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Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
This guide informs women about the apprenticeship system and how it operates, provides some background on the problems that women sometimes encounter in seeking apprenticeships, and outlines the apprenticeship application process. Statistics are given concerning the growth in the number of women participating in the apprenticeship system. In the…
Descriptors: Age, Apprenticeships, Employed Women, Federal Legislation
Clarke, Oliver – 1975
The series of three lectures examine different aspects of work as manifested in changes in workers' attitudes, responses to these changes in the European context, and significant European developments in relation to worker participation. The first lecture discusses social, technological, educational, and economic changes that have affected…
Descriptors: Administration, Attitude Change, Developed Nations, Industrialization
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1969
Does management in newly established factories using highly advanced technology meet special problems in recruitment and training of their workers? Are the traditional training systems supplying the skilled manpower required for running highly sophisticated plants? These were the basic questions asked when the present study was started in seven…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Industrial Training, Industry
Department of Employment, London (England). – 1969
After a review of existing courses and methods in Great Britain for training full-time instructors, a study was made of inplant and out of plant systems of on the job training using experienced workers as part-time instructors. This emerged as the training approach most often used, especially for machine operators and among the many small firms…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Industrial Personnel, Industrial Training, Industry
Fairleigh Dickinson Univ., Rutherford, NJ. – 1973
Apprenticeship is described from its earliest beginnings to the present, emphasizing relationships to unions, employers, and government. Apprenticeship training in New Jersey is treated separately, covering administration (statutory authority, historical foundations, systems of county coordinators, federal ties, and funding) and current trends…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Labor Economics, Labor Education, Labor Market
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1963
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Beaulieu, Lionel J., Ed.; Gibbs, Robert, Ed. – Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University, 2005
Today's rural leaders are becoming increasingly attuned to the fact that high achieving schools and related human capital investment strategies are key ingredients in the promotion of sustainable development at the local level. Serious challenges often await rural areas that seek to pursue such efforts. As a case in point, if rural schools are…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Skilled Workers, Sustainable Development, Talent
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Finegold, David – Education Economics, 1993
Reasons underlying a low demand for vocational skills in United Kingdom industry, relative to major competitors, are investigated. Low demand leads to a low supply of skilled labor, since the rates of return to vocational training are unattractive to potential trainees. Suggestions for reform are made. (Author)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
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Whawo, D. Duwovwiji – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1993
Investigates the feasibility of hiring skilled craftspeople to teach practical workshop skills in secondary-level prevocational courses in Nigeria. Presents results of a survey of 200 artisans to determine their willingness to teach full- or part-time and minimum salary requirements. Indicates that 85.6% were willing to teach. Discusses…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Economic Factors, Educational Planning, Feasibility Studies
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Lyons, John E.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Education, 1991
The history of vocational education in Canada is traced, examining prejudices against it and constitutional issues that have inhibited its development. To solve its labor problems, Canada requires a national system of vocational education that ensures that young people see it as challenging and worthwhile. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Development, Educational History, Foreign Countries
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Freeman, Gary P. – International Migration Review, 1992
Studies the politics of immigration in the major immigrant-receiving countries, focusing on the United States, Canada, and Australia. A strong pattern of restrictionism in the face of pressures for entry is found, coupled with exceptions, amnesties, and hesitation to enforce the law. Consequences of these inconsistencies are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy
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Nelson-Rowe, Shan – History of Education Quarterly, 1991
Focuses on the relationship between corporation schooling and the labor market in the early twentieth century in the United States. Follows the beginnings of corporation schools as industry began to provide its own shop training programs to develop a trained labor force. Explores labor market concerns, the effects schools had on earnings, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational History, Higher Education, Industrial Education
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Foreman-Peck, James – Policy Futures in Education, 2004
A distinctive feature of the British approach until the 1960s was that vocational education and training (VET) should be provided by employers. This is conventionally contrasted with the much more formal state coordinated approach of Germany. The question posed is whether the British style was the "spontaneous order" that results because…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational History, Apprenticeships
Patton, Madeline – American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2008
This publication presents the following articles: (1) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Develops Student Recruitment and Retention Strategies; (2) Marketer Advises Tech Educators Appeal to Teens' Emotions, Desires to Do Something Important; (3) Digital Bridge Academy Gets At-Risk Students on Paths to Knowledge-Based Careers; (4) Project…
Descriptors: Technology Education, STEM Education, Community Colleges, Human Capital
Fluitman, Fred – 1992
Apprenticeship is the main avenue to self-employment in micro-enterprises and thus a cornerstone of informal sector development in West Africa. Survey results for Ibadan, Lome, Dakar, Niamey, and other cities demonstrate that apprenticeship as practiced by informal sector artisans is often very similar from one country to the next. Dropout rates…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Business Administration, Developing Nations, Dropouts
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