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Marketisation of adult education in Sweden

open access: yesJournal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
The aim of this study is to analyse how formal adult education in Sweden is enacted locally. For this analysis, the data consist of a nationwide survey sent to Swedish municipalities, background data on municipalities from public statistics and ...
Per Andersson, K. Muhrman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Teachers and trainers in adult and further education: relations between their educational background and teaching experience with their knowledge about teaching methods

open access: yesZeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung - Report, 2018
Teachers’ knowledge about teaching methods is an important facet of adult education teachers’ pedagogical/psychological knowledge (PPK). The authors examine whether and how this knowledge is correlated with the educational background and the teaching ...
Christian Marx   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Teacher Training in Adult and Vocational Education – some experiences

open access: yes, 2023
In this paper, we will try to explain our main ideas for different reorganization, preparation and delivery of teacher training programs for different target groups in adult and secondary vocational education. Our focus will be on two trainings for teachers that were delivered in the first half of year 2004: first - with the target group of teachers ...
Milošević, Zorica B.   +2 more
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Exploring the relationship between growth in online shopping and multichannel food consumers

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract During the pandemic, many food retailers began offering online shopping options, primarily in reaction to rising consumer demand for such options, which was a response to supply chain disruptions and fear of contagion and food scarcity.
Mackenzie Gill, Dawn Thilmany
wiley   +1 more source

Study on adult career planning on adult education program and assessment of adaptive design model

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
This study explores adults‘ on-the-job current career planning and the selection trends of future development as the criteria for a training program design for adult education and the basis of the design model of adaptive assessment.
Kao I-Chan
doaj   +1 more source

Prototyping the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) for adult learning content creation at scale [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
As Large Language Models (LLMs) and other forms of Generative AI permeate various aspects of our lives, their application for learning and education has provided opportunities and challenges. This paper presents an investigation into the use of LLMs in asynchronous course creation, particularly within the context of adult learning, training and ...
arxiv  

Towards understanding of policy transfer and policy learning in adult education in the context of United Kingdom

open access: yesResearch in Comparative and International Education, 2021
Over the past decade, adult education and Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the UK context have been strongly affected by the implications of unstable political, social and economic situations, specifically in relation to social and economic ...
N. Kersh, Andrea Laczik
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Beyond subsistence? The role of rural cooperatives in driving smallholder commercialization in Ethiopia

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The transition from subsistence to market‐oriented agriculture holds the potential to boost rural economic progress and improve the well‐being of the rural poor in developing countries. Despite this potential, there is limited understanding of the key drivers for smallholder commercialization. In this study, we utilize comprehensive three‐wave
Abebayehu Girma Geffersa   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Identity and the Role of an Adult Educator in a Vocational Training Institute

open access: yesAdvancing Women in Leadership Journal, 2017
This study examined the degree of sensitization of an adult educator in a Vocational Training Institute with regard to the link between his (her) gender identity and his (her) pedagogic role. In effect, the degree of sensitization connotes the extent to which an educator experiences the sexism.
openaire   +2 more sources

Service capacity and disability resource integration: A strategic survey of immigrant and refugee‐serving agencies in Illinois

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrants and refugees in the United States often face significant barriers in accessing social services, including mental health support, legal assistance, ESL or related education, housing, vocational training, workforce resources, transportation, and citizenship support. This article explores the strengths and challenges of community‐based
Rooshey Hasnain   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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