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Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 1996
In 1995, efforts to develop Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system focused on implementing Australia's first national strategy for VET, Towards a Skilled Australia. All stakeholders in VET worked to advance Australia's national strategy for VET, which revolved around the following four themes: responsiveness (maximizing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Annual Reports, Delivery Systems
Bradley, Doug, Ed. – 1993
These proceedings contain presentations, dialogue/questions and answers, reflective evaluations, and a sampling of model outreach programs from a forum on the process of becoming a New Age leader--a part of the process of transformation. The proceedings are divided into four sections that correspond to the four phases of the transformation…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Environment, College Planning, College Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1982
This congressional report contains testimony given in relation to the passage of the Vocational and Adult Education Consolidation Act (S. 2325). (The Vocational and Adult Education Consolidation Act is legislation designed to consolidate existing federal vocational and adult education programs, to simplify requirements for states and other…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Block Grants, Educational Finance
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (West Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1986
This report summarizes the content and implementation strategies of the orientation seminar that the Unesco Institute for Education (UIE) has conducted to acquaint Arab states with strategies for developing postliteracy and continuing education programs in a lifelong learning framework. The first two sections outline the UIE project on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Arabs
Turker, A. Vural – 1984
During the last 60 years, Turkey has experienced significant demographic changes and economic development. In response to these changes, policymakers in Turkey have initiated a number of reforms in the area of vocational and technical education. One such reform was the undertaking of a joint effort between the Turkish Council of Higher Education…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demography, Developing Nations, Economic Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1984
The report of the Ninth Regional Consultation Meeting on the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) reviews activities and progress for 1982-83 in eight program areas: (1) universalization of education (access to education at first level by both formal and nonformal means), (2) promotion of scientific and technological…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agricultural Education, Developing Nations, Educational Development
Lynn, Laurence E., Jr., Ed. – 1978
Offered in response to a request by the National Science Foundation for information on how knowledge affects policy, the document investigates federal support of social research and development and evaluates the relevance of this research to social policy. Social research and development (R & D) concerns the identification and solution of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Courts, Data Analysis, Developmental Programs
Budke, Wesley E., Comp.; And Others – 1981
This third annual compilation presents resources of 183 ongoing projects in career education, vocational education, and education and work, that are administered by such agencies as the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career Education, National Institute of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, and Office of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education
HUNTER, JOHN – 1967
IN ITS FIRST THREE YEARS, THE CENTRAL TRAINING COUNCIL HAS SET UP 18 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BOARDS AND GUIDED THEM ON SUCH MATTERS AS TRAINER, MANAGEMENT, AND CLERICAL TRAINING. THE BOARDS ADMINISTER A GRANT AND LEVY SYSTEM TO DISTRIBUTE EQUITABLY THE COST OF TRAINING AND TO ENSURE THAT TRAINING IS ADEQUATE, RECOMMEND THE SYLLABUS AND TRAINING…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Clerical Workers, Course Evaluation, Financial Support
Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1967
THE CANADA NEWSTART PROGRAM AIMS TO DEVELOP, THROUGH ACTION RESEARCH, PROGRAMS APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE NATION, FOR MOTIVATING AND TRAINING UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED ADULTS. PILOT PROJECTS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY CORPORATIONS WHICH ARE TO BE CHARTERED BY THE PROVINCES AND FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE AREAS SELECTED FOR STUDY WILL BE…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrative Organization, Adult Basic Education, Adult Farmer Education
Rivera, William, Comp.; Laubach, Robert S., Comp. – 1980
This annotated bibliography contains books and periodicals on literacy and literature for newly literate persons, both in the United States and internationally. Except for a few items included for their historical value, all the entries were published in the 1970s. Listings in this bibliography are grouped in the following twenty categories:…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Jones, Joan, Ed.; And Others – 1977
Objectives of the conference presented in these proceedings were to (1) clarify and describe part D (Vocational Education Amendments of 1976) exemplary project anticipated results, (2) discuss dissemination strategies for implementing these results, and (3) develop state and local strategies for encouraging the spread of these results from one…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agencies, Career Development, Community Involvement
Muller, Josef, Ed. – 1975
This report on adult education and development in the Arab States was prepared by a panel of experts who convened to examine the adult education situation in Arab countries and exchange experiences regarding the operation of comprehensive adult education programs and services. Section 1, a summary report, overviews the adult education situation in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Conference Reports
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 2000
This document reports on phases 2 and 3 of the Phare Special Preparatory Programme for the European Social Fund (SPP-ESF), which involved national, supplementary, and local seminars to assess the following countries' needs for assistance from the ESF: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Slovak…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
Dame, Frederick William – 1999
This book explores Jean-Jacques Rousseau's educational philosophy, as expressed in his key works, and applies that philosophy to adult education and revolution. The titles and topics of the book's seven chapters are as follows: (1) "L'Invitation: Raison d'Etre" (prelude, statement, significance, the process, assumptions and limitations);…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
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