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Skills Development for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific

Focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, which� in recent years has been the engine of global economic �growth , this volume surveys trends and prospects in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) with particular reference to achieving inclusive growth and the greening of economies. Under...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Maclean, Rupert. (Editor), Jagannathan, Shanti. (Editor), Sarvi, Jouko. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 19
Subjects:
Education.
Professional & Vocational Education.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5937-4
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: Mr Bindu Lohani
  • Preface: Mr Jouko Sarvi
  • Series Editor Introduction: Prof. Rupert Maclean
  • PART 1: MAJOR TRENDS AND CONCERNS IN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
  • Skills Development Issues, Challenges and Strategies in Asia and the Pacific, Rupert Maclean, Shanti Jagannathan and Jouko Sarvi
  • Lifelong Learning: meaning, challenges and opportunities, Colin Power and Rupert Maclean
  • Vocationalisation of secondary and tertiary education: what next?, Margarita Pavlova and Rupert Maclean
  • Education, Employability Employment and Entrepreneurship; Meeting the Challenge of the 4Es, Manish Sabharwal
  • Coping with Rural Transformation and the Movement of Workers from Rural Areas to Cities: the China Sunshine Project, Li Wang and Greg Shaw
  • TVET and ICT Acquisition Process, Tapio Varis
  • From TVET to Workforce Development, Robin Shreeve, Jennifer Gibb and Shayla Ribeiro
  • Qualifications, skills and workforce effectiveness: the relevance of the OECDs Survey of Adult Skills to Asia, William Thorn and Andreas Schleicher
  • Skills Development Pathways in Asia, Cristina Martinez-Fernandez and Kyungsoo Choi
  • Private Public Partnership to meet the skills challenges in India, Dilip Chenoy
  • Skill training and workforce development with reference to underemployment and migration, Brajesh Panth
  • Rural Transformation Index  Measuring Rural-Urban Disparities, Li Wang, Qutub Khan and Dian Zhang
  • Retire or Rehire: Learning from the Singapore Story, James Yonghwee Lim
  • PART 3: TVET AND THE GREENING OF ECONOMIES
  • Skills for a Green Economy: Practice, Possibilities and Prospects, John Fien and Jose Roberto Guevara
  • Education and Skills in Asia  Responding to Greening Economies, Shanti Jagannathan
  • Redesigning of Curriculum and Training for Skills for Green Jobs in Korea, Namchul Lee
  • Hong Kong Employers Perspectives on a Carbon Constrained Economy and How Technical and Vocational Education and Training Should Respond, Rupert Maclean, Eric Tsang and John Fien
  • Advancing employability and green skills development: Values education in TVET in China, Margarita Pavlova and Chun Lin Huang
  • Schoolings Contribution to a Sustainable Future in Asia: Can Schools Develop Green Citizens?, Kerry J Kennedy and Joseph Kui Foon Chow
  • PART 4: GOING FORWARD: POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS FOR A SKILLS FRAMEWORK
  • Skills for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia and the Pacific, Shanti Jagannathan.

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