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Fischer, David Jason; Bowles, Jonathan, Ed. – Center for an Urban Future, 2008
This report lays out the case for career and technical education (CTE) in New York City. It examines 21 dedicated CTE high schools, the interests and needs of a business community eager to support career-oriented education, and the performance, problems and promise of a vein of educational programming whose time might finally be at hand. The…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Skilled Workers
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Emad, Gholamreza; Roth, Wolff Michael – Education & Training, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the contradictions in the current maritime education and training system (MET), which is based on competency-based education, training and assessment, and to theorize the failure to make the training useful. Design/methodology/approach: A case study of education and training in the international…
Descriptors: Marine Education, Competency Based Education, Program Effectiveness, Competence
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de Bres, Julia; Holmes, Janet; Joe, Angela; Marra, Meredith; Newton, Jonathan; Riddiford Nicky; Vine, Bernadette – Language Teaching, 2009
The School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (LALS) at Victoria University of Wellington conducts research and teaching in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Writing and Deaf Studies. It incorporates a Deaf Studies Research Unit, which undertakes research on topics relating to deaf people and their language in New Zealand, and the New…
Descriptors: Language Research, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers
Aw, Fanta – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The research study examines the relationship of international students to changing U.S. political economy. The research attempts to move international students from the periphery to the center of understanding the changing U.S. political economy in the twenty-first century. I argue that international students play an important role in building a…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Democracy, Engineering, Developing Nations
Smith, Andrew; Oczkowski, Eddie; Smith, Chris Selby – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2008
Not being able to hire people with the required skills is an obvious impediment to the productivity and prosperity of any organisation and, ultimately, to a country's economy. An equally important concern for employers is how to keep skilled employees and how to use their skills fully. This report examines the ways in which Australian employers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Skilled Workers, Employees
Arem, Hannah E. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2008
Globalization has emerged as a buzzword in a number of disciplines in recent years. The most recent wave of globalization is characterized by an increase in economic deregulation, privatization, structural adjustment policies, finance flows, global public debates, immigration, multiculturalism, and the technology revolution. In this paper, the…
Descriptors: Privatization, Global Approach, Anthropology, Cultural Pluralism
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Ogunduyile, Sunday Roberts; Kayode, Femi; Ojo, Bankole – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2008
Despite interest in the arts, art and design practice in Nigeria continues to witness a downward trend. A new orientation and redirection of priorities, skills development, and patterns of practice that are not contradictory to the code of professional conduct and ethical procedures is contemplated. This paper groups the professionally trained…
Descriptors: Art History, Art Education, Artists, Skilled Workers
Dorfman, Peter – Education Canada, 2008
As Canada comes to depend more and more on immigrants for economic growth, the quick integration of newcomers becomes an economic, as well as a social, necessity. Almost all urban schools have some newcomers, and even rural schools are receiving a growing number. They come from many countries and experiences, which makes generalizations tricky. A…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Skilled Workers
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Derwing, Tracey M; Munro, Murray J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2009
Changing economic realities in Canada are likely to result in increased employment opportunities for immigrant professionals. In Alberta, where these changes have already begun, issues of language in the workplace have surfaced, some relating to oral skills. In this investigation of Canadian-born employees' preferences for 40 L2 accented voices,…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Employment Opportunities
Lamos, Erin; Simon, Martin; Waits, Mary Jo – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2010
This report presents a case study of the Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC), which brings together auto manufacturers and community colleges across 12 states to identify and implement wide-ranging improvements in technical education for automotive manufacturing workers. A "Big Collaboration"--AMTEC…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Global Approach, Technical Education, Labor Force Development
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Folkestad, James E.; Banning, James – Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Global communication, international workflow, and connected learning are converging to realign power, wealth, and work. As Friedman (2006) explained, many forces are coming together to cause a flattening or leveling effect of the world's workforce. This has allowed many skilled workers from emerging nations to enter the workplace and compete for…
Descriptors: Skilled Workers, Labor Force, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
Jones, Benjamin F. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
This paper presents a model where human capital differences--rather than technology differences--can explain several central phenomena in the world economy. The results follow from the educational choices of workers, who decide not just how long to train, but also how broadly. A "knowledge trap" occurs in economies where skilled workers favor…
Descriptors: Human Capital, International Trade, Role of Education, Skilled Workers
Lewis, C. Deanna – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2008
Home Builders Institute (HBI), the workforce development arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), is dedicated to the advancement and enrichment of education and training programs serving the needs of the building industry. For more than 30 years, HBI has trained skilled workers in residential construction, promoted the industry as…
Descriptors: Skilled Workers, Labor Force Development, Career Awareness, Employees
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Torraco, Richard J. – Community College Review, 2008
This study examines student learning experiences in nine occupational education programs at two Midwestern community colleges. Interviews with 39 program graduates and 10 of their supervisors provided information about the features of the occupational programs that were most beneficial for job preparation, those that were least beneficial for job…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Lifelong Learning, Learning Experience, Interviews
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Teulings, Coen N. – Journal of Political Economy, 2005
I apply Ricardo's principle of comparative advantage to a theory of factor substitutability in a model with a continuum of worker and job types. Highly skilled workers have a comparative advantage in complex jobs. The model satisfies the distance-dependent elasticity of substitution (DIDES) characteristic: substitutability between types declines…
Descriptors: Wages, Skilled Workers, Human Capital
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