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1. Historiografía económica francesa: REGARDS SUR L'HISTOIRE INDUSTRIELLE DU LITTORAL DE LA MANCHE.

Author

FIERRE DAVIET, JEAN

Subjects
INDUSTRIES, HISTORY of the cotton trade, INDUSTRIAL revolution, PAPER industry, SMALL business, ECONOMIC development, HISTORY, COMMERCE
Abstract

The article presents a subjective perspective on the industrial history of the coastal region of the Manche in France. The author discusses the Mediterranean model and the British industrial revolution model. Topics include commercial exchanges and cotton trade at the port in Rouen, France, textile, paper, and leather industries in Brittany, France, and the gap between small and medium-size companies.

Published
2006

2. From Higher Education to Employment. Volume IV: Portugal, United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland = De l'enseignement superieur a l'emploi. Volume IV: Portugal, Royaume-Uni, Suede, Suisse.

Author

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France).

Abstract

This volume reports on the flow of graduates from higher education into working life in Portugal, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland. Chapters for each nation were contributed by national experts in that field. The first section of the report, on Portugal, contains two papers. The first, written in English, discusses recent changes in the higher education system there, and the second, written in French, looks at higher education output during the 1980s, employment and social and regional mobility, and current trends and future challenges. This chapter also reports on a special study concerning degree holders from Portugal's agricultural schools. The section on the United Kingdom consists of one paper (in English) that describes students in higher education, provides an institutional background on the graduate labor market, analyses patterns and trends in graduate output, and discusses other trends, particularly in the new graduate labor market. The one chapter on Sweden, also written in English, describes higher education there, training from the upper secondary level to higher education, output from the higher education system, the graduate labor market, qualification levels for various educational categories, the relationship between longer education and higher income, and earnings for men and women. The final section, on Switzerland, is written in French and covers the context of the Swiss system of higher education, the structure of the system, and statistical information concerning the students who enroll in the system, as well as the transition from higher education to work, and aspects of the employment market in Switzerland. Each chapter in this report includes its own reference list. (JB)

Published
1992

3. Alpha 92. Current Research in Literacy: Literacy Strategies in the Community Movement = Alpha 92. Recherches en alphabetisation. Strategies d'alphabetisation dans le mouvement associatif.

Author

Quebec Dept. of Education, Quebec., National Literacy Secretariat, Ottawa (Ontario)., United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education., and Hautecoeur, Jean-Paul

Abstract

This collection contains 17 papers presented at a seminar on literacy strategies in the community movement, held in Namur, Belgium, in 1991. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Hautecoeur); "Illiteracy: Direction? Action? Results?" (Hautecoeur); "Basic Education and Personal Development Strategies" (Georis); "Breaking Down Barriers: A Local Approach to Adult Basic Education" (Denwette, Walker, Tett); "Illiteracy--Solely an Educational Problem?" (Jaehn); "Knowing Where We Are: Participatory Research and Adult Literacy" (Hamilton, Ivanic, Barton); "Community Development Project among the Gypsies of Sao Gregorio" (Oliveira et al.); "Literacy and Community Development in a Lower Class Neighborhood" (Dias); "Building a Regional Partnership in the Fight against Illiteracy in Belgium" (Chapotte, David); "Urgently Required: Imagination--A Writing Competition" (Azzimonti); "Working with Illiterate Young People in a Community Group: The Boite a Lettres Experience (1983-1987)" (Roy); "From Specialized Training to Grass-Roots Literacy Education" (Raymond, Meunier); "Women and Literacy: A Vital Movement" (de Coster); "The Alpha Mons-Borinage Experience" (Arrijs); "Adult Education: Literacy for the Masses" (Corzo, Lancho); "Training: A Tool in the Struggle against All Types of Exclusion?--The History of AFER (Action-Formation-Etude-Recherche)" (Gosset, Caron, Andreau); "Basic Education in Flanders: Strengths and Weaknesses" (Gehre); and "Literacy Tactics in the Community Organizations Movement" (Hautecoeur). (MN)

Published
1992

4. Learning Opportunities for Adults Vol. V: Widening Access for the Disadvantaged. Possibilites de Formation pour les Adultes. Vol. V: Les Groupes Defavorises.

Author

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France).

Abstract

This volume is the fifth and last in a series that gives a comphehensive view on the present status and future prospects of adult education in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries. The series attempts to show what kind of national policies and strategies are required to increase public participation in adult education and to improve its overall efficiency in order to meet high priority societal, group, and individual learning needs. Chapter 1 of this volume considers the implications of treating the education of disadvantaged as part of comprehensive national policy for adult education. While stressing that the rhetoric about the importance of serving the educational needs of disadvantaged adults has not been matched by polices, it points to the progress that has been made. The main conclusion of the chapter is that a proper set of polices implies the adoption of special measures to identify and satisfy the unmet educational needs of the disadvantaged. The next four chapters consist of country case studies from Australia, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Chapter 6 deals with the major problem of how to induce disadvantaged adults to participate in adult education. It is argued that those administering adult education programs have paid far too little attention to the decisive influence of the way information is processed and disseminated. None of the emerging systems of recurrent education designed to encourage adult learning will improve in efficiency and do justice to the disadvantaged unless stimulating information is comprehensively presented. The last chapter is devoted to the financial implications of widening the access of the disadvantaged to education. A key section of the chapter states five propositions about program planning, each having implications for public expenditures. (KC)

Published
1981