Source:International Journal of Human Resource Management
(2005)
This paper is a study of the recruitment to the first version of the International Journeyman Programme (IJP), a project to recruit and train young workers from the northeast of England for a craft and technician training programme in engineering organized by a French trade guild, Les Compagnons du …
Perceptions of mentors' practices related to primary science teaching from nine Australian universities (N = 331 final-year preservice teachers) were gathered through a literature-based instrument. Five factors that characterize effective mentoring practices in primary science teaching were supporte…
Source:Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie
(2005)
The transition from school to vocational training is a developmental task whose completion is central to the ongoing career path. Until recently, the role played by emotions in the process of searching for apprenticeship positions has hardly been researched. The following paper uses the concepts of …
Source:ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
(2005)
Project-based learning is generally regarded as a comprehensive approach to classroom teaching and learning in which students are actively involved in investigation of authentic original problems from their daily lives. The objective of this paper is to provide a general overview of the use of group…
BACKGROUND: Work-based learning occupies a central role in the training and ongoing development of the medical workforce. With this arises the need to understand the processes involved, particularly those relating to informal learning. Approaches to informal learning in postgraduate medical educatio…
The ACGME requires adequate lengths of appointment for both the program director and faculty as being essential to maintaining an appropriate continuity of leadership (1). Although this requirement does not apply to the program coordinator, the ACGME does require that a program have a dedicated coor…
The current emphasis that organisations are placing upon knowledge and the corresponding attention that workplace epistemological values are receiving within the educational community has resulted in an interesting convergence of discourses - school-based and work-based. Even as work-places are tend…
Source:Recent Social Trends in Canada, 1960-2000
(2005)
Over the last 35 years, fewer students have been enrolling in vocational education programs in secondary schools and in nursing and nursing assistant programs in hospitals, but more students have been enrolling in vocational and career programs in community and private colleges. In addition, increas…
Source:ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
(2005)
The development of standards in architectural education and incorporation of local resources, relevant to Taiwanese needs, realities, and culture, are discussed. The Taiwanese educational model for architecture has evolved from apprenticeship systems into a studio-based tutorial environment. Archite…
Source:British Journal of Sociology of Education
(2005)
This paper examines the changing nature of professional practice in English further education. At a time when neo-liberal reform has significantly impacted on this under-researched and over-market-tested sector, little is known about who its practitioners are and how they construct meaning in their …
