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Roos, Liana; Trasberg, Karmen; Kõiv, Kristi; Säre, Egle – Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2021
At-risk students like those with special educational needs, learning difficulties, or pupils at risk of exclusion frequently struggle in transition from basic to secondary vocational education and training, often due to poor personal, learning and social skills. Therefore, several countries implement transition programs like the choice of…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Vocational Education, Special Needs Students, Transitional Programs
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Thompson, Ron – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2010
This paper presents research findings on practitioners working with young people on Entry to Employment (E2E) programmes in the north of England. E2E continues a long tradition of work-related learning for unemployed school leavers for whom other forms of education or training are deemed unsuitable, and is part of the UK government's strategy for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Dropouts, Unemployment
Clark, Catherine – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
This study identifies and evaluates the pathways available from school to vocational education and training and to work, for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Research involved interviews with seven young people from Victoria who had either just completed secondary school and were enrolling in a VET course, or had completed a course and…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Partial Hearing, Deafness, Case Studies
Big Picture Co., Cambridge, MA. – 1998
In October 1996, the Big Picture Company set out to find six urban high schools that use school-to-work strategies as a lever for whole-school reform. In the schools finally selected for the New Urban High Schools Project, and in others examined for the study, "school-to-work" is a misnomer, because the majority of students are entering…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Nyyssola, Kari; Hamalainen, Kimmo – 2001
The extent to which vocational education and training policy is nurturing lifelong learning in Finland was examined. The analysis focused on the following issues: the political and structural framework of education in Finland; mechanisms supporting lifelong learning; and pedagogical solutions and learning environments facilitating lifelong…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
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Wirt, John; Choy, Susan; Gerald, Debra; Provasnik, Stephen; Rooney, Patrick; Watanabe, Satoshi; Tobin, Richard; Glander, Mark – National Center for Education Statistics, 2001
To ensure reliable, accurate, and timely data, which are necessary to monitor the progress of education in the United States, Congress has mandated that the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) produce an annual report, "The Condition of Education." This year's report presents 59 indicators of important developments and trends…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, School Statistics, Educational Trends, Educational Indicators