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This paper problematises the official discourse of economic competitiveness and social inclusion used by the 2007 Education and Skills Bill to justify the proposal to extend compulsory participation in education and training in England to the age of 18. Comparisons are drawn between this attempt to …

The creation of a flexible education system, including procedures for the validation of previous education and other forms of knowledge should be one of the objectives of higher education institutions as well as other institutions that are engaged in adult education. To be effective, the system must…

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Previous research on the education-to-employment transition for students with disabilities has suggested that participation in school-to-work programs is positively associated with post-high school success. This article utilizes data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) to ex…

Boys' underachievement in most Western education systems has been interpreted as symptomatic of a «masculinity crisis». This article analyses gender differences in drop-out rates from upper secondary education in Norway based on relevant research and statistics. The first part argues that gender dif…

Alternative approaches to learning and assessment have become common practice in higher education today. While these approaches have several learning, instructional and assessment advantages for students and teachers, a need exists for a better understanding of their consequential evidence. The purp…

The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes and perceptions of current undergraduate tourism and hospitality students in Australia toward careers in the industry. The study is exploratory and based on a quantitative approach. Areas that students have concerns over include respondent's rela…

Much attention has been focused on integrating competency-based curricula into educational programs in health management. Achieving the benefits of competency-based curricula requires substantial effort to identify competencies that are both specific and comprehensive, and that reflect consensus amo…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are differences in creativity level, as measured by Test your Creativity Level Scale (TYCL) between a group of vocational education students who were taught utilizing project-based method of instruction and a comparable control group taught vi…

This article describes a college internship program conducted by a health system's security department from two points of view--the trainer's and the trainee's.