrong, what has been learned from these studies, and what needs assessments cannot do. (AYC)
Descriptors: Community Needs, Institutional Research, Needs Assessment, Postsecondary Education
National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1996
This paper outlines the mission and projected projects for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education for 1996. The activities are organized around two functions: research and development and dissemination and training. Research and development is composed of six substantive areas: (1) the economic context of vocational education;…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Research, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
A study was conducted of the use of outcome measurement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and states to determine whether JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) program participants are finding employment and leaving welfare. In order to assess the progress that HHS has made in establishing outcome indicators and goals,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Federal Programs, Information Needs, Job Training
Meister, Gary G.; Evers, Nancy A. – 1985
Effective leadership is critical to the successful development of continuing education programs. Thus, combining the results of research on leadership and program development holds promising implications for improving the process of developing continuing education programs. Most research on leadership can be classified as following the…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Planning, Educational Research, Individual Characteristics
Rothe, J. Peter – 1985
This article focuses on the linkage between the quantitative and qualitative distance education research methods. The concept that serves as the conceptual link is termed "complementarity." The definition of complementarity emerges through a simulated study of FernUniversitat's mentors. The study shows that in the case of the mentors,…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Payne, Thomas A. – 1982
This document is a guide for use by the practical researcher concerned with conducting studies of transfer of learning from pretraining of pilots in ground-based environments to performance in aircraft. While the material addresses principally transfer of learning of pilots, many of the issues should be applicable to other contexts, to include…
Descriptors: Flight Training, Guidelines, Guides, Job Training
Willett, Lynn H. – 1974
A three-dimensional model was developed to assist researchers in conceptualizing the research-study-impact process. Drawing on communication and decision making literature, the model relates time, action, and audience dimensions. The results of these relationships is labeled "institutional study impact." Impact is viewed as the outcomes…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Educational Research
Baldwin, Cynthia; Huggins, Don W. – 1995
Although feminist perspectives about research have not been presented in a unified paradigm, feminist theory has helped to expose and demystify the empirical assumption of objectivity as the only way to truth in research. The feminist perspective in research represents alternate, non-oppressive formulations of what constitutes meaningful and valid…
Descriptors: Experimenter Characteristics, Feminism, Humanization, Postsecondary Education