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If at First You Don’t Succeed: Toward an Adult Education and Training Strategy for Canada 

If at First You Don’t Succeed: Toward an Adult Education and Training Strategy for Canada  | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
In this study authors Torben Drewes and Tyler Meredith find that although investments in education undertaken earlier in life generally provide a higher payoff, returns to education and training appear to remain positive up to age 40. This suggests a considerable portion of Canada’s labour force might benefit from improved access to learning later in life, including the 1 in 7 working-age adults who report having insufficient qualifications for their current job, and the 1 in 5 who lack basic literacy and numeracy skills.
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How to Design Education for Adults 

How to Design Education for Adults  | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
A traditional college course designed for 18-year-old students isn’t an adult learning program just because it's scheduled in the evening.
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Breaking the Code: What Motivates Adult Learners?

Breaking the Code: What Motivates Adult Learners? | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
  Though my focus is always andragogy (adult education, coined by Malcolm Knowles) I often make the argument that more and more often the line between pedagogy and andragogy is blurred.  This article brought me back to some fundamental differences.  Regardless of information accessibility and immersion in special interests, very few people under 17 have…

Via Donna Murdoch
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Canada/Manitoba. Awakening DAWN

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The consistent and extensive lack of literacy and Essential Skills programming for on-reserve adults prompted the development of a curriculum designed to deliver Essential Skills upgrading using documents and exercises that are particularly meaningful and relevant to Aboriginal adults.
http://www.wem.mb.ca/uploads/AD_Facilitators_Guide_FINAL.pdf

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The Impact of Formal Adult Education on the Likelihood of Being Employed: a Comparative Overview

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This article aims to map formal adult education in terms of the determinants of educational upgrading later in life, relating these back to social inequalities from a comparative perspective, and to labour market outcomes following participation, particularly the probability of being employed.
http://www.tlu.ee/stss/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/kilpi.pdf

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USA. Tennessee makes community college free for all adults

USA. Tennessee makes community college free for all adults | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
Tennessee is about to become the first state in the nation to make community college free for all adults.
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Adult Learning Theories Every Instructional Designer Must Know -  Infographic

Adult Learning Theories Every Instructional Designer Must Know -  Infographic | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
Adult Learning Theories Every Instructional Designer Must Know Infographic To facilitate learning and be an effective Instructional Designer, you MUST understand how adults learn best. When creating any type of eLearning course, it is important to base the design on a good understanding of adult... http://elearninginfographics.com/adult-learning-theories-every-instructional-designer-must-know-infographic/
Via elearninginfographic, Dean J. Fusto
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Canada/Alberta. Trades in Alberta

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This is an easy-to-read publication for low literacy individuals that are interested in learning about the trades or working within the trades as a career choice. Through answering two major questions - What are the trades? and How do people enter the trades? readers explore various trade options such as welder, mechanic, hairstylist, carpenter and cook through the stories of 7 people.
Publication http://alis.alberta.ca/pdf/cshop/aaet/tradesinalberta.pdf

 

Teaching notes http://alis.alberta.ca/pdf/cshop/aaet/tradesinalberta_TN.pdf

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ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education (ACVE)

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Comprehensive Information Services in Adult and Continuing Education, Career Education Vocational and Technical Education, Employment and Training.
http://www.calpro-online.org/eric/fulltextresource.asp#workforce

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