>> |
Teachers and trainers
for the future: Vocational training in a changing world
The ILO estimates that
unemployment is up by more than 30 million worldwide since 2007. Against
this sombre economic background, technical and vocational education and
training systems worldwide are under pressure to deal with a host of
employment and workplace challenges. Interview with ILO specialists
about how TVET systems can respond to these challenges.
|
>> |
New Case Studies: Integrating ESD in TVET
UNESCO-UNEVOC has published the 2nd volume in the Case Studies series, a
collection of six studies from Southern and Eastern Africa on
"Integrating Sustainable Development in Technical and Vocational
Education and Training".
|
>> |
Newsletter UNESCO-UNEVOC |
>> |
The development of national qualifications
frameworks in Europe (August 2010)
|
>> |
European
Basic Skills Network The
European Basic Skills Network is an initiative originally born within
the Commission’s Working Group for the Implementation of the Action Plan
for Adult Learning. The members of the WG, representing the educational
authorities of all countries participating in the Lifelong Learning
Programme, agreed that a network should be established to contribute to
European and national policies for the enhancement of basic skills in
the adult population.
|
>> |
Competency model
clearinghouse Industry
competency models promote an understanding of the skill sets and
competencies that are essential to educate and train a globally
competitive workforce.
|
>> |
The Net Benefits to Employers’ Investments in
Apprenticeships: Case study evidence from the UK
In a flexible labour market where people can move relatively easily
between jobs and employers, there can be disincentives to train.
Employers will be reluctant to train if they are, other things being
equal, unsure about the extent to which they will be able to recoup
their training costs.
|
>> |
Adult
Learning Act –Discussion Paper (Loi sur l’apprentissage des adultes –
Document de travail) The Department of
Labour and Workforce Development is seeking input from interested groups
and Nova Scotians to develop an Adult Learning Act.
A discussion
paper was released Sept. 14, in English and French.
English:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/lwd/policy/consultdoc/2010_09_14.Discussion_Paper(B).Adult_Learning_Act.pdf
French:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/lwd/policy/consultdoc/2010_09_14.Discussion_Paper%28B%29.Adult_Learning_Act_FRENCH.pdf
|
>> |
First Meeting of the Roundtable on Workforce
Skills: Business, Labour and Government Tackle Emerging Workforce Skills
Priorities |
>> |
Competency-based
Training Competency-based
training is one of those over-used (buzz) phrases in the training world.
Everyone wants it (or does it), but few people understand what it really
means.
|
>> |
Canada not building a “Knowledge Advantage:” new
report from Canadian Council on Learning
Canada continues to fall behind in key areas of learning, according to a
report released by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL).
|
>> |
Competency and competency frameworks
This factsheet gives introductory guidance. It:
- defines the
term 'competency' and its evolving use in HR
- looks at
developing a 'competency framework'
- considers the
application of competency frameworks
- includes the CIPD
viewpoint.
|
>> |
Building a Learning Organization
Powepoint presentation from Olivier Serrat at Asian
Developpment Bank
|
>> |
The Five Disciplines of Organizational Learning.
Peter Senge responds to some common questions about organizational
learning Each of the five disciplines
represents a lifelong body of study and practice for individuals and
teams in organizations. |
>> |
COACHING. Partnered Reflection for Learning and
Results Understanding the interdependencies of
the context and the context's impact on the client, as well as the
client's impact on the system, is often critical for a successful
outcome of the coaching relationship. |
>> |
Job Enhancement and Essential Skills
Job enhancement occurs when an employee is given new responsibilities
that allow him to develop his skills. This guide explains how employers
can expand employees’ opportunities for improving their skills and
provides sample job enhancement activities.
(BDAA-Ressources humaines et Développement des compétences Canada
(RHDCC)) |
>> |
USFWS Leadership Competency Development Model
The Service’s Leadership Competency Model is provided in
response to employee interest in knowing what skills or experiences are
needed in order to succeed in leadership positions, and also in response
to the Service Directorate’s commitment to ensure that our agency
continues to have a cadre of employees who are prepared for advancement
to senior conservation leadership positions. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service)
|
>> |
Competency development guide for
professional/managerial roles |
>> |
Competencies and Key Competencies: Educational
Perspective In accordance with mainstream
thought, we understand competence as referring to combinations of those
cognitive, motivational, moral, and social skills available to (or
potentially learnable by) a person or a social group that underlie the
successful mastery through appropriate understanding and actions of a
range of demands, tasks, problems, and goals. |
>> |
The Relationship Between Training and Firm
Performance: A Literature Review The analysis
indicates that the relationship between training and firm performance
may be mediated by employee knowledge and attitude. Furthermore, capital
investment or organisational strategy does moderate the training
performance relationship. Finally, the article discusses and identifies
the limitations of previous studies and directions for future research
on this topic. |
>> |
List of Key Performance Indicators
Key performance indicators are methods by which a company can measure
the proficiency of its workers, management personnel and determine the
overall health of the businesshttp://www.ehow.com/business/. |
>> |
Team Management Training
Team training is the action of building a team that is unified, going
the same direction and able to work together. Team training addresses
issues such as group communication, listening skills and
conflict-resolution strategies. |
>> |
Using What We Know: Turning Organizational
Knowledge into Team Performance An
organization's captured (and codified) knowledge--white papers, case
studies, documented processes--should help project teams perform better,
but does it? This paper examines when and how project teams' use of
knowledge previously codified and stored in the organization affects
team performance. (Harvard Business School) |
>> |
Hiring Reform : Job Analysis and Specialized
Experience Training The information produced by
job analysis is used extensively in HRM. It is difficult to imagine how
an organisation could effectively hire, train, appraises, compensate or
utilise its human resources without the kinds of information derived
from job analysis”. |
>> |
Student’s Quality of Life and Employability
Skills: SQALES a device and a tool for universities. Example of use in
Luxembourg, Belgium and Romania Our results show that
the evaluation of the employability skills is possible and can even be
recommended as a guide to adjusting curricula and to implementing
programmes of assistance tailored to identify student needs. |
>> |
Employability Skills Matrix for the Health Sector
The employability skills matrix aims to help staff working in the health
sector to identify the personal skills, qualities, attributes and
behaviours needed for each career level. This will support staff to
access a grade of post, sustain effective working in that post and
progress to higher/different posts. It will help individuals to see
where they must develop skills and knowledge, help them to seek
information and advice about possible development and training,
contribute to the staff review process and maintain motivation to remain
within the service. |
>> |
Simple Ways to Enhance Employability Skills
Due to the current economic climate, with high rates of redundancy and
unemployment, it is more important than ever to invest time into
enhancing employability skills, as much as possible. This does not
require a great deal of imagination, and can be achieved through simple
strategies. |
>> |
Blended Learning for Soft Skills Development:
Testing a Four-Level Framework for Integrating Work and Learning to
Maximize Personal Practice and Job Performance The
most significant, and rather unexpected, discovery in this research is
that some individuals excelled in each of the blended learning research
groups – not just in level 4 as was predicted. And, more importantly, no
common individual characteristics for those who did well in each group,
or across the research study, were evident. Learning styles differed,
learning preferences differed, and major motivators and major barriers
for learning also differed. In other words, the major finding is the
inability to find a predictable, repeatable, no-fail, best approach to
workplace learning for soft-skills development. |
>> |
Helping students make
the best choice for post-secondary education As
high school students return to school and begin to consider which
post-secondary institution they would like to attend, a new report from
the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) is proposing a tool that would
help students select the educational path that best meets their needs—as
part of a new comprehensive framework for post-secondary education in
Canada. |
>> |
Related document.
Navigating Post-secondary Education in Canada: The Challenge of a
Changing Landscape Canadian students are
increasingly taking non-linear pathways through post-secondary education
(PSE). However, the structures of post-secondary systems in our
provinces and territories, and the various mechanisms that bind them, do
not always provide clearly apparent and unobstructed pathways for
students, particularly for mobile students. (Canadian Council on
Learning) |
>> |
Education Matters:
Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada - September 2010
This online periodical provides summary information on issues and gives
access to education indicators and Canadian education analysis. It
presents information, statistics and analysis in a non-technical, highly
readable format for teachers, students, parents, education associations,
researchers and policy makers. It is published bimonthly by Statistics
Canada's Centre for Education Statistics.
(Statistics Canada)
|
>> |
Education Indicators
in Canada: An International Perspective
This report is intended to facilitate the comparison of
educational systems in Canada's provinces and territories with those of
countries that belong to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD). (Statistics Canada)
|
>> |
Strategisches
Kompetenz-Management (SKM)
SKM-Symposia provide a platform for intensive discussion and
exchange of research ideas, and work in the field of Competence-based
Strategic Management.
|
>> |
GLOSSARY. Global
Human Resources Competencies (Workitect,
Inc.) |