The global economy is a reality. The challenge facing international human resource management (IHRM) is not whether to use widely recognized HR concepts and techniques hut rather how to effectively adapt and fit them across cultures. The purpose of this article is to suggest and demonstrate a contin…
As a result of policy initiatives in the mid-1980s, the Department for Education and Employment has been encouraging the development of national occupational standards and National and Scottish Vocational Qualifications (N/SVQs) in all occupational sectors within the UK. For the health and social ca…
Source:International Journal of Educational Development
(1997)
With under 20% of grade 6 graduates in Côte d'Ivoire proceeding to secondary school, the informal economic sector serves as a critical sector for their employment. A study of this sector reveals a general, fundamental set of skills, knowledge and attitudes required to learn and master the different …
This paper was written in 1992, while Benson was Director of NCRVE. It sets forth a vision of a "new vocationalism" that integrates academic and occupational curriculum, combines classroom instruction with work-based learning, and connects secondary with post-secondary education. The paper explains …
Recent policies have promoted work-based learning as part of the curriculum. Many students in the U.S. already work in part-time jobs, but spending a lot of hours per week in after-school jobs has been found to detract from students' performance in school. Co-operative education (co-op) ties work to…
The author argues that community-based organizations can improve the quality and relevance of school-to-work programs. Community-based organizations can integrate secondary schools into broader community economic development initiatives and keep students interested in staying in school. Case studies…
Over the past few years, an initiative called the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) has been unfolding in South Africa. The NQF has as its vision the integration of education and training and the creation of mechanisms through which all learners can receive accreditation for their learning, ir…
Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1997)
This paper explores the transformative potential of cultural change in one locale for other cultural worlds, examining how participants in a particular cultural transformation may become influential when positioned as strategic agents in other contexts. A collaborative action research study in teach…
Source:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(1997)
This paper discusses the introduction of competence based qualifications from the users’ perspective, which includes those involved in undertaking competence based qualifications for professional development and those involved in their delivery. It draws on experiences of the City Lit Training Unit …
