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Rageth, Ladina; Renold, Ursula – Journal of Education Policy, 2020
This article contributes to the literature by proposing a methodological approach that scholars in all research fields can use to develop high-quality explanatory typologies. We argue that every typology should be constructed using a systematic, transparent process and must have a strong theoretical foundation to validate its explanatory value.…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Vocational Education, Classification, Educational Practices
Ruona, Wendy E. A. – 2002
Changing the name of human resource development (HRD) is not the wisest course of action given HRD's current state. A renamed HRD would still be the current, ambiguous, ill-defined field struggling to establish its identity and stalled in issues about what is central to the profession, how the profession adds value to the world, and what HRD…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classification, Human Resources, Intellectual Disciplines
Conroy, William G., Jr. – 1970
A developmental product for the Massachusetts and New York Evaluation Service Center for Occupational Education, the classification system is designed to treat behavioral objectives from which cognitive, psychomotor, and affective capabilities can be inferred. The system provides an analytical tool to render the products of the Evaluation Service…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classification, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Osipow, Samuel H.; Fitzgerald, Louise F. – 1996
This book describes and assesses the major theories of career choice and related research. The following are among the topics examined: history of vocational and career psychology (historical foundations; psychoanalytic conceptions of career choice; the Ginzberg, Ginsburg, Axelrad, and Herma theory; Tiedeman's developmental theory; recent history…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States, Decatur, GA. – 2000
The Linkage System is a process that was designed in 1997 to improve academic performance for all students and to enhance work force quality by linking academic content standards to occupational skill standards. The Linkage System is based on research and development conducted by the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS).…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Classification, Competence
Westerhuis, Anneke – 2001
European structures of qualification levels were examined through a review of reports on recent developments in Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The examination focused on the following topics: the scope of the national frameworks; the definition of standards and qualifications; the definition of levels in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Certification, Classification
Hoachlander, Gary – 1998
The issue of developing a new framework of industry programs for vocational education in the United States was examined in a study of the current status of programmatic structures nationally and among the 50 states. The following are among the topics that were explored: (1) the rationale for a new programmatic framework in the context of changing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Classification, Curriculum Development
Heitmann, Gunter – 2001
Recent trends and developments related to the structures of qualification levels in Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom were examined in a quasi-experimental study that was part of a more comprehensive study on the same topic. The study focused on standards, qualifications, and classifications at the tertiary level of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Certification
Westerhuis, Anneke – 2001
This document contains reports on the structures of qualification levels in Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom that were commissioned during a study to identify trends and developments in the European Union related to national certification frameworks. Each country report examines the following topics: the history of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Building Trades, Case Studies