Employer-Sponsored Training For Industrial Skills: Current Practices and Future Directions.

Harvey, Edward B.; McShane, Steven L.

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ERIC Number: EJ247970

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Publication Date: 1980

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Employer-Sponsored Training For Industrial Skills: Current Practices and Future Directions.

Harvey, Edward B.; McShane, Steven L.

Interchange on Educational Policy, v11 n3 p23-32 1980-81

The Canadian educational system has tended to reinforce the idea that white-collar jobs are more desirable than blue-collar jobs. A study examined various organizational factors which have implications for industrial training, and indicated that the benefits of industrial training and employment in the skilled trades should be more widely disseminated. (JN)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Immigrants, Industrial Training, Labor Force, Labor Supply, Retraining, Skilled Workers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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