scholarly journals Educational broadcasting - just for kids?

1989 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Kenworthy
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Standing Committee ◽  
Teacher Choice ◽  
Educational Broadcasting ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
And Training

<span>This paper examines and compares the appropriateness of broadcasting and narrowcasting to delivering educational programs for adult learners. It describes some recent developments in Australia and gives a number of examples of how specific groups of students can be targeted by narrowcasting.</span><p>It examines the ability of television to be used in a live, interactive capacity using as a major example North Island College and the Knowledge Network in British Columbia, Canada and discusses the recent report of The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training, An Apple for the Teacher? Choice and technology in learning and comments upon a number of recommendations that the Committee made about education and television.</p>

The Higher Education Revolution in Australia – the Impact on Libraries

1989 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Steele
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
National System ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
Major Review ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training ◽  
Research Centres ◽  
Australian Department

Significant changes have taken place in Australian higher education since 1987, reflecting a new unified national system for higher education. The changes have included amalgamations of higher education bodies; the dissolution of the binary system; the development of educational profiles for institutions; the expansion of national research centres; the introduction of fees; and a growth in student numbers in higher education. Libraries are expected to play a key role in the unified national system of higher education, albeit with no significant increase in funding likely to meet the new demands. A major review of higher education libraries, recently announced by the Australian Department of Employment, Education and Training, will have a big impact. The concept of a distributed national collection, which arose out of the Australian Libraries Summit of 1988, is being actively discussed, particularly in the light of recent developments in the National Library of Australia's Collection Development Strategy.

The effect of people on the supply chain world: Some overlooked issues

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-208
Author(s):  
Matthew W. McCarter ◽  
Stanley E. Fawcett ◽  
Gregory M. Magnan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Technology Integration ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Supply Chain Collaboration ◽  
And Training

Some scholars have been so blunt as to claim that information technology is the answer to all the problems facing supply chain managers. We posit that, although information technology integration is necessary for a supply chain to succeed, people are also crucial. We further propose that managers must take into consideration organizational culture and the education and training of employees to facilitate supply chain collaboration and success. We interviewed 51 senior-level supply chain managers across five channel positions. Findings support our position that management of people is crucial to supply chain integration, and that integration is improved through an accommodating organizational culture and training and educational programs. Also from our findings, we supply a prescription for building the supply chain cross-functional manager.

scholarly journals NEET as an Outcome for Care Leavers in South Africa: The Case of Girls and Boys Town

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Dickens ◽  
Peter Marx
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
South African ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Significant Risk Factor ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Boys Town ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
Status Of Care ◽  
And Training

A well-documented outcome for emerging adults in determining their “success” is whether they are Not in Employment, Education, or Training (NEET) or engaged in Education, Employment, and Training (EET). Being NEET can create psychological, emotional, financial, and health challenges and is a significant risk factor in youth making successful transitions into adulthood. This article describes and compares the NEET and EET status of care leavers from Girls and Boys Town after 1 and 2 years and in relation to other outcomes. The results suggest that while care leavers’ NEET rates are high, they are not significantly higher than those of the South African general population as seen elsewhere in the world. Furthermore, being NEET is associated with more negative care leaving outcomes than being EET; however, this article also highlights the vulnerability of those who are EET. Relationships with family and support networks play a critical role in helping and supporting these youth.

scholarly journals Domestic and International Perspectives on Financing Adult Education and Training

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 389-390
Author(s):  
Abigail Helsinger ◽  
Oksana Dikhtyar ◽  
Phyllis Cummins ◽  
Nytasia Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
And Training

Abstract Adult education and training (AET) over the life-course is necessary to participate in economic, social, and political activities in the time of globalization and technological advancement. However, little research has been done to identify mechanisms to fund AET opportunities among middle-aged and older adults from a comparative international perspective. Our study aimed to identify strategies to finance AET opportunities for middle-aged and older adults through an international lens, to help identify barriers and facilitators in effort to best support adult learners regardless of education background or socioeconomic characteristics. We carried out a descriptive qualitative study to facilitate an in-depth understanding of funding mechanisms available to adult learners in the selected countries, from the perspective of adult education and policy experts. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 61 international adult education experts from government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and education institutions. Our informants represented 10 countries including Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Data included at least one in-depth phone or web-based qualitative interview per informant in addition to information gathered from written materials (e.g., peer-reviewed publications and organizational reports). We identified three financing options that arose as themes: government-sponsored funding; employer-sponsored funding; and self-funding. We found that government-sponsored funding is especially important for low-skilled, low-income older adults for whom employer-sponsored or self-funding is not available. Our results have implications for lifelong AET policy changes, such as adaptations of successful AET funding programs across global communities.

scholarly journals Changing the Game - Can A Sport-Based Youth Development Programme Generate a Positive Social Return on Investment?

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Sanders ◽  
Emanuel Raptis
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Social Return On Investment ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
And Training

This study examines a sport for development and peace intervention initiated by Grassroot Soccer South Africa that promotes youth employability and leadership. A results-based management approach and a social return on investment methodology were used to track the young people during and after the intervention. Preliminary results offer encouraging evidence of progress into employment, education and training with positive social returns for the youth and external stakeholders, suggesting that this investment is cost-effective and impactful. The results indicate that structured sport-based programmes can put young people to work and study in a constructive manner, thereby stimulating economic growth and development. It is concluded that initiatives using sport to promote youth work merit greater investment, recognition and research.

Preparing Undergraduate Psychology Students for Careers in Business

1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo J. Carducci ◽  
William C. Deeds ◽  
John W. Jones ◽  
Donald M. Moretti ◽  
Jeffrey G. Reed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Psychology Majors ◽  
Undergraduate Psychology ◽  
And Training

As a means of increasing their career opportunities, psychology majors can prepare themselves for business careers in areas such as marketing, human resources administration, and training and development. This article identifies some important skills for psychologists working in the business field and describes educational programs and curricular strategies for acquiring those skills.

Justification Based on Rational Training

2010 ◽  
pp. 146-165
Author(s):  
Karim A. Remtulla
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Cultural Critique ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Worker Identity ◽  
And Training

This chapter produces a socio-cultural critique of the ‘rational training’ workplace e-learning scenario. In this workplace e-learning scenario, workplace e-learning for workplace adult education training is used to justify the workforce through standards, categories, and measures. The alienating effects that arise out of this rush towards technocentric rationalization of the workforce through workplace e-learning are also discussed. These are the unintended and paradoxically opposite outcomes to the effects actually anticipated. An exploratory case study problematizes the unquestioned acceptance of the technological artefacts of workplace e-learning within organizations as credible sources to provide a rationale to justify workforces within workplaces. This approach critiques the presumption of infallibility of the technological artefacts of workplace e-learning; considers the short-comings of the conceiving of workplace e-learning as ‘finished’; and, reveals the ‘underdetermined’ nature of workplace e-learning technological artefacts. Socio-cultural insensitivity from workplace e-learning, in this scenario, comes from the basic, unquestioned assumption that workers are essentially socially flawed and culturally inferior; accountable for overcoming their sociocultural flaws and inferiorities; and, need to be justified by workplace e-learning, through standards, categories, and measures, to meet the expectations of the infallible and commodified workplace. A workplace e-learning that is deployed to justify the workforce, through standardization, categorization, and measurement, all result in a workforce being alienated from: (a) each other (worker-worker alienation); (b) their work (worker-work alienation); and, (c) their personal identities and sense of self (worker-identity alienation). Social rationalization is not the means to social justice in the workplace when it comes to workplace adult education and training, workplace e-learning, and the diverse and multicultural learning needs of a global cohort of adult learners.

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