Publication Date
| In 2026 | 76 |
| Since 2025 | 5788 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 32722 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 76672 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 150984 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 25665 |
| Teachers | 11109 |
| Administrators | 8266 |
| Policymakers | 7609 |
| Researchers | 3884 |
| Students | 1841 |
| Parents | 1612 |
| Community | 1298 |
| Counselors | 980 |
| Media Staff | 806 |
| Support Staff | 342 |
| More ▼ | |
Location
| Canada | 8740 |
| California | 8359 |
| Australia | 8244 |
| United States | 5765 |
| Texas | 5115 |
| United Kingdom | 4880 |
| New York | 4678 |
| Florida | 4275 |
| Turkey | 3673 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 3665 |
| Illinois | 3489 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 368 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 580 |
| Does not meet standards | 585 |
Download full textBainbridge, Steve; Murray, Julie – 2000
This document, which is intended to stimulate debate among vocational education researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, provides a comprehensive overview of the development of vocational training policy at the European level over the past 40 years. The following are among the topics discussed in the document's eight chapters: (1) moving from…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Continuing Education, Cooperative Planning, Education Work Relationship
Watts, Tony – 1998
Twenty-seven representatives from the United Kingdom's Department for Education and Employment (DfEE), higher education (HE), careers services, careers service companies, schools, further education colleges, local education authorities, and relevant national organizations met to discuss ways of forming and enhancing partnerships between guidance…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Articulation (Education), Career Counseling, Career Development
Banovetz, James M., Ed. – 2000
According to the most recent National Adult Literacy Survey, nearly half of Illinois adults lack sufficient reading proficiency to ensure job success and advancement in 21st century workplaces. The Test of Adult Basic Education is currently used as a pretest/posttest in Illinois' existing adult basic education, adult secondary education, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Change Strategies
O'Connell, Philip J. – 1999
Data from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) were analyzed to compare the incidence and volume of continuing education (CE) and training among adults in the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The following were among the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Age Differences
Knight, Anne, Comp.; Nestor, Marianne, Comp. – 2000
This document is a glossary of more than 750 terms, abbreviations, and acronyms that are likely to be found in recent Australian vocational education and training (VET) research and policy documents. The glossary also includes selected commonly found international terms. In those cases where a term has a broader general meaning, the definition…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Advisory Committees, Credentials, Definitions
Descy, Pascaline, Ed.; Tessaring, Manfred, Ed. – 2001
These three volumes comprise the background publication of the second report on vocational education and training (VET) research in Europe. The two parts of Volume 1 contain 10 papers; Volume 2 contains 11 papers in two parts; and there are 10 papers in the two parts and annex of Volume 3. In Volume 1 are the following: "Steering, Networking,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations
Whiteman, Jo Ann M. – 2001
Today's workplace must employ knowledgeable, flexible, efficient, and adaptable workers who are lifelong learners. Adult learners need to be updated on the latest changes in the structure of the business environment. Business programs must respond to corporate and personal development needs by designing curriculum that embraces the management…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Change, Change Strategies
Peterson, Norman G.; Mumford, Michael D.; Borman, Walter C.; Jeanneret, P. Richard; Fleishman, Edwin A. – 1995
This document reports on the content model of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), which is intended to replace the "Dictionary of Occupational Titles." The following chapters are included: "Introduction" (Michael D. Mumford and Norman G. Peterson); "Content Model" (Michael D. Mumford and Norman G. Peterson);…
Descriptors: Ability, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration
Action Alliance for Virginia's Children and Youth, Richmond. – 2001
This Kids Count data book details statewide trends in the well-being of Virginia's children. The statistical portrait is based on the following four areas of children's well-being: health and safety; education; family; and economy. Key indicators examined are: (1) prenatal care; (2) low birth weight babies; (3) infant mortality; (4) child abuse or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accidents, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents
Davey, Lynn – 2001
This KIDS COUNT data book details statewide trends in the well-being of Maine's children. The statistical portrait is based on a variety of indicators in the areas of: (1) physical and mental health; (2) social and economic opportunity; (3) education and learning; and (4) child health care access. The data book presents state level trend data, a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, Little Rock. – 2001
This Kids Count report details statewide trends in the well-being of Arkansas' children. The report's introduction discusses factors contributing to the need for increased attention to children and families, what voters think about issues affecting children and families, the collection of data, and federal spending in Arkansas. The subsequent…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Abdel-Magid, Isam Mohammed; Elsadig, Elsadig Hassan – 2000
The impact of globalization on vocational-technical education (VTE) and human resource development (HRD) in Sudan was examined. Special attention was paid to the following issues: the purpose of education in the 21st century; learning for the workplace; national culture and technological advances; the globalization of education; education and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Developing Nations, Economic Development
White, Lenford – 2002
This guide explains how adult and community education (ACE) providers across Great Britain can engage black learners in ACE by making their learning programs relevant, challenging, and appropriate to adult learners from black and minority groups. The following topics are discussed: (1) the importance of engaging black and minority learners in ACE;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Blacks, Check Lists
Conway, Maureen – 1999
The Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) was founded in 1984 by a 3-member partnership that included the local union, industry associations, and local government. GIDC's goal was to support New York City's garment industry, which had been steadily losing jobs. GIDC exhibits the following characteristics of sectoral initiatives: it…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Planning, Corporations
Cohen, Marie; Besharov, Douglas J. – 2002
The role of career and technical education (CTE) was explored through a review of the research on CTE. Research on the following topics was examined: the high school dropout problem; high school graduates' transition to work; unprepared college students; the importance of noncollege careers; things employers really want; CTE's promise; the history…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, College Bound Students, College Preparation
