Education, Training, and the Traditional Sector

Education, Training, and the Traditional Sector
Author: Jacques Hallak
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1981
Genre: Education
ISBN:

UNESCO pub. Report on relations between educational level and vocational training and between employment opportunities and labour force participation in the urbaninformal sector in developing countries - discusses differing views concerning the traditional sector, and, using results of studies in Africa, Latin America and Asia, sketches profiles of workers by educational level, sex and type (migrant workers, entrepreneurs, apprentices), and analyzes unemployment in urban areas. ILO mentioned. Annotated bibliography pp. 138 to 143, graphs.

Mauritius

Mauritius
Author: Mr.James Y. Yao
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2003-11-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451874863

Despite strong economic growth, a "U"-curve unemployment phenomenon in Mauritius can be observed. Unemployment plunged from 21 percent to less than 4 percent between the early 1980s and the early 1990s, but this trend was reversed and the rate increased to 10 percent by end-2002. This paper provides an analytical framework to explain this development. The growth of higher-skilled sectors coupled with rigidities in the labor market seem to account for the observed unemployment behavior. Policy makers can improve employment prospects by not only investing in education to reduce skills mismatch but also by reforming the pay-setting institutions.

Education for Development or Underdevelopment?

Education for Development or Underdevelopment?
Author: M.K. Bacchus
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0889203857

How critical is education in the development struggle of a third world country? Responding to popular demands for more accessible education, the Guyanese government instituted numerous educational reforms, hoping to promote economic growth in both the modern and the traditional sectors of the economy. Many in the traditional sector, however, saw education as a means of economic advancement, and sought increasingly to move into higher social strata through employment in the modern sector. Consequently, the civil service and private firms gained an oversupply of personnel, while agriculture and small business suffered, and unemployment increased. The author examines Guyana’s educational system from historical, political, social, and economic perspectives, and draws implications for other developing countries.

Training and the Private Sector

Training and the Private Sector
Author: Lisa M. Lynch
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2007-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0226498158

How can today's workforce keep pace with an increasingly competitive global economy? As new technologies rapidly transform the workplace, employee requirements are changing and workers must adapt to different working conditions. This volume compares new evidence on the returns from worker training in the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Japan, Norway, and the Netherlands. The authors focus on Germany's widespread, formal apprenticeship programs; the U.S. system of learning-by-doing; Japan's low employee turnover and extensive company training; and Britain's government-led and school-based training schemes. The evidence shows that, overall, training in the workplace is more effective than training in schools. Moreover, even when U.S. firms spend as much on training as other countries do, their employees may still be less skilled than workers in Europe or Japan. Training and the Private Sector points to training programs in Germany, Japan, and other developed countries as models for creating a workforce in the United States that can compete more successfully in today's economy.

External Quality Assurance in Higher Education

External Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Author: Michaela Martin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2007
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789280313048

External quality assurance (EQA) has become an important item on the policy agendas of higher education systems across the world. This publication discusses the different options available. This publication can be used for identifying issues and concerns of policy-makers in the area of quality assurance.--Publisher's description.

International Research Handbook on Values Education and Student Wellbeing

International Research Handbook on Values Education and Student Wellbeing
Author: Terence Lovat
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1011
Release: 2010-08-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9048186757

Informed by the most up-to-date research from around the world, as well as examples of good practice, this handbook analyzes values education in the context of a range of school-based measures associated with student wellbeing. These include social, emotional, moral and spiritual growth – elements that seem to be present where intellectual advancement and academic achievement are being maximized. This text comes as ‘values education’ widens in scope from being concerned with morality, ethics, civics and citizenship to a broader definition synonymous with a holistic approach to education in general. This expanded purview is frequently described as pedagogy relating to ‘values’ and ‘wellbeing’. This contemporary understanding of values education, or values and wellbeing pedagogy, fits well with recent neuroscience research. This has shown that notions of cognition, or intellect, are far more intertwined with social and emotional growth than earlier educational paradigms have allowed for. In other words, the best laid plans about the technical aspects of pedagogy are bound to fail unless the growth of the whole person – social, emotional, moral, spiritual and intellectual, is the pedagogical target. Teachers and educationalists will find that this handbook provides evidence, culled from both research and practice, of the beneficial effects of such a ‘values and wellbeing’ pedagogy.

Considerations on Education for Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability

Considerations on Education for Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability
Author: Sart, Gamze
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 549
Release: 2023-05-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1668483572

Considerable increases in economic growth and development, population, and urbanization have been experienced in the world as of the industrial revolution, but significant environmental degradation, climate change, resource depletion, inequality in education and income, gender inequality, and poverty have accompanied these developments. In this context, the joint efforts of the United Nations and countries have led to the emergence of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development consisting of 17 sustainable development goals to overcome these problems. One of the sustainable development goals is quality education. Education can influence the achievement of other sustainable development goals through various channels. Considerations on Education for Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability explores the impact of education on the main components of sustainable development consisting of economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Covering topics such as business transformation, transitional innovation, and the professional integration of graduates, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for business leaders, government officials, sociologists, educators of higher and K-12 education, preservice teachers, administrators, policymakers, researchers, and academicians.

Unequal Chances to Participate in Adult Learning

Unequal Chances to Participate in Adult Learning
Author: Richard Desjardins
Publisher: Richard Desjardins
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9280312928

This publication gives an comparative review of international adult education trends and examines their policy and research implications. It focuses on the issue of access to adult learning opportunities and discusses the various motivating factors that can explain observed inequalities in participation, by using internationally comparative data.

Department of Education

Department of Education
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1928
Release: 1985
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Key Concepts in Adult Education and Training

Key Concepts in Adult Education and Training
Author: Malcolm Tight
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134476108

As adults, we are all continually involved in learning, with increasing numbers of us engaged in more formalized forms of learning; that is, in education or training. All those involved in the broad field of adult education and training will come into contact with many specialist ideas or concepts. It is often assumed of students that they already have a general understanding of these concepts, their meanings, applicability and inter-relationships. This is not always the case. This book examines in detail over forty of these key concepts, ranging from community education and experiential learning to competence and access. It presents a clear, analytical discussion in jargon-free language. It is, therefore, indispensable to all students and practitioners of adult education and training.