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Findeisen, Stefanie; Deutscher, Viola Katharina; Seifried, Jürgen – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2021
Providing instructional explanations is a core component of effective instruction and an important teaching skill. Teaching skills are generally regarded as learnable, and teacher education programs aim to improve teachers' professional competences. In this study, we analyze to what extent explaining skills can be fostered during teacher education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Economics Education, Vocational Education
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Lahiff, Ann; Li, Junmin; Unwin, Lorna; Zenner-Höffkes, Lea; Pilz, Matthias – European Journal of Training and Development, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to address a gap in the comparative research literature on vocational education and training (VET) and skill formation systems. It examines the impact of international technical standardisation and regulation on the design, organisation and delivery of apprenticeships in the aeronautical and aerospace sectors…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Aviation Education, Standards, International Cooperation
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Atbasi, Zehra; Pürsün, Tugba – World Journal of Education, 2020
The aim of this research was to study the effectiveness of teaching with the simultaneous prompting in teaching students with intellectual disabilities attending the vocational education center and their ability to fold towels. Multiple baseline models with inter-subject probe stage, which is one of the single-subject research methods, has been…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Prompting, Students with Disabilities, Vocational Education
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Udofia, Nsikak-Abasi; Nlebem, Bernard S. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2013
This study was to validate training modules that can help provide requisite skills for Senior Secondary school students in plantain flour processing enterprises for self-employment and to enable them pass their examination. The study covered Rivers State. Purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 205. Two sets of structured…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Food Processing Occupations, Program Validation, Learning Modules
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Mishra, Mukti – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
At present, India's education system turns out millions of young people who are ready to think, but not enough people with entrepreneurial or employment skills. As India faces increasing limits on its resources, both economic and natural, the competency and capability of human resources play a pivotal role in developing and sustaining the economy.…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Vocational Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Youth Opportunities
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
Apprenticeships are a time-honored way of passing along skills in an art, trade, or craft. Apprenticeships have long been an important element of career and technical education (CTE). From automotive technology to the construction trades to the culinary arts and beyond, community colleges across the nation are still using apprenticeships to…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Job Training, Vocational Education, Career Development
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Lakes, Richard D. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2012
Neoliberal governments consider global business competitiveness to be thwarted by costly bureaucratic regulation and programme duplication. In an effort to downsize the costs of operating a state, the governors now streamline job training functions via a coordinated workforce and economic development effort known as sector strategies, with…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Job Training, Economic Climate, Vocational Education
Abadzi, Helen – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2015
Research on memory functions and their applications is a vast field that has unfolded for decades; some important studies are sixty years old. However, the research has remained a well-kept secret of cognitive psychologists. Education faculties rarely teach memory specifics, so people working in education typically do not know about the above…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Memory, Educational Policy, Cognitive Processes
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J.; Hanson, Andrew R. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2012
In an American economy where the advancement of technology and globalization means that a high school diploma alone is no longer able to provide family-sustaining earnings to many, certificates represent one piece of a multi-pronged solution on the road to a workforce with 60 percent postsecondary attainment. Though certificates currently aren't…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential, Employment Qualifications
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Jones, Paul; Miller, Christopher; Pickernell, David; Packham, Gary – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The objective of this paper is to examine the initiation of the University of the Heads of the Valley Initiative (UHOVI) project and evaluate the development of its focus, materials and structure. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology employs interviews with a purposive sample of local employer stakeholders. The rationale for this…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Skill Development
Yunus, Faizal Amin Nur; Baser, Jamil Abd; Masran, Saiful Hadi; Razali, Nizamuddin; Rahim, Bekri – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study was to identify the suitability of VR welding simulator application towards CBT in developing welding skills upon new trainees at the Centre of Instructor and Advanced Skills Training (CIAST) Shah Alam Selangor and National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN) Pagoh Johor. The significance of the study was to create a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manufacturing Industry, Computer Simulation, Virtual Classrooms
LaLonde, Robert; Sullivan, Daniel – Hamilton Project, 2010
Robert LaLonde of the University of Chicago and Daniel Sullivan of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago suggest that retraining through our nation's community colleges is a way to reduce the skills gaps of at least some of these displaced workers and increase their reemployment earnings. Although workers may still experience significant earnings…
Descriptors: Retraining, Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Grants
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Fenton, Mary; Barry, Almar – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
This paper presents an analysis of the views of Irish graduate entrepreneurs on the efficacy of entrepreneurship education in fostering their development as entrepreneurs. It answers three key questions: (a) what was the graduate entrepreneurs' experience of undergraduate entrepreneurship education; (b) what was the graduate entrepreneurs'…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Entrepreneurship, Vocational Education, Graduate Surveys
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Agrawal, Tushar – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2012
This paper provides an overview of vocational education and training (VET) system in India, and discusses various challenges and difficulties in the Indian VET system. The paper also examines labour market outcomes of vocational graduates and compares these with those of general secondary graduates using a large-scale nationally representative…
Descriptors: Industrial Training, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Market
Bieniek, Eric J. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In recent decades, educators have been faced with an ever-increasing number of students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder that require specialized instruction to support learning and processing deficits. As students mature, the demand for individualization continues to be a priority. To address this need, educators must be equipped with…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Models, Vocational Education, Skill Development
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