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McCallum, Elin – UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2019
As a result of its direct link to the labour market, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) plays an important role in equipping the modern workforce with in-demand skills. This discussion paper aims to inspire the introduction of entrepreneurial learning in TVET towards a fully mainstreamed approach, whereby entrepreneurial…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Teaching Methods
Evans, Stephen – Learning and Work Institute, 2021
The Skills for Jobs White Paper and funding and accountability consultation set out the Government's plans to introduce a greater focus on the outcomes of learning, including a new Skills Measure that looks at the employment and other outcomes that learners achieve. Will this give colleges and providers greater freedom to deliver for learners, or…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Accountability, Outcomes of Education, Employment
Shulock, Nancy; Moore, Colleen; Jez, Su Jin; Chisholm, Eric – Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, 2012
The Obama Administration has helped articulate the important role community colleges play in educating the nation's workforce and boosting the economy. With a large share of projected job openings requiring college education of less than a bachelor's degree and offering family-supporting wages, the nation's community colleges can make a huge…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, College Role, Labor Force Development
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
Mietus, Walter S. – 1982
A human systems approach that emphasizes knowing the parts of a phenomenon, their order, and particularly their interactions needs to be adopted by industrial arts. A student-based theoretical framework that incorporates systems and subsystems in industrial arts has been presented by Donald Maley. The theoretical base includes 10 organismic…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Creativity
North American Rockwell Information Systems Co., Anaheim, CA. – 1971
An industrial study group was contracted to perform a systems analysis of institutional training conducted under the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) of 1962, as amended, in order to: (1) illuminate management decisions in the areas of program priorities, alternative methods of administration, and allocation of resources, and (2)…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Employment Programs, Labor Force Development, Program Administration
Chandler, James A.; Fulwood, Robert H.; Hill, Lynn M.; Sharp, Jeanie B.; Vincent, Keith A.; Womac, Charlie H.; Campbell, Clifton P. – 1997
A four-phase systematic approach to evaluating human resource development (HRD) programs and/or courses was developed. The approach consists of four distinct, yet interrelated phases: select evaluation targets; develop the evaluation plan; collect and analyze information/data; and prepare an evaluation report. First, 23 potential evaluation…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Job Training
Tanaka, Kazutoshi; Evers, Michael B. – 1999
Although the Japanese term "kyo-iku" is translated into English as "education," significant differences exist between the two terms. A new term, "ergonagy," has been advocated to help integrate the Japanese concept of kyo-iku and the Western concept of education. "Ergonagy" is formed from the Greek terms…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Definitions
Dunn, Dennis J. – 1971
Intended as a guide for potential purchase of work evaluation systems, the document compares three that are currently available: The Jewish Evaluation and Vocational Services (JEVS) System, the Singer/Graflex System, and the Testing, Orientation and Work Evaluation in Rehabilitation (TOWER) System. Manuals and related published materials for each…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Job Development
WorkAmerica, 1999
Knowledge supply chains are market-driven, competency-based systems in which education and training are aligned to help employers, educators, workers, and students navigate more effectively in the global economy. Three key trends warrant attention in today's global economy: (1) knowledge and skill needs are escalating and changing rapidly; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Cooperation
Kich, George – 1970
Designed as a manual for human and social service agencies and programs engaged in curriculum and career development, this technical paper describes the Social Service Aide Project (SSAP) Functional Task Analysis Data System resulting from Phase I research and Phase II analysis and refinement. Sections discuss and diagram these system components:…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Planning, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Rehabilitation Research Foundation, Elmore, AL. Draper Correctional Center. – 1971
The primary goal of the Draper Project, begun in 1964, was to demonstrate the feasibility of operating a manpower training program in a correctional setting. As secondary goals, the project sought to individualize instruction, involve communities in the rehabilitation of the offender and disseminate the findings to correctional and educational…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Demonstration Programs
Brandon, George L., Ed. – 1970
Research reviews in this volume are a consolidation of Research Visibility articles published in the "American Vocational Journal" from September 1969 through May 1970. The reviews are arranged by sub-topic in these major sections: (1) Manpower Research, (2) Exemplary Programs and Residential Schools, (3) Comprehensive Planning, (4)…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Curriculum, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1997
Work force development systems have three primary subsystems: youth development and preparation for employment, adult work force entry, and worker retraining and transition assistance. Programs targeting youth pose one of the greatest challenges to those striving to develop or improve work force development systems. School-to-work will not…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Strategies, Entry Workers
Marland, S. P., Jr. – 1971
For a variety of reasons, vocational education has not made it in America. Our high schools have not been able to make sure that every young man and woman who receives a diploma is qualified either for immediate employment or further education. To solve the problems of this situation, the Office of Education is giving major emphasis to the design…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Cooperative Education, Curriculum Development