UID:
almafu_9958122117902883
Format:
1 online resource (pages cm)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781464800801
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1464800804
Series Statement:
Directions in development. Human development
Content:
This study asseses the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system of Yunnan Province in China, including a skills-demand analysis and a review of work-based and non-formal training systems. It promotes policies for a demand-driven, high-quality, and equitable education and training system conducive to lifelong learning.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Skills Challenges: Demand, Gaps, and Mismatches -- Education and Training -- Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Context of Yunnan -- Definition and Measurement of Skills -- Conceptual Framework -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Skills Challenges: Demand, Gaps, and Mismatches -- Labor Market Trends in China and Yunnan -- Skills Composition of the Current Workforce -- Trends in Returns to Education -- Wage Returns to Skills -- Demand for Skills: Evidence from STEP Employer Survey -- Skills Gaps and Mismatches -- Drivers of Future Demand for Skills -- Summary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Overview of Yunnan's Education and Training System -- Formal Education System -- Non-Formal Training -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training -- Legal and Policy Framework -- Governance and Management -- School-Industry Links -- Quality Assurance -- Curriculum Reform -- Employment and Pathways -- Financing Formal TVET -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Non-Formal Training -- Rural Work Force and Surplus Labor Transfer -- Rural-to-Urban Migration and Employment: Policy Evolution -- Demand for and Supply of Rural Worker Training -- Managing and Financing Rural Worker Training Programs -- Content and Delivery of Rural Labor Training -- Impact of Rural Training: Evidence from Honghe Prefecture -- Summary and Policy Implications -- Note -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Work-Based Training in Urban Yunnan -- Demand for and Supply of Work-Based Training in Urban Yunnan -- Policy Framework -- Participation in Work-Based Training -- Financial Input in Work-Based Training -- Training Implementation in SMEs -- Summary and Policy Implications.
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Bibliography -- Chapter 7 Developing Cognitive Skills in Schools: Lessons from PISA Shanghai 2009 -- PISA and Skills -- PISA Shanghai 2009 -- Comparing School Characteristics -- School Characteristics and Student Performance -- Lessons from Shanghai -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8 Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Implications for Cross-Subsector Issues -- Implications for Subsector-Specific Issues -- Appendix A Returns to Education and Skills -- References -- Appendix B Education and Training System in Yunnan -- Bibliography -- Appendix C Honghe Rural Labor Training Impact Evaluation -- Technical Notes on Propensity Score Matching -- Bibliography -- Appendix D PISA Shanghai -- References -- Boxes -- Figures -- Tables -- Back Cover.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781464800795
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1464800790
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781306155724
Additional Edition:
ISBN 130615572X
Language:
English
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