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Lancaster, Jennifer Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation uncovers the initial history of North Carolina's Industrial Education Centers, an essential part of the history of vocational education and community colleges in the State of North Carolina. These centers opened in the late 1950s through the early 1960s and served as part of the predecessors for the future community college…
Descriptors: Educational History, Industrial Education, Vocational Education, Community Colleges
McCamant, Jane – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background: Getting educational reforms "to scale" continues to be a primary preoccupation of scholars, but such studies tend to remain focused on the organizational or other characteristics of the school(s) receiving a given innovation. Purpose: This article brackets the organizational elements of reform dissemination to consider the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Innovation, Vocational Education
Graf, Lukas – Comparative Education, 2021
This paper argues that country size can play a crucial role in shaping the type of gradual change observed in collective skill formation systems. Collectively governed dual-apprenticeship training has its base in the industrial and crafts sectors of the economy and builds on the decentralised cooperation of multiple public and private…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Apprenticeships
McFarlane, Rachelle; Wallder, Stephen R. – Voices in Education, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted education provision and access across the globe. One key aspect affected is academic advisement, vital to a student's university experience for enhancing success and engagement. While recognizing disparities between academic advisement and student progression at the University of Technology,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Faculty Advisers
Arifin, M.; Herri; Amali, Harif; Elfindri; Puteri, Hesi Eka – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2019
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of personality and grit on the Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) of lecturer, and if this relationship is valid whether this relationship is mediated by job involvement or not. A case study research with quantitative approach was used in this study. The sample size consists of 132…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Vocational Education, Higher Education, Industrial Education
Ferm, Lisa; Persson Thunqvist, Daniel; Svensson, Louise; Gustavsson, Maria – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2018
The aim of this article is to investigate the learning strategies vocational students use to become part of a work community, and how these strategies are related to the formation of a vocational identity at the workplace. Conducting qualitative interviews, data were collected from 44 industrial programme students from six upper secondary schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Vocational Education, Learning Strategies
Zenner, Lea; Kumar, Kothandaraman; Pilz, Matthias – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2017
On the one hand, India is a growing economy that needs skilled labour, self-employed entrepreneurs and employees to tackle its economic and social challenges. On the other hand, India faces high unemployment rates, especially among young people. Graduates from industrial training institutes (ITIs) in particular are often facing difficulties in…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Industrial Education, Foreign Countries, Unemployment
Ireh, Maduakolam – Online Submission, 2016
The founding of industrial/technology education in Ameria represents the convergence of many influences dating back to the pre-industrial revolution era. Social reform movement, one of these influences, set out to change conditions considered to be causes of poverty and other social problems through active engagements in political, educational,…
Descriptors: Social Change, Educational Change, Ideology, Industrial Education
Beyer, Carl – American Educational History Journal, 2017
The purpose of this article is to review four educational issues introduced by this author in previous articles (Beyer 2004, 2015) that faced the Kingdom of Hawai'i in order to investigate the educational policies taken to address these issues by the White Architects of Hawaiian education. The American Protestant missionaries, who arrived in…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Whites, Clergy
Mokher, Christine – Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2011
This study examines the availability of career and technical education program areas in Tennessee high schools, concentrations (a three-or-more credit sequence in a program area) completed by 2007/08 high school graduates, and how these concentrations align with jobs in the labor market. It looks at how these outcomes differ, statewide and by…
Descriptors: Wages, Demand Occupations, Industrial Education, Labor Market
Mokher, Christine – Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2011
This study examines the availability of career and technical education program areas in Tennessee high schools, concentrations (a three-or-more credit sequence in a program area) completed by 2007/08 high school graduates, and how these concentrations align with jobs in the labor market. It looks at how these outcomes differ, statewide and by…
Descriptors: Wages, Demand Occupations, Industrial Education, Labor Market
Savage, Carter Julian – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
This article examines the establishment and early history of the first Boys' Club for African American boys--the Wissahickon Boys' Club--through the thoughts and actions of its Quaker founder, John Thompson Emlen. The purpose of this article is not only to document the founding of this historic organization but also to describe Emlen's conception…
Descriptors: African Americans, Males, Clubs, Organizations (Groups)
Dania, Jovinia; Bakar, Ab Rahim; Mohamed, Shamsiah – International Education Studies, 2014
The main purpose of the study was to assess the acquisition of employability skills by vocational students in Malaysia. A total of 214 students participated in the study. We used the SCANS instrument to assess vocational students' employability skills. The overall mean of vocational secondary students' employability skills was 3.81 (SD = 0.34).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Skill Development
Berner, Esther, Ed.; Gonon, Philipp, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2016
Understanding today's Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems requires a comprehension of the rise and development, i.e. of the foundations of topical VET. This book provides a comparative view of its development in Europe. The contributions of renowned authors give insight into conceptual questions, cases, and challenges in this field.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Continuing Education, Educational History
Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, 2012
The graduate of the Agricultural Equipment Technician apprenticeship program is a certified journeyperson who will be able to: (1) repair, diagnose and maintain by skill and knowledge gained through training and experience any of the working parts of diesel engines as well as the various components of mobile farm machinery; (2) use, competently,…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Engines, Paraprofessional Personnel, Apprenticeships