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Direct linkCiaran O'Sullivan; Michael Grove; Ciarán Mac an Bhaird; Peter Mulligan; Kirsten Pfeiffer – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 2024
Tutors play an important role in effective Mathematics Learning Support, and ensuring good initial training and development is key. Typically, in the UK and Ireland, tutors do not gain any formal recognition for the training they receive. This paper details a four competences model of training for tutors and presents the analysis of feedback from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutor Training, Tutors, Tutoring
Download full textMcKenna, Rosa; Fitzpatrick, Lynne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
This document summarizes an extensive study of policies and practices in adult literacy and adult basic education in a number of countries undertaken by Rosa McKenna and Lynne Fitzpatrick. The original study contains considerably greater detail and analyses issues on a country-by-country basis. The countries studied--Canada, the Republic of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Development, Quality Control, Adult Literacy
McKenna, Rosa; Fitzpatrick, Lynne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
The aim of this report was to analyze, through a desktop audit, international trends in adult literacy policy and programs. The audit includes an examination of the significant research undertaken, and policy statements made by international institutions such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Vocational Education, Educational Policy
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Berlin (West Germany). – 1988
This document reports the proceedings of a research forum on vocational training. Following an introduction that outlines the course of the meetings, the following 13 papers are included in the proceedings: "Report by the National Employment Office (ONEM)" (Belgium); "Training Research and Development" (National Manpower…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Postsecondary Education
MacKeogh, Kay; Fox, Seamus – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2009
This paper addresses the question: how can e-learning be embedded in traditional universities so that it contributes to the transformation of the university? The paper examines e-learning strategies in higher education, locating the institutional context within the broader framework of national and international policy drivers which link…
Descriptors: On Campus Students, Higher Education, Action Research, Distance Education
Fulcher, Leon C.; Ainsworth, Frank – Child & Youth Services, 2006
Attention is drawn to important themes thought likely to influence the continuing development of group care services for children and young people in the decade ahead. These include a poorly educated workforce, autonomous training, multi-disciplinary approaches, centres of excellence, diversified programs, new trends and issues shaping the future,…
Descriptors: Children, Young Adults, Residential Care, Group Homes
McNamara, Gerry – 1998
The provision of guidance in adult and continuing education in Ireland was examined. First, policy in Ireland regarding guidance for adults in education is discussed in the context of the proposals adopted by the European Union (EU) Commission and EU Member States pursuant to the EU Year of Lifelong Learning in 1996. Recent literature on career…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
