CVA / English Web Watch
Each month, the Canadian Vocational Association presents a survey of relevant links and documents on various specializations and topics related to the field. Please don't hesitate to send your comments and suggestions to info@cva-acfp.org.
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"Techno Girl" programme tackles skills shortage An innovative public-private partnership, seeking to reverse the growing skills shortage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in South Africa, is encouraging girls to pursue careers in these fields by giving them first-hand, real-world experience. Tags: Article; South Africa; Gender equity; Training; Skills shortage; Source: UNGEI - United Nations Girls' Education Initiative; |
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ICTs for new engineering education With the ubiquitous help of ICT-enabled infrastructures, a new engineering education paradigm should help cultivate talents around the world, so that we may collectively develop a comprehensive and sustainable solution to address the global engineering talent shortage problems. (UNESCO) Tags: Policy brief; ICT; Education – engineering; Trends; Source: UNESCO; |
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Educating a New Generation of Doctors to Improve the Health of Populations in
Low- and Middle-Income Countries Transformative scale-up will require inter-sectoral engagement to determine how students are recruited, educated, and deployed and will assign greater value to the impact on population health outcomes among the criteria for measuring excellence. Tags: Education – medical; Article; Lower-income countries; Middle-income countries; Source: PLoS Medicine; |
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Developing Human Capital: Meeting the Growing Global Need for a Skilled and
Educated Workforce This policy paper calls for greater collaboration between the business and education communities to create a coordinated, institutionalized system that prepares the workforce of today and tomorrow for the demands of an increasingly high-tech and more competitive global economy. Tags: Workforce development; Policy brief; Competitiveness; Source: McGraw-Hill Research Foundation; |
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Teacher Education in Light of a Few Principles, Theories, and Studies on
Vocational Training The objective of this article is to critically examine teacher education based on the concepts, principles, and practices of adult education, vocational training, and continuing vocational training. Tags: Article; VET - vocational education and training; Target group: Teachers; Source: McGill Journal of Education; |
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The measurement of educational inequality: achievement and opportunity This paper proposes two related measures of educational inequality: one for educational achievement and another for educational opportunity. Inequality of opportunity accounts for up to 35 percent of all disparities in educational achievement. Tags: Education – higher; Education – secondary; Inequality; Europe; Latin America; Asia; Scandinavia; North America; Working paper; Source: World Bank; |
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Higher Education Is Overrated; Skills Aren't There is a mythical belief that higher education invariably leads to higher employment and better jobs. It doesn't. What really matters are skills. The grievously undervalued human capital issue here isn't quality education in school but quality of skills in markets. Tags: Education – higher; Business; Article; Competencies; Source: Harvard Business Review; |
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How to Train Workers to 'Get' the Business TheDallas/Fort Worth International Airport has used a custom created "learning map" to train employees through interactive visual experiences. The employees report high satisfaction with the training, which has helped them understand what's most important to the business. Tags: Training - workplace; Best practice; Article; Source: CFO; |
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Women must appreciate the value of an MBA Research has shown there are three key areas of difference between women and men that contribute to gender inequity in business: pay; expectations and confidence; and mentors and sponsors. The MBA helps to address all three by providing women with the skill sets, confidence and credentials to be successful, key insights on salary negotiation and a strong network to build mentor and sponsor relationships. Tags: MBA; Gender equity; Article; Source: Financial Times; |
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Defining Essential Digital Skills in the Canadian Workplace: Final Report The goal of this study was to re-examine the existing concept of computer use as one of the nine Essential Skills and to make adjustments to more fully reflect the changing skills needs of Canada's knowledge-based economy. Tags: Workplace literacy; Digital literacy; Document; Canada; Source: WDM-Consultants; Source: NALD - Consultants via National Adult Literacy Database; |
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Core competencies in the science and practice of knowledge translation:
description of a Canadian strategic training initiative Globally, healthcare systems are attempting to optimize quality of care. This challenge has resulted in the development of implementation science or knowledge translation (KT) and the resulting need to build capacity in both the science and practice of KT. To meet these challenges the authors created a national training initiative in KT. They have identified core competencies in this field and have developed a series of educational courses and materials for three training streams. (Implementation Science) Tags: Canada; Document; Field: Health; Training programs; Competencies; Knowledgetranslation (KT); Source: Implementation Science; |
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Building Labour Force Capacity in Canada's North Northerners want more employment opportunities to make their communities better places to live in. This report highlights how Northerners are gradually accomplishing this goal by building labour force capacity. Tags: Skills development; Document; Canada; Employability; Source: Conference Board of Canada; |
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Education and Training Planner This book will help youth and adults to plan your career by increasing their learning and work exploration, and by improving ability to make life and work decisions. Tags: Canada; Alberta; Career plan; Guide; Source: Government of Alberta/Employment and Immigration; |
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Technology Education Issues in British Columbia This paper follows from a qualitative study conducted in 2008 that sought to expose issues in Technology Education curriculum in British Columbia, Canada, as perceived and articulated by Technology Education teachers and their administrators. Although there appears to be persistent Technology Education problems, they lack consistent or province-wide agreement. This paper concludes with recommendations to the community about the purposes of the Technology Education curriculum in the greater context of education and to the Technology Education teachers about uniting toward a common front. Tags: Canada; VET - vocational education and training; British Columbia; Occasional paper; Education – technology; Source: CVA - Canadian Vocational Association |
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Nova Scotia's Workforce Strategy Workforce Strategy will help to address the economic challenges presented by a shrinking workforce and help Nova Scotians to acquire the right skills for good jobs. Tags: Workforce development; Document; Government program; Strategy; Canada; Nova Scotia; Source: Government of Nova Scotia; |
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National VET E-learning Strategy 2012-2015 This strategy builds on the strengths of previous national strategies while re-focusing to take advantage of the changed technological environment and directly support government targets for participation and access, and higher workforce skill levels. Tags: Australia; VET - vocational education and training; Document; Education – eLearning; Strategy 2012 -2015; Source: Government of Australia/Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; |
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An assessment of the factors influencing the academic resilience of trainees in
entrepreneurial training programmes: a case of the New Venture Creation
programme in the Saldanha Bay Municipal Area, West Coast Region, South Africa In the education and training environment retention and a high throughput rate of students are common objectives of many learning institutions from government sponsored community training programmes to tertiary institutions. High dropout and attrition in many of these education and training programmes is, therefore of great concern for all stakeholders in these institutions. The high dropout rate experienced in entrepreneurial training programmes is, in particular, of great concern, given its importance in the South African economy. Tags: South Africa; Thesis; Training programs; Dropout; Case study; Cape Peninsula University of Technology; |
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Lifelong guidance across Europe: reviewing policy progress and future prospects This report reviews progress made across Europe during 2007-10 in developing guidance policy coordination, quality assurance mechanisms, access to services and career management skills. Increasing cooperation among guidance stakeholders aims at creating better synergies between the different sectors (education, training, employment), levels (European, national, regional, local) and guidance service providers (educational institutions, public employment services, guidance centres). Tags: Education – lifelong; European Union; Education policy; Employment policy; Working paper; Source: Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; |
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Health professional mobility and health systems. Evidence from 17 European
countries This document gives a comprehensive analysis of mobility patterns, the impacts of migration on health systems and its relevance for policy-making and policy responses across Europe. It will enhance our knowledge not only on health workforce mobility but also on workforce development. Tags: Document; Workforce; Migration; European Union; Field: Health; Source: WHO - World Health Organization; |
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Global Education Digest 2011: Comparing Education Statistics Across the World Secondary education is becoming a growing concern and major challenge for education policymakers and researchers worldwide as it plays an increasingly important role in creating healthy and cohesive societies and spurs economic growth. It represents a critical stage of the system that not only links initial education to higher education, but also connects the school system to the labour market. Tags: Education – secondary; Educational finance; Annual Report 2011; Statistics; Source: UNESCO/Institute for Statistics (UIS); |
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Accreditation of prior learning as a lever for lifelong learning This paper describes a unique experience in bridging new knowledge, generated from research sources, and paradigm changes in the Portuguese public policy landscape. Tags: Education – lifelong; Portugal; Education – adult; Education policy; Occupational qualifications; Document; Lessons learnt; Source: UNESCO; |
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International Perspectives on Labour Market Intelligence As governments move from stimulus to fiscal consolidation, this uncertain context makes Labour Market Information and Intelligence (LMI) central a provider of the analytical insights into the key drivers, trends and issues affecting the skills market and the sector interventions required to adapt to the future of work. (International Network of Sector Skills Organisations – INSSO, via the Alliance of Sector Councils of Canada) Tags: Document; Labour market; Financial crisis; Source: Alliance of Sector Councils of Canada; Source: INSSO - International Network of Sector Skills Organisations; |
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Off to a Good Start? Jobs for Youth This report examines the school-to-work transition process, a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners. Tags: Employment – youth; Education policy; Document; School-to-work transition; Labour market; Source: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; |
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Unesco Institute for Statistics on Education Tags: Glossary; Statistics; Education; Source: UNESCO/Institute for Statistics (UIS); |
