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Addressing gender segregation in apprenticeships in England

Article

Authors: Miller, Linda R.

Source: Education and Training (2005)

Purpose - This paper aims to report findings from a UK study funded by the Equal Opportunities Commission to explore gender segregation in apprenticeships in five strongly segregated sectors: construction, plumbing, engineering, information technology (all strongly male-dominated), and child care (female-dominated). The aim of the research was to consider the nature of the barriers preventing young people moving into apprenticeships in these areas of work and to investigate the actions that have been taken by local Learning and Skills Councils to address gender segregation in apprenticeships. Design/methodology/approach - The research consisted of a survey of Local Learning and Skill Councils (the bodies that fund all post-16 learning provision outside higher education in the UK), case study interviews in five geographical regions selected as examples of good practice, and interviews with representatives of Sector Skill Councils. Findings - This paper reports some of the barriers encountered by organisations involved in encouraging young people to enter vocational training and by apprentices themselves, and the actions that organisations have taken to try to encourage more diverse groups of young people to consider apprenticeships in these sectors. Originality/value - This paper is of importance to those wishing to encourage young people to enter into vocational training. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Purpose - This paper aims to report findings from a UK study funded by the Equal Opportunities Commission to explore gender segregation in apprenticeships in five strongly segregated sectors: construction, plumbing, engineering, information technology (all strongly male-dominated), and child care (f …

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Gender Apprenticeships United Kingdom equal opportunities

12 Citations 10.1108/00400910510601878

The national directorate of employment's open apprenticeship scheme in Nigeria: New wine in old wineskins?

Article

Authors: Evawoma-Enuku, Usiwoma Mgbor, Michael O.

Source: Education and Training (2005)

Purpose - The paper aims to review the National Open Apprenticeship Scheme and how it has fulfilled its mandate of promoting skill acquisition and youth employment in Nigeria, in the 17 years since the inception of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). Design/methodology/approach - Site visits to trainers' workshops were carried out to observe the programme in practice and examine documents and annual report(s) made available at the NDE Office in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. Findings - The paper finds that master craftsmen and women operate both the traditional apprenticeship system and the NDE scheme using the same training methods. It reveals that there are no Saturday Theory classes due to lack of funds. It also finds that apprentices have low educational background, no evaluation and certification at the end of training; they get an equivalent of about €3 a month and are paid in arrears of three to six months. It is found that there is a shortage of tools and drop-out rate is high. Research limitations/implications - The latest annual report available was for year 2000, which may not be very current. The paper focuses on only one out of 36 states, although the programme is centrally controlled from Abuja, Nigeria's capital and may have similar features. Practical implications - The paper provides insight for stake-holders involved in providing vocational skills geared towards solving unemployment problems in Nigeria. Originality/value - There is a dearth of literature in the area of vocational skills in Nigeria. This paper tries to contribute to the body of knowledge in this area, especially after 17 years of NDE existence. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Purpose - The paper aims to review the National Open Apprenticeship Scheme and how it has fulfilled its mandate of promoting skill acquisition and youth employment in Nigeria, in the 17 years since the inception of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). Design/methodology/approach - Site visi …

Keywords:

Nigeria employment Apprenticeships Skills training Youth training

11 Citations 10.1108/00400910510601904

Black education: A transformative research and action agenda for the new century

Book

Authors: King, Joyce Elaine

Source: Black Education: A Transformative Research and Action Agenda for the New Century (2005)

This volume presents the findings and recommendations of the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Commission on Research in Black education (CORIBE) and offers new directions for research and practice. By commissioning an independent group of scholars of diverse perspectives and voices to investigate major issues hindering the education of Black people in the U.S., other Diaspora contexts, and Africa, the AERA sought to place issues of Black education and research practice in the forefront of the agenda of the scholarly community. An unprecedented critical challenge to orthodox thinking, this book makes an epistemological break with mainstream scholarship. Contributors present research on proven solutions--best practices--that prepare Black students and others to achieve at high levels of academic excellence and to be agents of their own socioeconomic and cultural transformation. These analyses and empirical findings also link the crisis in Black education to embedded ideological biases in research and the system of thought that often justifies the abject state of Black education. © 2005 by AERA. All rights reserved.

This volume presents the findings and recommendations of the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Commission on Research in Black education (CORIBE) and offers new directions for research and practice. By commissioning an independent group of schol …

161 Citations 10.4324/9781410613912

Editorial: Creating communities in technology education - Introduction to the special issue

Conference paper

Authors: Dakers, John R.

Source: International Journal of Technology and Design Education (2005)

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0 Citations 10.1007/s10798-005-0680-0

Employer-university 'partnerships': A key problem for work-based learning programmes?

Review

Authors: Reeve, Fiona Gallacher, Jim

Source: Journal of Education and Work (2005)

This paper focuses on the development of work-based learning programmes within higher education in the UK. It explores how 'partnership' with employers came to be seen as a central aspect of this new form of provision. However, we suggest that this emphasis on partnership has been problematic. We focus, in particular, on three areas of concern. Firstly, the limited evidence that employers wish to engage in these sorts of relationships with universities. Secondly, the problems arising from the different cultures of the potential partners and, in particular, different understandings of 'learning' and 'knowledge'. Thirdly, the emergence of the quality assurance agenda within higher education, which is reducing the influence of employers in these programmes. We conclude that the emphasis placed on partnership in the policy and practice literature may well be hindering the more widespread development of work-based learning in higher education. © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group Ltd.

This paper focuses on the development of work-based learning programmes within higher education in the UK. It explores how 'partnership' with employers came to be seen as a central aspect of this new form of provision. However, we suggest that this emphasis on p …

82 Citations 10.1080/13639080500085992

Vocational education and training in Australian schools: Issues for practitioners

Article

Authors: Barnett, Kate Ryan, Robin

Source: International Education Journal (2005)

Originally a series of local initiatives, Vocational education and Training (VET) in Schools is now largely driven by policy makers and politicians who, too frequently, fail to appreciate the challenges the reform poses to teachers, school managers and workplace coordinators. Research has identified perceptions of poor quality in training, difficulties in curriculum development, assessment and accreditation, lack of opportunities for workplace learning, inadequate delivery methodologies, sometimes profound cultural incompatibilities and resourcing issues as barriers to successful implementation. Recent research has clarified many of these issues and provided some pointers to their resolution. These challenges should not detract from the positive achievements of VET in Schools that include a range of benefits to students of a personal and vocational nature as well as a broader impact on school culture. © 2005 Shannon Research Press.

Originally a series of local initiatives, Vocational education and Training (VET) in Schools is now largely driven by policy makers and politicians who, too frequently, fail to appreciate the challenges the reform poses to teachers, school managers and workplace …

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Technical and Vocational education and Training (TVET) curriculum education policy Vocational education and training (VET) in schools Work based education

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The UCSD student-run free clinic project: Transdisciplinary health professional education

Article

Authors: Beck, Ellen

Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (2005)

In the face of the serious problem of lack of access to health care in the United States, with over 45 million uninsured,1 there exist many models of collaborative local programs serving the uninsured. One such approach is the student-run free clinic, small projects managed by health professional students, supervised by licensed health professionals, offering free health services to those without health access. The purpose of this article is to describe the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic Project, its history, mission, partners, clinical services, curriculum, funding, replicability, outcomes, elements of success, transdisciplinary nature, and hopes for the future.

In the face of the serious problem of lack of access to health care in the United States, with over 45 million uninsured,1 there exist many models of collaborative local programs serving the uninsured. One such approach is the student-run free clinic, small projects managed by health professional st …

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Training clinical competence human Humans Internship and Residency Article Vocational education curriculum student United States medical education medical profession medical student residency education Students, Medical health service clinical practice person-centered empowerment teacher reproducibility dentistry licensing health professional Student-run medicine community financial management health care access patient care team Health Services Accessibility Trust community medicine demography access mental health service Patient-Centered Care health program Minority Groups Underserved Organizational Objectives Pharmacy California health insurance Dentistry Vulnerable Populations altruism acupuncture laboratory test Management outcomes research Acupuncture Free clinic Humanistic Promotora Respect Transdisciplinary Uninsured epidemiological data Community Health Centers Community-Institutional Relations Homeless Persons Uncompensated Care

76 Citations 10.1353/hpu.2005.0026

Views on the ground: Teaching and clinical assessors' views on vocational training for healthcare assistants in Ireland

Review

Authors: McKenna, Hugh P. Keeney, Sinead Hasson, Felicity

Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing (2005)

Aim and objectives. This paper reports the views of teaching staff and clinical assessors on their experience of programme delivery and assessment. Background. In 2001, the Irish Department of Health and Children developed a vocational training programme for healthcare assistants. This programme was piloted nationally across 14 hospital and community sites. Teaching staff and clinical assessors at each site delivered the programme. Method. One-to-one semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 16 clinical staff and 26 teaching staff. With consent, all interviews were tape-recorded, from which the transcripts were subject to content analysis. Results. A lack of experience and preparation among teaching staff and clinical assessors was evident. The staff's commitment to their role on the programme while maintaining their normal duties caused frustration and uncertainty. Not withstanding, the value of the programme in terms of increased motivation, satisfaction and knowledge of healthcare assistants and the impact on care delivery, was recognized by respondents. Conclusions. This programme represents the provision of a national standard training programme for healthcare assistants. It provides an insight into the delivery of such a programme and the educational and training needs of healthcare assistants through the views of staff that taught and assessed on it. Relevance to clinical practice. Findings suggest that the development and implementation of a national training programme for healthcare assistants is achievable. © 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Aim and objectives. This paper reports the views of teaching staff and clinical assessors on their experience of programme delivery and assessment. Background. In 2001, the Irish Department of Health and Children developed a vocational training programme for healthcare assistants. This programme was …

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Teaching Training human Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Vocational education curriculum qualitative research motivation Self Efficacy review health care personnel professional competence program evaluation Attitude of Health Personnel Program development Programme Evaluation Faculty, Nursing nurse Ireland health care nursing staff certification Nursing education Research health care quality Forecasting workforce planning Inservice Training Vocational qualifications health program medical staff workload public health service Health Services Needs and Demand Questionnaires Healthcare assistants Nurse's Role nursing methodology research Nursing auxiliaries Nurses' Aides

6 Citations 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01059.x

Training higher education teachers for instructional design of competency-based education: Product-oriented versus process-oriented worked examples

Article Open Access

Authors: Hoogveld, Albert W.M. Paas, Fred G.W.C. Jochems, Wim M.G.

Source: Teaching and Teacher Education (2005)

Teachers involved in the development of competency-based higher education (CBE) are expected to fulfil a new role of instructional designer. As a consequence, they are confronted with the problem to translate abstract new curriculum principles into concrete learning tasks. Recent studies have shown that teachers can be trained to apply an instructional systems design methodology. After this training the teachers were able to design better learning tasks for CBE in comparison with their experienced-based design efforts. In order to optimize the training, this study compares an experimental condition with process-oriented worked examples with a conventional training condition with emphasis on product-oriented worked examples. After the training, the participants - 25 higher education teachers - had to apply the ISD methodology to two design problems. The quality of the resulting design materials, as rated by experts, was higher in the product-oriented worked examples condition than in the process-oriented worked examples condition. The significance of this finding for training approaches to design methodology for CBE is discussed. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Teachers involved in the development of competency-based higher education (CBE) are expected to fulfil a new role of instructional designer. As a consequence, they are confronted with the problem to translate abstract new curriculum principles into concrete lear …

Keywords:

Instructional design Competency-based education learning tasks worked examples Modeling examples teacher roles

69 Citations 10.1016/j.tate.2005.01.002

Apprentices and young workers: A study of the Norwegian youth labour market

Article Open Access

Authors: Askilden, Jan Erik Nilsen, Øivind A.

Source: Scottish Journal of Political Economy (2005)

Apprenticeship programmes are in many countries important stepping stones into the labour market. However, recruitment of apprentices seems to follow the business cycle. This pattern may be caused by firms' contemporaneous demand for labour, but may also be consistent with an investment hypothesis. A model, in which the tightness in the labour market is taken into account, is tested on a sample of Norwegian quarterly firm-specific data. The empirical findings give moderate support to an investment hypothesis. The apprentices substitute to some degree for skilled labour but are recruited primarily based on the labour market situation. The wage level plays a minor role for recruitment of apprentices. © Scottish Economic Society 2005, Published by Blackwell Publishing.

Apprenticeship programmes are in many countries important stepping stones into the labour market. However, recruitment of apprentices seems to follow the business cycle. This pattern may be caused by firms' contemporaneous demand for labour, but may also be consistent with an investment hypothesis. …

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Employment Vocational education skilled labor labor market young population Europe Norway Scandinavia Eurasia Eastern Hemisphere Northern Europe World

19 Citations 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2005.00331.x

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