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Developing Contextualised Literature-Informed Competency Frameworks for Middle Managers in Education
Corbett, Stephen – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
The role of a manager within any organisation is often complex and multifaceted. Overtime management theory has developed in an effort to appreciate these complexities and suggest frameworks from which managers should operate. However, should management and the role of a manager be considered generic? Or, instead should we appreciate the…
Descriptors: Middle Management, Administrator Role, Vocational Education, Adult Education
Low, Sarah; Nash, Rosie; Butler-Henderson, Kerryn; Lloyd, Sheree – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2021
Transversal Competencies (TCs) (interpersonal, intrapersonal, critical thinking and global citizenship skills) are essential skills, knowledge and behaviours for work and life success. Limited literature exists on methods to develop TC for adult education. This scoping review explores how TCs are being embedded into health professional learning…
Descriptors: Competence, Interpersonal Competence, Critical Thinking, Citizenship
Greenberg, Mark T. – Learning Policy Institute, 2023
The notion of educating the "whole child" generally includes at least the abilities to (1) develop healthy personal relationships; (2) treat others with respect and dignity; (3) develop the cognitive capacity to solve problems and think creatively; (4) succeed in postsecondary education and the labor market; and (5) be a contributing…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Evidence, Educational Research, Evidence Based Practice
Faulkner, Fiona; Fitzmaurice, Olivia; Hannigan, Ailish – Irish Educational Studies, 2016
Every student who enrols in a degree programme involving service mathematics in the University of Limerick in Ireland is given a mathematics diagnostic test. The diagnostic test was developed due to mathematics lecturers' anxiety regarding students' mathematical competency levels. Students receive the 40 question paper-based test in their first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Achievement, Adult Students
Ervin, Lesley; Carter, Bronwyn; Robinson, Priscilla – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
Curriculum mapping is an increasingly common concept within the field of education. A joint project between La Trobe University and the Public Health Agency of Canada attempted to map public health competencies with learning objectives from online learning modules developed by the two organisations. As part of this project a literature review was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Concept Mapping, Electronic Learning
Windisch, Hendrickje Catriona – International Review of Education, 2016
Low basic skills levels of adults are a complex policy problem which has neither straightforward causes nor solutions, and successful interventions are still relatively rare. Tackling serious literacy and numeracy weaknesses among adults is challenging, partly because the task itself is difficult, and partly because even if accomplished…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Literacy, Literature Reviews, Intervention
Xie, Jinyu; Huang, Erjia – Frontiers of Education in China, 2010
Based on a literature review from English language journals related to the field of human resource development (HRD), the conceptual framework for this study was derived from the models developed by American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) for HRD practice. This study compared and analyzed the similarities and differences in HRD roles,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Labor Force Development, Human Resources
Pinto, Maria; Cordon, Jose Antonio; Diaz, Raquel Gomez – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2010
Over the last three decades, promotion of information literacy has become one of the main goals of librarians and academics. As the emergence of information technologies has raised new challenges and roles for users, information literacy has shifted from the concept of simple training to the provision of the skills and competencies that are…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Statistical Analysis, Information Literacy, Vocabulary
Employer Engagement with the Vocational Education and Training System in Australia. Occasional Paper
Stanwick, John – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This paper is a review of literature on employer engagement with vocational education and training (VET). The main conclusion is that the major form of engagement is through the competency-based training system, which is manifested through training packages. Another way employers are encouraged to engage with VET is through competition amongst…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Literature Reviews, Education Work Relationship
Robbins, Steven; Trabichet, Luc – Management in Education, 2009
The belief that educational leaders need to be ethical decision-makers is recent. Thomas and Bainbridge suggest that an educational leader needs to develop technical competency in ethical leadership. Yet few leaders in schools have been trained in conflict resolution of an ethical nature and little importance has been given to this within existing…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Values Education
Kabilan, Muhammad Kamarul – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2005
Findings from research indicate that teachers participating in online professional development (OPD) activities and programmes have gained, in some way or another, a great deal of teacher competency. In spite of this, no research has been undertaken to systematically identify and acknowledge the types of teacher competencies that are frequently…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Professional Development, Teacher Competencies, Online Courses
Nafukho, Fredrick M.; Muyia, Machuma A. Helen – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the development of entrepreneurship education and training in Kenya as a strategic approach to addressing the unemployment problem among the school and university graduates in Kenya and Africa in general. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a critical review of the literature method to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Educational Development, Socioeconomic Status
Sullivan, Sherry; Thompson, Gordon – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2005
Adult and continuing education practitioners must engage in continuing professional education as a means of developing and maintaining their professional competence. This paper reviews the literature on competencies for continuing educators and examines the strengths of existing instruments for continuing educators to self-assess their…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Adult Education, Professional Development, Professional Education
Larson, Miriam B.; Lockee, Barbara B. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2004
Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) professionals practice their skills in a broad range of career environments and job roles. The resulting collection of competency lists and wide range of practice environments, coupled with the frequent changes that have always characterized the field, produce complexity that is difficult to communicate to…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Career Development, Job Performance, Performance Technology
Ceschi, Andrea; Perini, Marco; Scalco, Andrea; Pentassuglia, Monica; Righetti, Elisa; Caputo, Beniamino – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to provide an overview of the past two decades of lifelong learning (LLL) policies for enhancing employability and reduce social exclusion in young people of European countries through the development of the so-called LLL key-competences. Design/methodology/approach: Built on a quasi-systematic review, this contribution…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Out of School Youth, Adult Education, Young Adults
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