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Martínez Morales, Ignacio; Bernad i Garcia, Joan Carles; Molpeceres Pastor, Mariángeles; López, Míriam Abiétar; Navas Saurin, Almudena; Marhuenda Fluixá, Fernando; Giménez Urraco, Elena – European Educational Research Journal, 2015
Throughout the history of education different conceptions have been developed about the role and the function that education has in society as a whole. Such conceptions have been constructed around different discourses that show underlying social conflicts. The different educational practices acquire their legitimacy through such discourses, which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Policy, Comprehensive Programs
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2008
"New Chance," a program for young welfare mothers who have dropped out of school, aims to improve both their employment potential and their parenting skills. Participants take GED (General Educational Development) preparation classes and complete a parenting and life skills curriculum. Once they complete this first phase of the program,…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Intervention, Job Placement, Mothers
Alford, Katrina; James, Richard – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
In 2004, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) developed a national Indigenous VET research strategy in partnership with the former Australian Indigenous Training Advisory Council. The research strategy provides a comprehensive program until 2006 to fill the major gaps in knowledge identified through a midterm review of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment, Comprehensive Programs, Adult Education