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Young, William H., Ed. – 1998
This book contains 22 chapters, each by separate authors, about the present and changing state of continuing professional education. The following are included: "Introduction" (William H. Young); "Visioning in Continuing Professional Education via Paradigm Shifts in Research Activities" (Thomas A. Lifvendahl); "Wellness for Professionals" (Michele…
Descriptors: Career Change, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
PDF pending restorationMay, Annie – 1988
This document contains three reports: (1) a report on women entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom (UK) in English; (2) the same report in French; and (3) a synthesis report of 12 national reports and 4 related reports. The report on women entrepreneurs in the UK includes an introduction, a description of the methodology, five sections of findings,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Guidance, Comparative Education, Credit (Finance)
Download full textBarnes, Jennifer; And Others – 1994
This collection of 13 papers offers an international perspective on future directions of staff development at colleges and universities, focusing on academic staff development, higher education teaching networks, and managerial and human resource development. Papers are: (1) "Higher Education Staff Development for the 21st Century: Directions…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Administration, College Instruction, Colleges
Rumble, Greville, Ed.; Oliveira, Joao, Ed. – 1992
This book contains the following papers on distance vocational education programs: "Vocational Education at a Distance" (Oliveira, Rumble); "An Introduction to Case Studies" (Oliveira, Rumble); "'Working on Work': Orientation on Work and the Labour Market in the Netherlands" (Bender, Bronkhorst); "Expanding…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Case Studies, College Programs, Computer Science Education
Boud, David, Ed. – 1998
This book contains nine papers on current issues and new agendas in workplace learning in Australia. The first paper, "A New Focus on Workplace Learning Research" (David Boud), examines the rise of interest in and conceptions of workplace learning. The next three papers focus on different conceptions of workplace learning: "Fusing…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship
Thomas, Diana, Ed. – 1995
This book contains 15 papers written by contributors from all areas of Great Britain in further and higher education. The following papers are included: "Learning to Be Flexible" (Diana Thomas); "Managing Change: Towards a New Paradigm?" (Mac Stephenson, Timothy Lehmann); "Open Learning: Educational Opportunity or…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Community Education, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
2001
This document contains three papers on issues in evaluation. "Evaluation of the Method of Modeling: A Case Study of the Finnish Steel Industry" (Ville Nurmi) describes the method of modeling as an educational strategy to support both specific goal-directed transformative learning focused on work process and learning in workplaces, and it…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Automation, Case Studies
Ashby, Franklin C., Ed. – 1999
This book contains 13 case studies that illustrate models, techniques, theories, strategies, and issues relevant to leadership development programs in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The following papers are included: "The Past, Present, and Future of Leadership Development" (Franklin C. Ashby); "Leadership Development…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Adult Education, Business Education, Case Studies
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1997
This document contains 18 policy, synthesis, and analysis papers and foreign experts' contributions examining the following topics: challenges facing vocational education and training (VET) in the Czech Republic; the main aims and strategies of reforming the country's VET system; the role of VET in transforming the republic into a learning society…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Economic Development
