David Lim

Skills Formation for Economic Growth

The Case of Hong Kong

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the vocational education programmes of Hong Kong, programmes which are repeatedly noted for their excellence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032884790
• ISBN-10: 1032884797
• Artikelnr.: 72211966

Autorenporträt

David Lim is Emeritus Professor at Griffith University, Australia, having served as a dean of modern Asian studies and international business and a pro-vice-chancellor in charge of quality assurance. He has published extensively on the economies of Malaysia and other ASEAN countries and economic development issues generally, and more recently on education, especially quality assurance, in developing economies. He helped to set up the Technological and Higher Education Institute of the Vocational Training Council (VTC) of Hong Kong to offer degree programmes in vocational and professional education and training and became its founding president/vice-chancellor. Before that, he was a deputy executive director of the VTC.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction 1. Education, skills formation and economic growth
Part 2: Hong Kong 2. Hong Kong's labour requirements Part 3: The Vocational
Training Council 3. Vocational and professional education and training in
Hong Kong 4. The Vocational Training Council 5. Strategies for improvement
6. Through-train to higher diploma 7. Through-train to degree 8. Provision
of quality education Part 4: Learning from good practice for the future 9.
Lessons from Switzerland and Singapore