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2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on increasing job satisfaction that was conducted as part of a conference on human resource development (HRD). "A Systematic Model of Job Design by Examining the Organizational Factors Affecting Satisfaction" (Zhichao Cheng, Danyang Yang, Fenglou Liu) reports on a project in which…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitude Change, Career Choice, Career Planning
Kromann, Winkler – 1999
This document examines the state of regulated professions, as defined by Council of the European Communities Directive 92/51/EEC, in those Central and Eastern European countries that are candidates for admission into the European Union. The introduction discusses Council Directive 92/51/EEC, previous directives, and the national case studies on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), Case Studies
Butler, Elaine; Ferrier, Fran – 2000
Most of the research on women and vocational education and training (VET) in Australia and elsewhere that was published in 1987-1998 may be characterized as follows: (1) it was undertaken to inform or support policy decisions and is therefore framed by political and ideological agendas; (2) it is piecemeal; (3) it tends to consider women as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Curriculum, Education Work Relationship
Bottomley, John – 1998
This document presents information concerning a project to research and develop strategies to increase participation in adult community education (ACE) by Australian adults from language backgrounds other than English. Sections 1-3 describe the major project activities, which were as follows: literature review, compilation of model programs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Community Education
Keating, Daniel P., Ed.; Hertzman, Clyde, Ed. – 1999
Asking how we can best support the health and well-being of infants and children in an era of rapid economic and technological change, this book presents findings on human development as both an individual and a population phenomenon. Topics discussed include links between socioeconomic status, achievement, and health; the impact of early…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Animal Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Development
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Human Resources Development Canada, Hull (Quebec). Office of Learning Technologies. – 1998
This document contains information from and about the Pan-Canadian Forum on Community Learning Networks (CLNs) that was conducted to identify existing and emerging needs of CLNs and identify emerging trends and issues related to CLNs. The document begins with a discussion of role played by CLNs in building a lifelong learning culture. Presented…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, College Programs
1999
These four papers are from a symposium on evaluation in human resource development (HRD). "Assessing Organizational Readiness for Learning through Evaluative Inquiry" (Hallie Preskill, Rosalie T. Torres) reviews how evaluative inquiry can facilitate organizational learning; argues HRD evaluation should be reconceptualized as a process…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Luke, Carmen – 1997
This booklet, which was written for adult literacy practitioners in Australia, examines some key issues currently being raised about new information technologies and technological literacy. The following are among the topics discussed in the booklet's nine sections: innovation and dissemination (effects of videocassette recorders, computers, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Barnett, Kate – 1997
Research examining issues of training provision for public and private training providers in Australia over the past 6 years was reviewed. Selected conclusions of the review were as follows: (1) national training reform has promoted competitive delivery of vocational and technical education (VET) by seeking to remove impediments faced by…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Competency Based Education, Competition
Clayton, Pamela M., Ed.; Fojcik, Vavrinec; Greco, Silvana; Hulkko, Johanna; Kelly, Eimer; Kostka, Miroslav; McGill, Paul; Machackova, D.; Maiello, Marco; Makela, Eija; Sinorova, Lenka; Troska, Robert; Ward, Mary – 1999
This document contains 7 papers that evolved from 44 case studies of access to vocational guidance for people at risk of social exclusion in 5 European countries. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Pamela Clayton); "Access to Vocational Guidance in Italy" (Silvana Greco, Marco Maiello); "Access to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, At Risk Persons, Career Education
Wagner, Daniel A.; Hopey, Christopher – 1998
Three Internet-based adult literacy and adult education programs in Philadelphia were examined to identify ways Internet technology can be used to improve adult basic and literacy education. The Adult Literacy Technology Innovation Network (ALTIN) technology program, which began in the mid-1990s, provides basic instructional technology staff…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Falk, Ian; Golding, Barry; Balatti, Josephine – 2000
The 10 portraits, or case studies, in this book are intended to show how locally-owned adult education turns everyday learning into social and economic well-being. Taken alone, each portrait tries to give a particular insight into the daily transformation of adults and their local communities. Together, the group portrait shows how strongly adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Benefits, Community Development
Scholes, Julie; Endacott, Ruth; Chellel, Annie – 1999
The knowledge and skills needed by critical care nurses and the content and strategies of England's existing critical care nursing education programs were examined to identify core competencies that could provide a central foundation for and promote national comparability of critical care nursing programs throughout England. The study included a…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Competence, Competency Based Education, Core Curriculum
Crowther, Jim, Ed.; Martin, Ian, Ed.; Shaw, Mae, Ed. – 1999
The following papers are included: "Foreword" (Colin Kirkwood); "Introductory Essay: Popular Education and Social Movements in Scotland Today" (Ian Martin); "Popular Education and the Struggle for Democracy" (Jim Crowther); "Social Movements and the Politics of Educational Change" (Lindsay Paterson);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Education, Consciousness Raising
Shaw, K. E. – 2000
Changing conditions in the global market have necessitated that students be taught to adopt new knowledge by understanding it in depth and having it spontaneously available for use in the real world. All students, especially those in science and technology, must learn to construct new meanings and understandings independently by restructuring…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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