Human Capital Development: Reforms for Adult and Community Education

Autor/inn/en	Choy, Sarojni; Haukka, Sandra
Titel	Human Capital Development: Reforms for Adult and Community Education
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 47 (2007) 1, S.46-63 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Human Capital; Community Needs; Community Education; Lifelong Learning; Adult Education; Skilled Workers; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Education Work Relationship; Role of Education; Labor Force Development; Skill Development; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humankapital; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Facharbeiter; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Bildungsauftrag; Arbeitskräftebestand; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Australien
Abstract	The adult and community education (ACE) sector is consistently responsive to changing community needs and government priorities. It is this particular function that has drawn ACE into the lifelong learning debate as one model for sustaining communities. The responsiveness of ACE means that the sector and its programs continue to make valuable contributions to the quality of social and economic life, particularly in local communities. Although a major focus of ACE is on non-vocational outcomes, there is potential for the sector to make a greater contribution to the human capital stream of the Council of Australian Governments' National Reform Agenda. This paper briefly describes the ACE sector and its current provisions, and proposes ways in which it could make a greater contribution to the human capital stream of the National Reform Agenda. Reforms to ACE are critical at a time when the Australian Government is planning activities for the Reform Agenda, when there is an urgent need of skilled workers, when the ageing population is seeking pathways and opportunities for economic outcomes, and when traditional vocational education and training providers are unable to meet the skill shortages experienced by industry across Australia. This paper attempts to initiate debate around an enhanced role for ACE, in terms of not only the Reform Agenda, but also a rather more defined position in meeting the learning and skilling needs of the broader community. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Adult Learning Australia. Level 1, 32 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra ACT 2603 Australia. Tel: 02 6274 9515; Fax: 02 6274 9513; e-mail: j.mccomish@ala.asn.au; Website: http://www.ala.asn.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10