This paper uses longitudinal data from a survey of youth in three areas (Hamilton, Halifax and rural Nova Scotia) to examine the factors that affect young adults' participation in postsecondary education, applying Bourdieu's notions of capital and habitus. Data were…

As British Columbia's economy is increasingly shaped by post-industrial circumstances, it becomes necessary for that province, like others in Canada, to ensure that it has an adequate supply of workers with "new economy" knowledge and skills. How best to prepare…

Na era da tecnologia onde as pessoas encontram-se conectadas de alguma forma, o conhecimento deixa de ser privilégio de um pequeno grupo da sociedade, como era algum tempo atrás e torna – se de total acesso devido às mídias de…

Este trabalho tem como objeto de estudo o papel do coordenador pedagógico quanto a utilização dos recursos tecnológicos na escola, tendo como sujeitos da pesquisa os Coordenadores Pedagógicos do curso de especialização em coordenação pedagógica, desenvolvido pela Universidade Federal de…

Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar o perfil e o papel do coordenador pedagógico das redes públicas de ensino, do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. A pesquisa caracterizou-se descritiva e análise de conteúdo, com a abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa,…

The article reveals economy competitiveness and knowledge-based economy questions and the basis of information and communication technologies influence on this.  Methods and competitiveness estimation are presented. The work contains the methods of competitiveness estimation; researching of competitiveness level, human development…

Purpose: The international literature suggests that disabled people may be at increased risk for HIV infection. There is a growing increasing recognition of this in South Africa, although there remains a paucity of literature on how disabled people are affected…

Business engineering process improvement is required because of the complexity of production and changing markets. Therefore, a multi-level-model is being developed by which it is possible to examine not only the enterprise level of the business processes, but also the…