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Research On Vocational Education And Training As A Field For Knowledge Development: Starting Points For The Cedefop Research Arena, Pekka Kämäräinen Aug 2000

Research On Vocational Education And Training As A Field For Knowledge Development: Starting Points For The Cedefop Research Arena, Pekka Kämäräinen

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The paper provides an insight into the process of developing the CEDEFOP Research Arena (CEDRA) as a new kind of research-oriented knowledge resource environment. CEDEFOP is the European Union agency for development of vocational education and training (VET) in the EU Member States and in the associated countries. The main questions are: 1) How to interpret the foundations of VET-related research as cornerstones for knowledge development? 2) How to interpret the significance of European research and development programmes for knowledge development in the field of VET? 3) How to interpret the role of ‘communities of practice’ within VET-related knowledge development?

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Program Quality And Flexible Mode Delivery: Bachelor Of Health Sciences (Aboriginal Health And Community Development): A Case Study, Bruno Gelonesi, Khavarpour Aug 2000

Program Quality And Flexible Mode Delivery: Bachelor Of Health Sciences (Aboriginal Health And Community Development): A Case Study, Bruno Gelonesi, Khavarpour

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

This paper reflects on the issues that have a continuing influence on the development of an academic program that is responsive to the training and academic needs of the developing profession of Indigenous health work. It describes and discusses the influences on the development of the curriculum. It also outlines how an interactive teaching and curriculum evaluation process has been developed to facilitate the monitoring of course content and quality. Part of this process includes an intensive program of block by block student evaluations. These evaluations and the student responses to the Faculty-wide First Year Experience Questionnaire are analysed. The …

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Knowledge Development At The Interface Of Research, Policy And Practice: Support For Knowledge Development Within The Cedefop Research Arena (Cedra), Graham Attwell, Alan Brown Aug 2000

Knowledge Development At The Interface Of Research, Policy And Practice: Support For Knowledge Development Within The Cedefop Research Arena (Cedra), Graham Attwell, Alan Brown

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This paper outlines the underpinning theory and technology supporting processes of knowledge development within the CEDEFOP Research Arena (CEDRA). The support for dispersed communities of practice has been developed using web-based collaboration and knowledge sharing tools. These provide a comprehensive telematic platform for interactive and focused knowledge sharing and transformation for practitioners, policy makers, and researchers interested in vocational education and training in Europe. Note some details of how these tools work in practice, in the context of careers guidance, is given in the linked paper of Brown and Attwell (2000).

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Tele-Operation Of A Manufacturing System For Vocational Education, Hing Fung, Francis Tsang, Kam Fat, Jonathan Lee Aug 2000

Tele-Operation Of A Manufacturing System For Vocational Education, Hing Fung, Francis Tsang, Kam Fat, Jonathan Lee

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A flexible manufacturing system was designed and developed to become a decentralised modular network manufacturing plant in the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Chai Wan). The system consists of a flexible machining cell, flexible assembly cell, automatic storage system, a database server, web-server and video conferencing system which are to be linked by various networks internationally with other educational institutions or manufacturing sites. Various areas for the development such as system layout, simulation, mechanical design, hardware and software development have been carried out. The current development is to establish a web-based control and training system to the customers or …

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The Implication Of Advances In Wireless Data Communications On E-Commerce, Lawrence Cheung Aug 2000

The Implication Of Advances In Wireless Data Communications On E-Commerce, Lawrence Cheung

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The way we conduct our day to day business has undergone fundamental changes over the past ten years. With the emergence of Internet that links the world together, users have put a lot more emphasis on communicating through the electronics media such as email and fax. We now seldom write to each other through letters but rather we communicate more often through emails or even ICQ! With the imminent changes in the wireless data communications, the erevolution that a lot of us are still trying hard to manage will extend from our desktop on to our hands. Internet connection will …

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New Roles Of Vocational Education And Vocational Teachers For Technological Change: A Case Study Of The Hong Kong Institute Of Vocational Education, Che Keung Yeung, Choi Fung Cheng, Alfred Koo Aug 2000

New Roles Of Vocational Education And Vocational Teachers For Technological Change: A Case Study Of The Hong Kong Institute Of Vocational Education, Che Keung Yeung, Choi Fung Cheng, Alfred Koo

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This study aims to identify the recent changes happened in the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) and to investigate the new roles of vocational teachers for technological changes, in particular, Information Technology (IT). A number of recommendations were made to vocational teachers so that they can make significant changes to meet the demands and challenges brought by these changes.

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Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 5, No. 1 August 6, 2000, Barry Strassler Aug 2000

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 5, No. 1 August 6, 2000, Barry Strassler

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Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 5, No. 1 August 6, 2000, Barry Strassler Aug 2000

Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 5, No. 1 August 6, 2000, Barry Strassler

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Adapting The System Of Continuing Vocational Education For The 3rd Industrial Revolution: Experiences From The Swedish Pilot Project With Ave, Mats Lindell Aug 2000

Adapting The System Of Continuing Vocational Education For The 3rd Industrial Revolution: Experiences From The Swedish Pilot Project With Ave, Mats Lindell

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This paper analyses problems associated with adapting the system of continuing vocational education (CVT) to the rapidly changing Swedish labour market. The key question asked in the paper is how CVT is going to adapt to a labour market characterised by a growing ITeconomy. The paper also presents empirical data from the pilot project in Sweden called Advanced Vocational Education. AVE is a new form of post-secondary education designed to meet changing technology and skill requirements. The paper concludes that AVE is a step in the right direction in decreasing the gap between demand and supply.

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A Study Of Relation Between Assessment Dimension And Management Outcomes: A Sample Of Sinyi Real-Estate Company, Stanley Tsan-Ying Lin Aug 2000

A Study Of Relation Between Assessment Dimension And Management Outcomes: A Sample Of Sinyi Real-Estate Company, Stanley Tsan-Ying Lin

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This study explored the relational grade of Assessment Dimension and Management Outcomes with Grey System Analysis. The candidates were promoted to be a chief of chain store over half years after they had finished the process of assessment center. The results show P&O and A&J dimensions were the most relation with management outcomes. And the quality index is the advance sub-factor of analysis. The different initial value normalization may influent the result of grey relation was discovered in this study. It’s valuable to use mean value, max-value, min-value and interval value for normalization in the future study.

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Exploring A New Pattern Of Vocational Education And Training, Haicheng Yang, Tingrui Wang Aug 2000

Exploring A New Pattern Of Vocational Education And Training, Haicheng Yang, Tingrui Wang

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The 21st century is a new era in which information technology is developing rapidly and the demand from labor force market has broken the traditional concept of education. Vocational education and training as a life education is now regarded as a new type of educational system. But how to help this new system further develop so as to become gradually perfect is a big issue which calls for exploration in our country. We have done a great deal of beneficial exploration in this field and have founded a new Information Technology College by taking the advantage of teaching resources from …

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Vocational Education And Training For Hong Kong Into The 21st Century: An Investigative Report, Manwey Joseph Leung Aug 2000

Vocational Education And Training For Hong Kong Into The 21st Century: An Investigative Report, Manwey Joseph Leung

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Demands from the 21st century customers will change fundamentally from that of past years. This article attempts to review the traditional strength of Hong Kong economy and its people's ability to meet with these new demands. Vocational Education and Training plays an important role in the provision of human resources. In this article the concept and methodology for "Shaping the 21st century worker" is proposed. The main issue being investigated is to provide workers with knowledge and ability, not just to cope with skills and knowledge require for their related field of work, but also the ability to control their …

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Retraining For The Unemployed: An Up-Hill Battle That Never Ends, S.S. Kwong Aug 2000

Retraining For The Unemployed: An Up-Hill Battle That Never Ends, S.S. Kwong

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The Employees Retraining Board (ERB) has a mission to provide quality retraining courses and services to enhance the employability of the unemployed and potentially unemployed. Its main target groups include people aged 30 or above with lower secondary education and low skills. Through an extensive network of Training Bodies, ERB provides free full-time retraining courses for the unemployed and heavily subsidized part-time courses on basic skills for the target groups. Full-time courses are placement-tied. The ERB has achieved a remarkable placement rate of over 70%, as a result of strong supp ort from employers and trade associations, provision of quality …

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Global E-Learning Tendencies And Possibilities Of Using The Internet For Vocational And Educational Training, Armin Von Gruchalla, Dipl.-Ing. Frank Stauch Aug 2000

Global E-Learning Tendencies And Possibilities Of Using The Internet For Vocational And Educational Training, Armin Von Gruchalla, Dipl.-Ing. Frank Stauch

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The Virtual Training Center (VTC) integrates the ideas of media-based learning environments into the idea of the learning platform which has increasingly influenced theoretical discussions at international congresses (e.g. Learntec 2000, Karlsruhe, see www.learntec.de). The VTC simulates a training center in the web and serves as a platform of internet or intranet based courses and self-learning media. Seminars and workshops can be held, media and documents can be worked on and administered and know-how can be exchanged. The basic idea of the VTC is to create a web-based infrastructure which shelters all possibilities of web-based teaching, learning and training.

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A Joint Venture In Distance Education Program Between Hong Kong And Australia, Fun-Ting Chan, John Messing Aug 2000

A Joint Venture In Distance Education Program Between Hong Kong And Australia, Fun-Ting Chan, John Messing

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

This article examines how the use of information technology overcomes some of the difficulties in delivering vocational education at a distance. It then discusses how the collaboration of an overseas institution with a local academic partner can offer an enhanced distance education program. In addition to the reflections of the academic and administrative staff, feedback from the students is collected through a questionnaire survey. The students’ general course satisfaction and their opinions to the enhanced form of distance education are investigated. The findings of this case study provide a useful reference for distance education providers to enhance their competitiveness when …

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An Evaluation Of A Model Multiple Site Distance Learning Program For Non-Traditional Students, Dale E. Thompson, Betsy Orr, Kit Brooks, Cecelia Thompson Aug 2000

An Evaluation Of A Model Multiple Site Distance Learning Program For Non-Traditional Students, Dale E. Thompson, Betsy Orr, Kit Brooks, Cecelia Thompson

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The purpose of the evaluation was to determine student’s perception of the effectiveness of a multiple site distance education program. Part 1 evaluated the distance education process. Students reported a positive experience with distance education. Many were apprehensive at first but after a class or 2, most began to like the process and preferred it to raditional classes. Part 2 evaluated program incentives & barriers, class structure and application of course content. Students responded that evening and weekend scheduling was the greatest incentive to participation in the program while lack of access to the advisor/instructor was the greatest barrier.

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Integrating Adult Learning Principles In Web Based Open Learning, Shyamal Majumder Aug 2000

Integrating Adult Learning Principles In Web Based Open Learning, Shyamal Majumder

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

It is evident that one of the driving forces towards a learning society resides in the role and power of information and communication technology. While the power and potential of technology is clear, the challenges lie in using technology wisely to advance the lifelong skills. The educational arena of web based learning is still in its infancy. While there are many institutions that are offering web based courses for adult learners, an in-depth understanding of the pedagogical issues related to integrating adult learning in web still remains an unexplored frontier. While literature provides some evidence of the effectiveness of using …

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Web-Site Teaching: Analysis Of Its Future Development, Ying Wai Peter Chiu Aug 2000

Web-Site Teaching: Analysis Of Its Future Development, Ying Wai Peter Chiu

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Web-site teaching has become increasingly popular in universities and continuous education. This article discusses the advantages of web-site teaching. In particular the effect of web-site teaching on life-long learning is examined. It is concluded that web-site teaching will have large scope of future development and that education institutions especially those aiming at providing life-long learning to mature working people will need to start preparing for this revolutionary change in method of teaching.

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The Effectiveness Of Using Technology To Teach English As A Second Language, Rita Yuk Kwan Ng Aug 2000

The Effectiveness Of Using Technology To Teach English As A Second Language, Rita Yuk Kwan Ng

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

This study focuses on the effectiveness of using technology such as e-mail and websites in teaching and learning English. Around 50 in-depth interviews were made with teachers and students in the College to examine the effectiveness of using technology, such as e-mail, websites as teaching tools. Through such analysis, we can develop a better understanding on the students' and teachers' perception of their language abilities and effectiveness of using e-mail and websites for teaching. If there is a wide discrepancy between teachers and students' perception, it is better to equip our teachers with better understanding of the students' problems when …

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Establishing A Virtual Building & Construction Site For Education And Training, John F. Barrett, Brian Wilkins Aug 2000

Establishing A Virtual Building & Construction Site For Education And Training, John F. Barrett, Brian Wilkins

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

Field trips, site visits and industrial placements can make an important educational contribution by bridging the theory–practice gap through the provision of vital contextual information and the promotion of insights not easily understood in the normal classroom. But, in the Building and Construction industries it is increasingly difficult to arrange actual sites visits. An alternative web site solution is described in this paper. The City University site, the Virtual Building and Construction Environment, is part of a much larger group of sites known as CIVCAL, developed by four Hong Kong universities. Access is provided to three tours, three building sites, …

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Use Of Web-Based Collaboration And Knowledge Transformation Tools To Support The Development Of A Learning Community To Enhance Careers Guidance Practice, Alan Brown, Graham Attwell, Jenny Bimrose Aug 2000

Use Of Web-Based Collaboration And Knowledge Transformation Tools To Support The Development Of A Learning Community To Enhance Careers Guidance Practice, Alan Brown, Graham Attwell, Jenny Bimrose

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

This paper outlines progress towards the development of a learning community to enhance careers guidance practice, through the process of developing web-based collaboration and knowledge sharing tools. These will be used in order to provide a comprehensive telematic platform for interactive and focused knowledge sharing and transformation for Careers Guidance students, tutors, practitioners, policy makers, and training organisations as collaborative participants in a dynamic community of practice. Note some of the technical detail of the operation of the system is given in the linked paper of Attwell and Brown (2000) describing knowledge development in the CEDEFOP Research Arena.

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Worldwide Technology Trend Of Electronics Products, Lawrence Cheung Aug 2000

Worldwide Technology Trend Of Electronics Products, Lawrence Cheung

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

Electronics products have undergone much significant advancement in recent years. Although the development trends have primarily been determined by the developed nations such as United States, Japan and the European countries, these trends have been largely driven by many principal drivers. These principal drivers can broadly be classified in terms of users, technologies and regulatory changes. This paper briefly examines these drivers as well as the technology and product trends in the sectors of telecommunications, consumer electronics and information technology products. Its implication to the training and skill development requirements for Hong Kong will also be examined.

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Distance And Open Learning – Web-Based Training (Wbt) Development Process Consideration, Donna Wing Yiu Lau Aug 2000

Distance And Open Learning – Web-Based Training (Wbt) Development Process Consideration, Donna Wing Yiu Lau

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

Learning is undergoing a revolution as technology provides effective and engaging channels to deliver training to multiple locations when audience can learn, communicate, email, chat, video-conferencing with instructors and others. This paper highlighted some major fundamental development process someone needs to consider to develop an effective and interactive web-based learning system.

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Industrialization, The New Economy, And The Occupational Work Ethic, Gregory C. Petty Aug 2000

Industrialization, The New Economy, And The Occupational Work Ethic, Gregory C. Petty

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in the new international economy. The information age, the internet, along with e-commerce, e-communication, and e-learning are changing the way businesses and workers interact, communicate and problem solve. The challenges of these multitude of demands on today’s workers has greatly altered our traditional knowledge of the world of work. Vocational educators and trainers worldwide are now faced with a myriad of training challenges. Perhaps the most salient challenge is the understanding and communicating (teaching) of a work ethic suitable for the workplace of this new age.

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Providing Competecy: Based Education For Industry And Its Effect On Classroom Education, Chin-Yen Lin, Tsung-Juang Wang Aug 2000

Providing Competecy: Based Education For Industry And Its Effect On Classroom Education, Chin-Yen Lin, Tsung-Juang Wang

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

This paper is set upon the scenario of a synergy from two leading technical education institutions in their joining exercise of providing an industry-oriented curriculum for a university level degree course. A course model of Pro-Trainer One is devised to foster this initiative at the first evaluation year in which the result was demanded to be effective. The strategy of developing material toward this exercise is demonstrated and the evaluation of this synergy is also examined. The newly established Taishan Training University was meant to become a model in which prospective collaboration among many institutions can follow.

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What’S Happening In Your Teacher Education Program?, C. Gloria Heberley Aug 2000

What’S Happening In Your Teacher Education Program?, C. Gloria Heberley

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

Six questions are presented, the answers to which will enable program administrators to gain valuable insights to their current or proposed teacher education program. Consideration of program aspects as perceived by participants at all levels can assist in the planning of appropriate interventions to mitigate complications. The questions were used in a recent study of the alternative vocational teacher education program at Temple University, known as VITAL. Responses to the questions revealed a cluster of themes that converged to form a concept identified as “generative” leadership. Generative leadership appears to be a major influence in the success of that program. …

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Training For Betterment: A Model For Training Of Professionals In A Diverse Organisation, Freidoon A. Khavarpour, Bruno Gelonesi Aug 2000

Training For Betterment: A Model For Training Of Professionals In A Diverse Organisation, Freidoon A. Khavarpour, Bruno Gelonesi

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

Staff development is one of the pillars of organisational advancement. A welltrained employee has the capacity to increase the organisational output and improve his/her individual social capacity. The conventional method of staff development trains each tier of decision-makers for their particular skill needs. The problem with this model is that capital gain and financial results might be the only mutual outcome of these training. The proposed model sees the staff as individuals who might have similar needs and interests towards certain philosophical and cultural views holding the organisation together. The model, already in practice in one of the Pacific Island …

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E-Learning In Knowledge-Based Society, P.F. Tsui, K.M. Yue Aug 2000

E-Learning In Knowledge-Based Society, P.F. Tsui, K.M. Yue

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The new training technologies can help improve the quality of the teaching and learning process, reduce training time and costs and compensate for the lack of training opportunities. One of the most prominent technologies is the development of Internet - leading to the development of e-learning. In the knowledge-based society, training stresses on individual learning and innovation to meet the restructuring of the industry. The Continuous Learning Centre (CLC) has demonstrated the success of the Internet learning and has been a pioneer in this area in Hong Kong. The experience and future development of CLC will be shared in this …

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The Development Of A Management Competency Model And A Development Centre, Sara Wong Aug 2000

The Development Of A Management Competency Model And A Development Centre, Sara Wong

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

In 1999, the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) has developed a Hong Kong focused Management Competency Model and a Development Centre which aimed to improve the organisation’s capability to develop managers for general management roles. The project began with the development of the Management Competency Model which formed the foundation of the Development Centre. The research process included surveys and focus group meetings. The Management Competency Model comprised 31 competencies grouped under 8 clusters. The assessment tools adequately measuring the competencies identified in the Model included personality questionnaire, 360 degree assessment exercise, group discussion on business case, role play, presentation, …

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Analysis Of Training Needs For Employees Of International Five-Star Hotels In Taipei, Taiwan, Shu-Hsiao Tsen Aug 2000

Analysis Of Training Needs For Employees Of International Five-Star Hotels In Taipei, Taiwan, Shu-Hsiao Tsen

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The main purpose of this study is to explore the training demands of the employees working at the international five-star hotel in Taipei. The study is based on the questionnaire to those who work at four Taipei’s international hotels and their departments, such as Front Desk Department, Food & Beverage Department and Room Department, are frequently interactive with their customers.

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