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Direct linkLaura Guerrero Puerta; Rocío Lorente García – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2025
Purpose: This article explores the perceptions of professionals on the implementation and impact of Dual Vocational Training (Dual VET) in the Spanish education system. Design/methodology/approach: The study involves interviews with various professionals in the education and employment sectors and two discussion groups. Findings: Results reveal…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Vocational Education, Program Implementation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMatlay, Harry; Hyland, Terry – Education + Training, 1997
A survey of over 2,000 small and midsized enterprises in the West Midlands, England, found employers had relatively high awareness of and interest in National Vocational Qualifications but low actual implementation. Causes included negative experiences, high cost, inflexibility, and mismatch with needs. (SK)
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Program Implementation
Ocean County Vocational Technical School, Toms River, NJ. – 1984
A model was developed for a program that would meet the needs of vocational gifted and talented students while training an important member of the economic community--the entrepreneur. Research material concerning the identification and selection of gifted and talented students was reviewed, and criteria were developed for nomination of candidates…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Entrepreneurship, Evaluation Criteria
Koper, Johannes; Zaremba, Hans Jurgen – 2000
This book examines how quality management is implemented in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It presents the survey results as two sector studies. Competitive and specialization tendencies of the sectors and company concepts of "quality" and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Developed Nations, Food Processing Occupations, Foreign Countries
Download full textJohanson, Richard K. – 1989
The number of entrants to the labor market today in most sub-Sahara African countries far exceeds the number of new jobs generated by the economy. This mismatch is one of the most serious problems the region faces. With too few jobs to go around, vocational training should focus on the generation of self-employment possibilities. In the mid-1970s…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Entrepreneurship
Kydd, Loring S.; Southworth, Warren D. – 1984
A pilot project was conducted in Bangor, Maine, to develop an entrepreneurship course and test it with secondary and postsecondary students. Following development of a plan and formation of an advisory committee composed of local entrepreneurs, bankers, representatives of economic development agencies, and legislators, a director was hired to…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Community Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1983
These proceedings represent a compilation of the papers presented at a conference on entrepreneurship education that was designed to promote the infusion of entrepreneurial concepts into vocational education curricula. Included in the first section of the volume are descriptions of the following projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Career Change, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2001
A search of recent research on group training apprenticeships and traineeships in Australia found that group training companies (GTCs) are making a strong contribution to Australia's apprentice and trainee system. Key findings include the following: (1) group training apprentice and trainee numbers doubled over the period of 1995-2000; (2) over…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Developed Nations, Educational Needs
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1990
A British project explored ways further education colleges could help meet training needs of small businesses, specifically the small plant and tool hire industry. The industry's leading organization, the Hire Association of Europe (HAE), provided a list of members; responsibility for making contact rested with the colleges. The most effective…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Demand, Electrical Occupations, Equipment Maintenance
Blackman, Linda L.; And Others – 1985
Intended for vocational education teachers and curriculum specialists with an emphasis on the secondary level, this annotated bibliography is designed as a companion guide to "Economic Literacy: A Suggested Instructional Content Guide for Vocational Education." Its purpose is to serve as an aid in the identification of available economic literacy…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business Education, Career Education, Collective Bargaining
Guggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 11 papers from a 2-day meeting on the principles, practice, and effectiveness of Jobrotation, which denotes a European Union program of investing in human capital by giving employees the opportunity to temporarily leave their posts for training without any major disturbance in the production process. The following papers are…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Articulation (Education), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
McIntyre, John, Ed.; Barrett, Mary, Ed. – 1998
These proceedings consist of 46 papers on the influence of vocational education and training (VET) research on policy and practice. These papers are grouped into these categories: impact of research; equity in participation; partnerships and stakeholders; practice and practitioners; research and policy; learning, work, and organizations; and VET,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Community Study, Competency Based Education
