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From the Provider-Led to an Employer-Led System: Implications of Apprenticeship Reform on the Private Training Market
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Chankseliani, Maia; Relly, Susan James – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2015
Despite expending a great deal of public money, and after many government-led "reforms" to develop an apprenticeship system that rivals those found in other countries, the apprenticeship system in England still faces a number of challenges and failings, not least in the private training market. This paper explores the landscape of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Private Education, Educational Methods
Examining Program Quality Disparities between Urban and Rural Kindergartens in China: Evidence from Zhejiang
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Hu, Bi Ying; Zhou, Yisu; Li, Kejian; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
In recent years, the Chinese government has initiated a national plan to universalize quality kindergartens for all age-eligible Chinese children. Kindergarten is the main form of early childhood education and care (ECEC) service across China. However, the government faces two thorny issues on the journey toward realizing educational equity for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Equal Education, Kindergarten
The Evolution and Impact of Literacy Campaigns and Programmes, 2000-2014. UIL Research Series: No. 1
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Hanemann, Ulrike – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
The paper analyses the status and characteristics of adult literacy campaigns and programmes since 2000. Global trends are analysed in terms of the ten key aspects of the suggested framework for successful literacy campaigns and programmes. Four case studies on major literacy campaigns in Brazil, India, South Africa and Indonesia are used to…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Publicity, Adult Literacy, Global Approach
Pulling the River: The Interactions of Local and Global Influences in Chinese Early Childhood Music Education
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Chen-Hafteck, Lily; Zhuoya, X. U. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2008
Educators in China are facing challenges as a tug-of-war between local culture and global influences in Chinese early childhood music educations plays out. By exploring the situations of Hong Kong and Nanjing, the authors demonstrate a wide gap between policy and practice. The top-down policy from government officials is based on global views of…
Descriptors: Music Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Parent Education Programs and Support Services in Edmonton. Summary.
1982
Major funders of parent education services in Edmonton, Alberta, requested a study to determine what additional parent education programs/support services were required for the city, and who should be responsible for funding and delivery of these programs/services. While a detailed description of the study's design and results is provided in a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Methods, Financial Support
The Education of Adults: A World Perspective.
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Lowe, John – 1975
A summary of the third International Conference on Adult Education (Tokyo) by UNESCO, the book examines adult education trends of the last decade, functions of adult education as related to lifelong education, and formulation of adult education policies in the context of national education plans. During the 12-year period between conferences,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Conferences, Developed Nations