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IN FOCUS PIAAC / PEICA
NEXT DACUM I PUBLIC WORKSHOPS in 2013
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- February 24-27 2014 Halifax, NS
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- November 3-6 2014 Ottawa, ON
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PIAAC - Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
As part of its Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), the OECD collects and analyses data that assist governments in assessing, monitoring and analysing the level and distribution of skills among their adult populations as well as the utilisation of skills in different contexts.
The Survey of Adult Skills, implemented in 24 countries, and the Education and Skills Online Assessment for individuals are part of the package of tools available to support countries develop, implement and evaluate policies that foster both the development of skills and the optimal use of existing skills.
www.oecd.org/site/piaac/#d.en.221854
| >> | Press release. Boosting skills essential for tackling joblessness and improving well-being, says OECD The low-skilled are more likely than others to be unemployed, have bad health and earn much less. Countries with greater inequality in skills proficiency also have higher income inequality. Tags: Press release; Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies - PIAAC; Source: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; |
| >> | Document. OECD Skills Outlook 2013: First Results from the Survey of Adult Skills This OECD Skills Outlook presents the initial results of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), which evaluates the skills of adults in 24 countries. It provides insights into the availability of some of the key skills and how they are used at work and at home. A major component is the direct assessment of key information-processing skills: literacy, numeracy and problem solving in the context of technology-rich environments. Tags: Programme pour l'évaluation internationale des compétences des adultes - PEICA; Report - Survey; Source: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; |
| >> | Documents. Skills Outlook Page on the first OECD Skills Outlook. The initial results of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) evaluates the skills of adults in 24 countries. It provides insights into the availability of some of the key skills and how they are used at work and at home. A major component is the direct assessment of key information-processing skills: literacy, numeracy and problem solving in the context of technology-rich environments. Tags: Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies - PIAAC; Ressources; Source: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; |
| >> | Canada. Key findings. Skilled for Life? Results for Canada |
| >> | Canada. Skills in Canada: First Results from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) The report provides information about the literacy, numeracy and PS-TRE skills for the Canadian population aged 16 to 65. It provides results for Canada as a whole, as well as for all the provinces and territories. In addition, it looks at the relationships between skills proficiency and a range of socio-demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender, level of education) across the entire Canadian population. It also reports on first results on the literacy, numeracy and PS-TRE skills of Aboriginal populations, immigrants, and official-language minority communities. Tags: Comparative analysis; Canada; Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies - PIAAC; Adult - competencies; Report - Survey; Source: Statistics Canada; |
| >> | Canada. PIAAC: Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments and the Survey of Skills Used at Work This bulletin explores two elements of PIAAC:
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| >> | Canada. PIAAC Pan-Canadian Report. Key Findings
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| >> | Canada. First Reactions to the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) Results This paper will highlight points of interest and concern. It will also suggest how the results might affect Canadian policy and practice. Tags: Canada; Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies - PIAAC; Paper; Source: Canadian Literacy and Learning Network; |
| >> | Canada/Ontario. Putting PIAAC and Data into Place In the context of literacy and essential skills (LES) and PIAAC results – can place-based approaches offer a more localized method to LES, as it is at the local level where skills are developed and deployed? Place-based approaches have the potential to align LES more closely to community development. This in turn can lead to greater and more measurable social impacts and strengthen local skills and their utilization in the workforce - all which PIAAC has been designed to measure. Tags: Article; Ontario; Canada; Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies - PIAAC; Source: Essential Skills Ontario; |
| PIAAC pages in Canada | |
| >> | Building Canada's Skills Advantage |
| >> | Council of Ministers of Education |
| >> | COPIAN |
| ARTICLES and PAPERS | |
| >> | Leveraging Your Investment in Training: 70:20:10 Learning Model Unless you're a professional trainer or an academic, it's probable that you've never heard of the 70:20:10 Learning Model and that's unfortunate, because understanding the model is key to understanding how to really leverage your organization's investment in training. Tags: 70:20:10 learning model ; Learning model 70:20:10; Article; Source: Griffiths Sheppard Consulting; *A contribution of Jeff Griffiths, Certified Management Consultant in Alberta, Canada |
| >> | Canada. Tertiary Education: Developing Skills for Innovation and Long-Term Growth in Canada The tertiary education system in Canada performs well in fostering a skilled workforce with generally good labour-market outcomes and is internationally recognised for its research contributions. Tertiary educational attainment is high, but participation rates will need to continue expanding to maintain the supply of highly skilled labour as the population ages and the needs of the knowledge-based economy rapidly evolve. The development of skills for innovation can be improved by increasing the integration of technical, business and communications skills training with practical industry experience within tertiary education programmes. In an environment of government spending restraint, the quality of tertiary education could be strengthened by increasing the distinction between institutions that target research and those that emphasise teaching and re-evaluating tuition policies in provinces where public finances are stretched. Tags: Canada; Education - higher; Trend - analysis; Skills - development; Working paper; Source: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; |
| >> | Canada. Certification, Completion, and the Wages of Canadian Registered Apprentices This research paper estimates the earnings functions of individuals who completed or discontinued a registered apprenticeship program. Controlling for observed demographic, labour market, and employer characteristics correlated with the two apprenticeship states, it finds earnings differences of approximately 20%. The paper also disaggregates apprentices into four groups on the basis of program completion and certification in order to refine the wage comparisons. Tags: Target group: Apprentices; Canada; Wage differentials; Certification; Research paper; Source: Statistics Canada; |
| >> | Canada. The Role of Education in Technology Use and Adoption: Evidence from the Canadian Workplace and Employee Survey This study assesses the causal effects of education on technology use and adoption by using instrumental variables for schooling derived from Canadian compulsory school attendance laws. We find that education increases the probability of using computers in the job and that employees with more education have longer work experiences in using computers than those with less education. However, education does not influence the use of computer-controlled and computer-assisted devices or other technological devices! such as cash registers and sales terminals. Our estimates are consistent with the view that formal education increases the use of technologies that require or enable workers to carry out higher order tasks, but not those that routinize workplace tasks. Tags: Field: ICT; School-to-work transition; School-based learning; Analysis; Discussion paper; Source: IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor; |
| >> | South Africa. Safety Valve or Sinkhole? Vocational Schooling in South Africa As an alternative to traditional academic schooling, vocational schooling in South Africa may serve as a safety valve for students encountering difficulty in the transition from school to work. Yet if ineffective, vocational schooling could also be a sinkhole, offering little chance for success on the labor market. After defining the terms "safety valve" and "sinkhole" in a model of human capital investment with multiple schooling types, The author tested for evidence of these characteristics using a panel of urban youth in South Africa. The author finds no evidence that vocational schooling is a sinkhole, with wage and employment returns at least as large as those for academic schooling. The results suggest that vocational schooling plays an important role in easing difficult school to work transitions for South African youth. Tags: South Africa; Paper; VET - competence-based vocational education; Analysis; Source: IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor; |
| >> | Europe. Convergence or divergence of continuing vocational training in Europe? Empirical findings and theoretical conclusions for adult education The paper describes trends of convergence and divergence in enterprise-provided continuing vocational training in Europe between 1999 and 2005. The paper concludes with an outlook with references to sketches of an educational theory to be written for this field of adult education. Tags: Conference proceeding 2011; Analysis; VET - vocational education and training; Europe; Paper; Source: AERC - Adult Education Research Conference; |
| >> | Suggested Improvements to Competency Modeling: Setting the Stage for Best Practices This paper will focus on ways to improve the practice of competency modeling. While addressing improvements to competency modeling practices the paper will consider Organizations, practitioners and researchers who use and study competency models. These improvements will set the ground work for a best practices comparison of competency modeling studies. Best practices can be determined through criterion-related validation studies that indicate the success of a competency based measure for predicting performance. Tags: Graphics; Tableau; Competence - model; Competence - development; Paper; Source: IMTA - International Military Testing Association; |
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| >> | Canada. Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2011 CIP is designed to classify 'instructional programs', which are defined as follows: A combination of courses and experiences that is designed to accomplish a predetermined objective or set of allied objectives such as preparation for advanced study, qualification for an occupation or range of occupations or simply the increase of knowledge and understanding. Tags: Document; Resources; CIP - Classification of Instructional Programs; Canada; Source: Statistics Canada; |
| >> | Canada/Ontario. How Ontario university career services prepare students for the future Some jobs are disappearing, while new ones are being created. Consumer, economic and societal trends suggest this will continue. Ontario universities are reacting by developing innovative academic programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare students for careers in these evolving workplaces. Universities are also bolstering their academic and student support services, such as their career centres. They continue to develop robust career centres that place the importance of students and alumni's future at the forefront of their services. Tags: School-to-work transition; Target group: University students; Field: Career development services; Ontario; Canada; Document; Source: Council of Ontario Universities; |
| >> | European Union. Building on skills forecasts The publication helps to identify the challenges and offer solutions to skills and labour-market forecasting in general and to Cedefop projections in particular; it also discusses various national approaches, methods and results and their comparisons. It provides sound evidence and suggests innovative ways of thinking about future skills needs and supply. Tags: European Union; Trend - analysis; Skills - development; Educational policy; VET - vocational education and training; Document; Source: Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; |
| >> | The world at work: Jobs, pay, and skills for 3.5 billion people How can businesses manage their workforces in the skills-scarce world of 2030? Tags: Skills - shortage; Skills - crisis; Skills - gap; Employment trend 2030; Trend - analysis; Trend - employment; Document; Source: McKinsey; |
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| >> | Canadian Standards & Guideline for Career Development Practitioners Defines the competencies career development practitioners need in order to practice effectively and ethically. They are used extensively in Canada in shaping professional training and development programs, certification and scope of practice. Tags: Target group: Career development practitioners; Workforce - development; Canada; Web site; Source: Career Development Guidelines; |
| >> | European Union site. Skills Panorama The site provides information and intelligence that can:
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| NEWS in BRIEF | |
| >> | Canada. Ottawa willing to compromise on job grant program after opposition from provinces, businesses In a renewed effort to show "flexibility" and reach out to the provinces on the Canada Job Grant program, the federal minister responsible, Jason Kenney, has written to the provinces with an olive branch. |
| >> | Canada. This year's grads 'extremely disadvantaged' when seeking entry-level work Trainee may be the rarest of first jobs available to the class of 2013. That's because this year's university graduates are part of the outsourced generation – a crop of job seekers looking for work within organizations that contract out much of what they once did in-house. |
| >> | Canada/British Columbia. Direct Access Tool for managing apprenticeship. |
| >> | USA. Don't Blame Unemployment Insurance for Our Jobs Crisis A new study shows that labor markets are just as broken for people who aren't collecting benefits as it is for people who are. |
| >> | Shanghai update: Follow-up on the Third International TVET Congress UNESCO serial issue no.1 on the Third International TVET Congress in Shanghai. |
| >> | 2013 World University Rankings The 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is released today by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Starting from a decade ago, ARWU has been presenting the world Top 500 universities annually based on transparent methodology and reliable data. It has been recognized as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy one. |
| >> | Unemployed and Older, and Facing a Jobless Future Those over 50 who lose their jobs are confronting the possibility of never working again. |
| >> | Who are really the 'entitled' ones here? The institution of internships is a perfect illustration of how 20-somethings are trying to cope in an economy that has been gamed against them. Internships are no longer about trading one's time for mentorship and opportunity. They've become the new serfdom. |
| >> | Site & resources. Decent work Decent work sums up the aspirations of people in their working lives. It involves opportunities for work that is productive and delivers a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men. |
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