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Latest Update 11/21/06
 

The International Journal of Vocational Education and Training is the official publication of IVETA. It is published biannually and sent to members. Articles are selected from submissions by an editorial board.

To submit articles for consideration, please contact the editor Ernest W. Brewer. Submissions can be made on hard copy, accompanied by an electronic disk or by e-mail, ewbrewer@utk.edu

Ordering Information  Paid up members of IVETA receive a copy of the Journal. Nonmember yearly subscriber rates are $50.00 for individuals and $60 for institutions plus $7.95 for postage and handling outside the US.  Single copies of back issues are $20.00 each plus $4.00 postage and handling in the US (first class) and $7.95 postage and handling outside of the US (air mail) per issue. When you order multiple copies of the Journal the postage rate will be based on the postage and handling of the total order. We have in stock the following back issues:  1993, Vol. 1, No. 1  1993, Vol. 1, No. 2 1994, Vol. 2, No.1 1994, Vol. 2, No. 2 out of print 1995, Vol. 3, No. 1 1995, Vol. 3, No. 2 1996, Vol. 4, No. 1 1996, Vol. 4, No. 2 out of print 1997, Vol. 5, No. 1 out of print 1997, Vol. 5, No. 2 out of print 1998, Vol. 6, No. 1 1999, Vol .7 2000, Vol. 8 2001, Vol. 9, No.1 2001, Vol. 9, No. 2 2002, Vol. 10, No. 1 out of print 2002, Vol. 10, No. 2 out of print 2003, Vol. 11, No. 1 2003, Vol. 11, No. 2 2004, Vol. 12, No. 1 2004, Vol. 12, No. 2 2005, Vol. 13, No. 1  2005, Vol. 13, No. 2 2006, Vol. 14, No. 1 2006, Vol. 14, No. 2 Discounts are available for quantity purchases. Contact the Executive Secretariat for pricing. Send all orders to the Executive Secretariat with payment. Allow four weeks for delivery. Barbara Ann Herrmann, Executive Secretariat International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) 186 Wedgewood Drive Mahtomedi, MN 55115 (651-770-6719 FAX (810-454-6972) E-Mail iveta@visi.com Payment can be made via check (international bank check for outside the US), VISA or MasterCard. Change of Address Request for change of address must be received at least two weeks before the publication date of an issue to be affected by the request. Undelivered issues resulting from changes of address cannot be replaced without charge. Notify the Executive Secretariat (see above) for address changes.

Tables of Contents for Volumes 1 (1993) through 14 (2006)

Volume 1-Number 1-Spring 1993  Managing Sustainable Institutional Development: The Case of the Malawi Agricultural Research and Extension Project  Carol J. Culler  U.S. Agency for International Development David G. Acker, Oregon State University  Reid A. Bates, Oregon State University  Gender and Equality in Commercial Education in Finland Marja-Leena Stenstrom University of Jyvaskyla, Finland  Vocational Education for a Thinking Workforce: A Vygotskian Perspective  Rebecca Soden  Jordanhill College, Scottish School of Further Education  Student and Parent Perceptions of the Information Sector in Zimbabwe  Michael N. Mambo  Ministry for Higher Education, Zimbabwe  Emerging Uses of Computers for Education: An Overview of Tools and Issues for Vocational Educators  Michael N. Mambo  Reviewed by Kelly V. Cockrum  Vocational Training on the Threshold of the 1990s  Reviewed by Soledad Teixida and Carolina Rojas Bahr  The Effectiveness of Training Boards in Sweden, and the Effectiveness of Training Boards in Canada  Reviewed by Dennis R. Hershbach

Volume 1-Number 2-Fall 1993 Work-based Learning: Professional Training for Teaching in Vocational Education  Stuart M. Niven  Jordanhill College, Scottish School of Further Education  CPSC's Women Technicians in Development Program  Violeta A. Laraya  Colombo Plan Staff College  Building a Foundation for Prosperity A Study of Canadian Vocational Education  Marvin E. Lamoureux Lamoureux and Associates  Dale Rusnell  Continuing Education Projects People, Inc.  Curriculum Guidelines for Technology Education in Developing Nations  Kenneth S. Volk  East Carolina University

Volume 2-Number 1-Spring 1994  Some Global Trends in Training Policy  Fred Fluitman International Labour Office, Geneva  Implementing Development Projects: A Paradigm for Decision Making  Larry J. Kenneke  Oregon State University  Finnish Vocational High School Students' Perceptions of Themselves as Learners of Mathematics  Virpi Koponen and Johanna Lasonen  University of Jyvaskyla Institute for Educational Research  Education in Technology: Imperative for Industrial Development  Maurice Gross  University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg Tech Prep: An Innovative Approach in Workforce Training  Dan M. Hull  CORD  Building Links with Enterprise: The Polytechnic System in Indonesia  Umar Nimran  Brawijaya University Polytechnic  Malang, Indonesia

Volume 2-Number 2-Fall 1994  Can Proprietary Vocational Schools Replace Public Institutions in Developing Nations? Lessons From Indonesia  Richard W. Moore  Shigekazu Fukuyama, Ashiya University, and the Fukuyama Profile Lawrence A. Inaba, Harry N. Drier, and Kenneth B. Hoyte  A Study of Parental Attitudes Toward Vocational Education in Taiwan  Chen-Jung Tien and Yan-Dan Lin  Apprenticeship Training in Germany: Structure of the Dual System  Clifton P. Campbell

Volume 3-Number 1-Spring 1995 Comparison of American and Finnish Gender-Linked Vocational Program Choices Penny L. Burge and Marja-Leena Stenstrom  Enhancing National Capacity in Vocational Training Delivery Under Structural Adjustment: An ILO Approach Nickolai Petrov  Fundamental Errors Made in the Design and Introduction of Career Education into Greek Schools  Popi Pigiaki  Educational and Vocational Guidance for Adults in a Changing Labour Market: The Scottish Experience Alexander F. Thomson  Forging Multi-National Public/Private Partnerships to Respond to Changing Labour Market Needs: The Application of Task Management Approaches to International Development Projects John Gabb and Richard Gilligan

Volume 3-Number 2-Fall 1995  Exploring HRD Competencies in Taiwan: The Results of a Cross-Cultural Study Shang-hou Lee and William J. Rothwell  Combining School and Work: New Pathways for Learning in Australia  James A. Athanasou  A Training System for Export? The German Dual Vocational Training System and its Transferability  Gunter Schroeter  Marketing Higher Diploma Courses in the Hong Kong Context  Dominic Chan and Bradford W. Imrie  Evaluating an International Vocational Education Research Linkage: A Case Study of Culture, Communication, and Collaboration  Johanna Lasonen and Curtis R. Finch

Volume 4-Number 1-Spring 1996  Characteristics of Effective Vocational Education and Training Policies: An International Comparative Perspective  Ian Finlay and Stuart Niven  Vocational and Technical Education and Apprenticeship Training in the Republic of Turkey  Marie F. Kraska  A Curriculum in Transition: Technology Education in Taiwan Steve  Chi-Yin Yuen  A Comparison of Workforce Preparation Policies for Youth in the United States and Finland  Johanna Lasonen and Nevin R. Frantz, Jr.  International Recognition of Vocational Qualifications  Bradford W. Imrie

Volume 4-Number 2-Fall 1996  Vocational Education's Potential Contribution to the Future Economic Development of Belize  Cecil E. Reneau and Curtis R. Finch  Cooperative Education in Quebec: Incoherence in the Collaboration between Government, Schools and the Workplace  Marcelle Hardy and Sophie Grossmann  Vocational Inservice Needs of High School Teachers in Female-Intensive and Male-Intensive Technical Programmes in Swaziland  Comfort B. S. Mndebele  The Recognition and Certification of Transnational Training and Work Experience Placements under PETRA - An Irish Perspective  Jim Gleeson and John McCarthy  The Implications of Cultural Acclimation on the Future of the United Arab Emirates Technical Education Program in the United States  Suha F. Daou and Jeffrey G. Soper

Volume 5-Number 1-Spring 1997  School to Work Transition: International Comparisons  Martin Mulder and Curtis R. Finch  School to Work Transition in Germany  Felix Rauner  School to Work Transition in the Netherlands  Jan N. Streumer  School to Work Transition in England and Wales  Graham Attwell  School to Work Transition in the United States  Curtis R. Finch  School to Work Transition: Cross-National Comparison of Approaches  Martin Mulder

Volume 5-Number 2-Fall 1997  Preparing a Productive Agricultural Workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century  Patrick J. Squire, Ph.D.  Challenges in the Implementation of Lifelong Learning: An Australian Perspective  I. R. Cornford and G. J. Peak  The Republic of Ireland and Effective Vocational Education and Training: Moving on from Finlay and Niven  John Goodwin  Designing Special Vocational Training Courses for School Dropouts: the Case of Greece  Stamatis Paleocrassas, Panayiotis Rousseas and Vassilia Vretakou Meaning of Work in Turkey  Marie F. Kraska and Tayypi Duman

Volume 6-Number 1-Spring 1998 The Virtues of Knights, Queens, and Archangels  Maija-Riitta Ollila  Economic Restructuring and Human Resource Development: A Discussion of Events in Mexico  Marcus Powell  Do Partnerships and Incentives Work? An Evaluation of Hong Kong's Displaced Worker Retraining Program  Richard W. Moore, Steve Duscha, and Daniel R. Blake  Current and Projected HR/HRD Needs in the People's Republic of China: Labor Demand, Professional Development Needs, and Academic Program Priorities  William J. Rothwell and Judith A. Korb

Volume 6-Number 2-Fall 1998  Benchmarking Postsecondary Technical Programs in Community Colleges and Two-year Proprietary Institutions  Edgar I. Farmer and Raymond G. Taylor, Jr.  Finnish Reform of the Upper Secondary Vocational Education Curriculum: The Perspective of Personally Constructed Study Programs  Marja-Leena Stenstrom Designing Quality Work-Based Learning Experiences in Occupational Education and Training  Dorothy Harnish and Juergen Wilke-Schnaufer  The Normative Basis of International Development and Education Planning Cynthia Davis Education, Training, and Economic Development Ian Finlay Preparing Industrial Designers in Taiwan  Jui-Che Tu and Zen-Tin Lee  Reviews  An Analysis of Policy Implementation in the Third World  Reviewed by David Brady

Volume 7-1999 The Hong Kong Information Technology Initiative: Its Impact on Vocational Education  Agnes, Ng Poh Ean and Phil Glenwright  Preparing Vocational Teachers Via e-Learning A Solution to the Impending Teacher Shortage  Gregory C. Petty  The Role of Vocational and Technical Education in Malaysia's Industrial Development  Ramlee B. Mustapha  The Vocational Educational Movement in Nigeria  Mable C. Oguamah-Okojie and Anthony A. Olinzock  Privacy Needs that Facilitate Work Practices  Virginia W. Kupritz  Review: World Employment Report 1998-99: Employability in the Global Economy, How Training Matters  Richard W. Moore Forum: Graduate Study in Vocational Education and Training: A Point of View  Clifton P. Campbell

Volume 8-2000  Transitional Comparisons of Parity of Esteem Between Vocational and General Education  Johanna L. Lasonen and Sabine Manning  Technical and Vocational Education in Turkey: Cooperation Between Two-Year Colleges and Selected Industries  Sabahattin Balci, Marie Kraska, and Riza Gurbuz Education Levels and Learning Needs Among Chinese Workers in Multi-National Corporations  Will M. Hickey  Contextualised Learning Through In-School Vocational Education: Aspects of the Queensland Experience  Ken N. Purnell  School-to-Work and Vocational Training in Malaysia  Ramlee B. Mustapha and Abu Abdulla Training Partnerships in the United States: Linking Enterprises and Government  Dennis R. Herschbach  Forum: Evaluating Vocational Programs: Issues, Ideas, And a Point of View  Clifton P. Campbell

Volume 9-Number 1-Spring 2001  The Measurement of Culture in International Vocational Education Research K. Peter Kuchinke  Industry-Based Competency Standards for Improving Training and Career Development  Anatoli Tchaban  Impact of the Knowledge-Economy on Human Resource Development in Malaysia  Ramlee B. Mustapha, Ruhizan Mohd Yassin, Noriah Mohd Ishak, and Abu B. Abdullah  Preparing Technical Education Instructors for the United Arab Emirates  Richard A. Walter  Contingency Teory As Having Little Value to Help Leaders Perform Successfully  Eric Cheng Student Retention Models and the Community College  James R. Larkins, Jr. and Marie F. Kraska  Forum: Ideas on Organizing and Managing Teams For Learning  Clifton P. Campbell Reviews  Finding Funding: Grantwriting from Start to Finish, Including Project Management and Internet Use  Gregory C. Petty

Volume 9-Number 2-Fall 2001 IT as a Mediator for Learning in a Self-Access Hong Kong VET Context: Gender Difference and Motivation  Agnes Ng Poh Ean  Using Technology to Foster Critical Thinking and Reflection: The R9 Process  David Ripley  Trends and Development in VET Systems: Flexibility, Transferability, and Mobility Issues  Mats Lindell  Hispanic Students' Participation in Postsecondary Technical Programs in the United States  Cecilia Maldonado and Edgar I. Farmer  The Effects of Work Experience and Job Position on International Learning Transfer Doo H. Lim  Factors Impacting Student Reasons for Choosing a Postsecondary Institution in Pennsylvania Henry O'Lawrence  Assessing Variables Related to Participant Knowledge Retention  Charlene R. Manco and Aaron W. Hughey   Volume 10-Number 1-2002  Integration of Practice and Theory in Pre-Vocational Secondary Education  B. G. Doornekamp, J. N. Streumer, J. M. M. Van der Sanden, and C. C. J. Teurlings Work-Based Learning in Higher Vocational Education Programs: A Finnish Case of Project Learning  Johanna Lasonen and Pirkko Vesterinen  A Survey of ISO 9000 International Quality Standards Implementation at Four Vocational-Technical Schools  Paul E. Krueger and Ajay Nair  Graduates in the Labor Market: Evidence and Career Education Policy Issues for Greece  Stamatis Paleocrassas, Panagiotis Rousseas, and Vassilia Vretakou  Economics in Technical-Vocational Education in Secondary Schools: Implementation and Implications Faridah Karim  Approaches and Tools for Training Expatriates  Xiao Jing Wang and Samuel L. Elkins Multiple Pathways to the Goal of Professional Career and Technical Educators Richard A. Walter   Volume 10-Number 2-2002  Underemployment and Participation in Vocational Education: A Methodological Study Wan Azlinda Wan Mohamed, David L. Passmore, and Chang-jung Lin  Career Development for Mid-Strata Adult Learners in China William Hickey Attitudes Towards Curriculum Diversification in Nigeria Mabel CPO Okojie and Anthony A. Olinzock Employment Outcomes From Vocational Education: A Study of Business Management Technicians in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Betty McDonald and James A. Athanasou Personality Profiles of College Students in Technical and Non-Technical Fields: Implications for Workforce Readiness Noriah Mohd Ishak, Ramlee Mustapha, and Nor Rihad Mohd Nadzir Good Practices for Utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Networking and Internationalization Shyamal Majumdar Adult Students' and Their Work Supervisors' Perceptions of a Non-Traditional Bachelor's Degree Program: A Qualitative Study Dale E. Thompson, Kit Brooks, and Elizabeth S. Lizarraga Information Technology and Occupational Studies at California State University: Distance Education Jane Twiss and Henry O'Lawrence   Volume 11-Number 1-2003 Flexibility, Transferability, and Mobility in Initial Vocational Education and Training: An Irish  Perspective on COST Action A-11 Jim Gleeson Connective Learning and the Work-Related Curriculum Gary Granville The Empowering Capacity of Cross-Curricular Tasks in Initial Vocational Education Diarmaid O Donnabhain The Vocationalisation of Higher Education: The Evolution of Policy in the Republic of Ireland Patrick Clancy Promoting Peace in Ireland Through Vocational Training and Work Experience Anton Trant A Credit System for Ireland: A Question of Priority? Josephine A. Boland Practising What We Preach? A Vocational Qualifications Agency as a Learning Organization Cynthia Deane An Idea Whose Time Has Come? The Liberal Vocational Ideal in Irish Education Mary-Liz Trant Volume 11-Number 2-2003 Higher Vocational Education in Scotland (United Kingdom)  Ian Finlay Patricia O'Brien, and Magnus Ross Higher Vocational Education in The Netherlands Jan Streumer Higher Vocational Education in Finland Johanna Lasonen Higher Vocational Education in Taiwan Kuang-Chao Yu and How-Gao Hsu Higher Vocational Education in Virginia (United States) Curtis Finch Higher Vocational Education Comparisons: More Questions than Answers? Curtis Finch   Volume 12-Number 1-2004  Computer Literacy of English Language Teachers in Malaysian Technical Schools  Norizan Abdul Razak, Mohamed Amin Embi, and Ramlee B. Mustapha  Microenterprise Development in Indonesia: Lessons for Vocational Educators  Richard W. Moore Are There Differences in Their Vocational Purposes: Comparing First and Final Year Students  Eleanor Cheung Comparing the Russian, the Sloyd, and the Arts and Crafts Movement Training Systems Victor C. X. Wang and Carol Koerner Redhead Improving Workforce Development Systems: Beyond Legal and Administrative Changes Annette A. Hartenstein Dilemas and Contridictions in a Job Readiness Training Program: Conformity or Critical Awareness  James H. Adams and Natalie G. Adams  Critical Practices Necessary to Establish a Student-to-Student Mentoring Program  Kathleen M. McNally and Richard A. Walter    Volume 12-Number 2-2004 Comparative Analysis of Career, Vocational, and Technical Preparation Systems in the United States and the People's Republic of China  Jay W. Rojewski, Jia Wang, Wan Guangzhi, Liu Yongkang, and Song Zhiran  Academic Banding and Pupil's Attitudes Toward Technology in Hong Kong  Kenneth S Volk Students' Perceptions of E-testing in Israeli Vocational Education  Rita Sever, Helena Kimron, Yaakov Schwartz, and Hanny Shilton  Workplace Learning and Performance Competencies and Roles as Perceived by Practitioners in the United Arab Emirates  Willian Rothwell and Nasser Al-Hamli  Factors Predicting Success in a Distance Learning Nontraditional Undergraduate Degree Program  Fredrick M. Nafukho, Dale E. Thompson, and Kit Brooks  An Opportunity for Cross-Culteral, Project-Based Learning on the Internet in Bulgaria and the United States  Glenda J. Ross and Gerald Ubben  A Model for Establishing Workforce Education and Development Programs in Developing Countries  Edgar J. Farmer, Richard A. Walter, and Paryono Paryono  Volume 13-Number 1-2005 Teaching Philosophies of Chinese Vocational Education Instructors  Victor C. X. Wang  Technical and Further Education in Australia: 1981 - 2004 James A. Athanasou Situational Analysis of Vocational Education and Training in Sudan: A Field Study Sidiga Washi  Vocational Interests of Greek Senior High School Students Grigoris Mouladoudis  A Step Up or a Set Up: Contridictions, Consequences, and Possibilities of High School GED Programs James H. Adams  Convergence or Divergence in International Training?  An Analysis of Training Design Needs in Five Countries of the Pacific Rim Charles M. Vance, David M. Boje, H. Daniel Stage, and Assad Shah  Perspectives of a Healthy Work Ethic in a 21st Century International Community Gregory C. Petty and Ernest W. Brewer  IVETA Regional Conference Conclusion Report - Ankara University R. Gurbuz, S. Balci, I. Sezgin, H. Tokay, G. Kaynak, S. Mistikoglu, D. Demirbulak, M. Ari, and I. Sozen  Volume 13-Number 2-2005 Secondary Vocational Education in South Korea: Addressing Challenges and Seeking Solutions Jay W. Rojewski and Joo Ho Park  Training in China Victor C. X. Wang Gender, Type of Career Family, and Career Nature as Antecedents of Job Involvement Behjamin Osayawe Ehigie and Yewande Agboibon Instructors' Key Vocational Education Competencies in Kuwait: The Department of Production Engineering in the College of Technological Strudies Salah Al-Ali Youth Training Rebranded: An Analysis of the New Deal Jason J. Turner A Follow-up Study of Field-Based Teacher Preparation Richard A. Walter and Cynthia Pellock Volume 14-Number 1-2006 Vocational Entrepreneurship Education in a Developing Country: Self-Reported Performance of Male and Female Vocational Instructors in Swaziland Comfort B. S. Mndebele and Dumisani Mkhweli Postsecondary Technical and Vocational Education Institutions in Kenya: Needs and Challenges Davison M. Mupinga, Joe R. Busby, and Joseph W. Ngatiah Using Cognitive Perspectives in an Innovative Career-Education Concept: Results >From a Pilot Study in Greece Stamatis Paleocrassas, Stella Zaharia, Anna Patesti, Mary Antoniadou, and Matina Kalyveza Assessing the Levels of Cultural Awareness Among Professional Employees and Students at Mississippi State University Stephen Cottrell and Mabel CPO Okjie Evaluation of Arkansas Adult Numeracy Campaign Project Brent T. Williams, Frederick M. Nafukho, Fred A. Wills, Joseph P. Agan, Najma Habib, and Judy Ward Information Technolgy and the Keyboarding Mandate: How Readable Are Beginning Keyboarding Textbooks? David R. Rawlinson, Robert A. Lupton, and Eric Peterson World Poverty, Hunger, and the Effect of Welfare-To-Work Legislation in the United States: A Review of the Literature Stella O'Lawrence and Henry O'Lawrence Volume 14-Number 2-2006 Emotional Intelligence of Malaysian Teachers: Implications on Workplace Productivity Noriah Mohd Ishtak, Ramlee Mustapha, Zuria Mahmud, and Siti Rahayah Ariffin Factors Influencing Students' Selection of Vocational Education Subjects in a Developing Country Comfort B. S. Mndebele and Samuel K. Xaba A Chinese Work Ethic in a Global Community Victor Wang The Feasibility of Using Rasch Measurement in Vocational Education and Training Classrooms James A. Athanasou, Iasonas Lamprianou, and Kingsley Agho R9 Revisited: Integrating Cognitive Coaching Techniques and Peer Reviews to Promote Reflective Thinking David Ripley A Closer Look at Hispanic College Completers:  An Analysis of the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) 2000 Cohort Cecilia Maldonado Secondary Business Education in Hong Kong: Teachers' Conceptions of Students' Comptence Christina Wai Mui Yu     Editor-in-Chief:  Ernest W. Brewer  Publisher:  University of Tennessee  Department of Human Resource Development  310 Jessie Harris Building  1215 W. Cumberland Avenue  Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1900 USA  Tel: 1-865-974-8924  FAX: 1-865-974-2048  E-M: ewbrewer@utk.edu

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