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Education | These terms refer to a philosophical concept whereby education(1)is viewed as a long-term process beginning at birth and lasting throughout life. The terms thus cover all forms of early childhood education, all types and levels of formal education, all types of continuing education(4)and all types of non-formal education. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A comprehensive term referring to all forms and types of education(1)pursued by those who have left formal education at any point and who entered employment and/or assumed adult responsibilities. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The entire body of organised educational processes, whatever the content, level and method, whether formal or otherwise, whether they prolong or replace initial education in schools, colleges and universities as well as in apprenticeship, whereby persons regarded as adults by the society to which they belong, improve their technical or professional qualifications, further develop their abilities, enrich their knowledge with the purpose:a)to complete a level of formal education; b)to acquire knowledge and skills in a new field; c)to refresh or update their knowledge in a particular field. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Synonym: CONTINUING EDUCATIONSynonym: Adult education. (additional references) |
Crosswords: CONTINUING EDUCATION |
| Specialty definitions using "CONTINUING EDUCATION": Telepathology. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Nov. 2nd : sponsored by the New York University School of Continuing Education : the theater of the election of the mayor ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Health | Such ongoing continuing education programs have been developed by several professional organizations. (references) | |
Enhancement of health professional skills can be accomplished through both continuing education courses and self-instruction brochures. (references) | ||
The continuing education department of the local community college is the place to begin this discussion well in advance of training dates. (references) | ||
Business | Continuing education services will increase rapidly because vocational and language training programs already will play an important role in shaping the globalization of the Korean business community. (references) | |
Therefore, the group of Koreans that want to study abroad includes not only students but also professionals seeking to advance their careers through continuing education in the U.S. or via the internet. (references) | ||
Although enrollment drops off dramatically after primary school, it is estimated that nearly 2 million Vietnamese participate in continuing education such as English language and computer training programs once their formal education is complete. (references) | ||
Economic History | Malaysia | The government is also emphasizing the importance of computer literacy among Malaysians and focusing on continuing education programs to prepare the nation for global competition ahead. (references) |
Korea | As a resultant, the group of Koreans seeking to study abroad includes not only students but also professionals seeking to advance their careers through continuing education programs in the U.S. or via the Internet. (references) | |
Japan | Not all students travelling to the United States are high school and college age; as Japanese society ages, there will be an increasing number of retired people travelling to attend English and continuing education courses. (references) | |
Human Rights | Latvia | In addition a continuing education program required for midlevel officers focuses on the use of force, firearms, and dealing with victims. (references) |
Czech Republic | In December the Parliament passed a judicial reform package proposed by the Ministry of Justice that is scheduled to become effective on April 1, 2002. The new law includes term limits of 7 years for Constitutional Court judges, a continuing education program, and a mandatory retirement age of 70 for all judges, as well as measures to streamline the judicial process. (references) | |
Women | Czech Republic | The Police Academy and secondary police schools have introduced, into both the introductory and continuing education curriculums, instructional material to improve the identification and investigation of domestic violence and sexual abuse cases and to sensitize police to the treatment of victims. (references) |
Worker Rights | Moldova | Another pattern of trafficking involves orphans who must leave orphanages when they graduate, usually at 16 or 17 years of age, and have no source of funds for living expenses or continuing education. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "CONTINUING EDUCATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | voksenundervisning (adult education, recurrent education), videreuddannelse (continuing vocational training), livslang uddannelse (lifelong education, lifelong learning, recurrent education), erhvervsmæssig efter-og videreuddannelse (continuing vocational training), efteruddannelse (adult education, continuation training, continued training, further training, recurrent education, rehabilitation, retraining, updating training). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | voortgezette vorming (continuing vocational training), voortdurende vorming (lifelong education, lifelong learning, recurrent education), volwasseneneducatie (adult education, recurrent education), permanente educatie (adult education, lifelong education, lifelong learning, recurrent education), bij-en nascholing (continuing vocational training). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | aikuiskoulutus (adult education, recurrent education). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | formation permanente (continuing vocational training), formation continue (continuing vocational training), éducation récurrente, éducation permanente, éducation des adultes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Weiterbildung (betterment, further education), ständige Weiterbildung (lifelong education, lifelong learning, recurrent education), Erwachsenenbildung (adult education). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνεχής επαγγελματική κατάρτιση (continuing vocational training). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | istruzione degli adulti (adult education, recurrent education), formazione permanente (continuing vocational training), formazione continua (adult education, continuing vocational training, recurrent education), educazione permanente (lifelong education, lifelong learning, recurrent education), educazione degli adulti (adult education, recurrent education). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "送大学 (continuing education courses offered via radio or television). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ほうそう いがく (continuing education courses offered via radio or television). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontinuingcay educationay formação contínua (continuing vocational training), educação permanente (lifelong education, lifelong learning, recurrent education), educação contínua (lifelong education, lifelong learning, recurrent education). (various references) formación profesional permanente (continuing vocational training), formación continua (lifelong education, lifelong learning, recurrent education), educación recurrente (adult education, recurrent education), educación permanente de adultos (adult education, recurrent education), educación permanente (lifelong education, lifelong learning, recurrent education), educación de personas adultas (adult education, recurrent education), educación de adultos (adult education, recurrent education), educación continua (adult education, recurrent education), educación compensatoria de adultos (adult education, recurrent education), educación abierta (adult education, recurrent education), aprendizaje permanente integrado (lifelong education, lifelong learning, recurrent education), aprendizaje permanente (lifelong education, lifelong learning, recurrent education), alfabetización funcional (adult education, recurrent education). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-g-i-i-i-n-n-n-n-o-o-t-t-u-u" | |
-5 letters: conditionating. | |
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