Reimagining the Workforce Development and Employment System for the 21st Century and Beyond

Zaber, Melanie A.; Karoly, Lynn A.; Whipkey, Katie

doi:10.7249/rr2768

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“…Some examples of alternative assessment and accreditation systems include learner profiles, complex performance tasks, developmental assessment and micro-credentials, which are short, competency-based recognitions that allow learners to demonstrate mastery in a particular area. While rigorous research and evaluation on the effectiveness of these alternative systems is still emerging, early evidence points to their potential to address opportunity gaps and improve college readiness (Fine and Pryiomka, 2020;Zaber, Karoly and Whipkey, 2019). Ultimately, the goal of The Learner's Journey is to shift Australia's education and learning system towards formally recognising a range of capabilities and alternative pathways.…”

Section: Social Labs Are An Innovative Approach To Address Complex So...mentioning

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Learning Creates Australia: Evaluation of the Learner's Journey Social Lab

2022

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The RAND Corporation (Australia) Pty Ltd is RAND's subsidiary that does work for Australian clients on defence, national security, health, education, sustainability, growth, and development. To learn more about RAND Australia, visit www.rand.org/australia. Research IntegrityOur mission to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis is enabled through our core values of quality and objectivity and our unwavering commitment to the highest level of integrity and ethical behaviour. To help ensure our research and analysis are rigorous, objective, and nonpartisan, we subject our research publications to a robust and exacting quality-assurance process; avoid both the appearance and reality of financial and other conflicts of interest through staff training, project screening, and a policy of mandatory disclosure; and pursue transparency in our research engagements through our commitment to the open publication of our research findings and recommendations, disclosure of the source of funding of published research, and policies to ensure intellectual independence. For more information, visit www.rand.org/about/principles. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.

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Section: Social Labs Are An Innovative Approach To Address Complex So...mentioning

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Learning Creates Australia: Evaluation of the Learner's Journey Social Lab

2022

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“…International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity -8(1), August, 2020; and 8(2), December, 2020. In a comprehensive Rand Report (Zaber et al, 2019) describe employers' difficulty in finding employees with the skills necessary for the 21 st century work force. They conclude that a majority of today's curricula (including college and university level courses) are almost totally inadequate for meeting the needs of the rapidly changing job market.…”

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The Catch-A-Wave Theory of Adaptability: Core Competencies for Developing Gifted Behaviors in the Second Machine Age of Technology

Renzulli

2021

International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity

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In this article, I describe a series of Five Core Competencies that gifted education specialists should consider integrating into their teaching to respond to the many changes that are taking place in technology, work, and career preparation. Although the focus of this theory is on high- level jobs usually pursued by college graduates and advanced degree students, this work also has relevance for the general-education community because future employment at all levels will require various degrees of proficiency in the Core Competencies discussed below. Students who will pursue college degrees and professional level jobs will need to attain advanced levels of these skills, have the opportunity to explore a wide range of skills, and be able to learn them more rapidly. Students should be placed in learning situations that require the adaptability that is the theme of this article so that they will learn to apply the skills in ways that will lead to success in job-transformational situations. Leadership and advanced-level positions require high levels of both performance and flexibility in the competencies that will be discussed below. The Catch-A-Wave Theory of Adaptability will be introduced with the presentation of background information and a rationale for the theory. The theory itself along with the five Core Competencies included in the theory will follow and then be supplemented with a section that provides strategies and resources for developing those competencies.

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“…An overall challenge for workforce policy is to formulate universal approaches that have flexibility to meet the needs of different populations, communities, industries, occupations, and economic contexts (Zaber, Karoly, and Whipkey 2019). Yet, this goal confronts contradictions in the way workforce and education policies are constructed-the United States embraces universal policies as the most efficient approach, but the nature of the legislative process supports the proliferation of piecemeal programs at all levels of government.…”

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Workforce Policy for the Future: Connecting Skills and Careers

Giloth

2019

State and Local Government Review

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Reimagining the Workforce Development and Employment System for the 21st Century and Beyond

Cited by 13 publications

References 23 publications

Learning Creates Australia: Evaluation of the Learner's Journey Social Lab

Learning Creates Australia: Evaluation of the Learner's Journey Social Lab

The Catch-A-Wave Theory of Adaptability: Core Competencies for Developing Gifted Behaviors in the Second Machine Age of Technology

Workforce Policy for the Future: Connecting Skills and Careers

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