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Ng, Betsy, Ed. – Springer, 2022
This book presents a comprehensive discussion of sociocultural perspectives on graduate employability and workplace-based learning development. It draws on Vygotsky's theories such as situated learning and sociocultural perspectives, as well as the constructivist learning theory. This book showcases theoretical and empirical analyses that show how…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Potential, Workplace Learning, Skill Development
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Gerhardt, Trevor, Ed.; Annon, Paulette J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
It has become evident within higher education and within (or in partnership with) the workplace that there is a growing demand for an integration of learning within the workplace. Formal and intentional models and processes utilizing experiential learning methods and pedagogy are often referred to as work integrated learning. However, there is a…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Workplace Learning, Experiential Learning, Apprenticeships
Hedge, Jerry W., Ed.; Carter, Gary W., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2020
"Career Pathways: From School to Retirement" brings together leading workforce researchers and practitioners to provide new perspectives on school-to-work and workplace career pathways. This groundbreaking book explains the transformations that have taken place in the workplace over the past several decades and how those transformations…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Labor Force Development, Social Change
Corbeil, Joseph Rene, Ed.; Khan, Badrul H., Ed.; Corbeil, Maria Elena, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021
"Microlearning in the Digital Age" explores the design and implementation of bite-sized learning and training in technology-enabled environments. Grounded in research-based best practices and a robust, eight-dimensional framework, this book applies the latest developments in mobile learning, social media, and instructional/multimedia…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Minicourses, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design
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Chan, Selena, Ed.; Huntington, Nicholas, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2022
This book contributes extensively to a better understanding of how vocational education and training (VET) and practice-based learning and teaching is developed and designed. It presents examples of vocational education as an ongoing dialogue, continually refreshed through engagement between educators and learners, Maori, employers, industry, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach
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Hong, Christina, Ed.; Ma, Will W. K., Ed. – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2022
This book draws on the responses to learning and teaching and applied education futures thinking, that provide insights into the future of learning. It brings together more than 30 novel and important applied research and scholarly contributions from around the world, including Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mainland…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Degrees, Career Readiness, Engineering Education
Bilham, Tim, Ed.; Hamshire, Claire, Ed.; Hartog, Mary, Ed.; Doolan, Martina A., Ed. – UCL IOE Press, 2019
The concept, use and experiences of 'space' in higher education have a deep influence on students and teachers. Reframing Space for Learning uniquely explores space as both a 'learning place' that may be physical, virtual, in work or in the field, and a 'belonging space' in which learners and teachers can engage and develop individually and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Physical Environment, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Innovation
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Baruch, Alona Forkosh, Ed.; Tal, Hagit Meishar, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
The use of mobile technology for learning in organizations and the workplace is spreading widely with the development of infrastructure and devices that allow ubiquitous learning and training. Since learning, teaching, and training in a mobile-saturated environment is a developing field, implications for a combined overview of these topics may be…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Best Practices, Workplace Learning
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Barton, Georgina, Ed.; Hartwig, Kay, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2017
This book shares a range of examples where international students have undertaken a work placement, practicum, internship or participated in work integrated learning. Contributions reflect on the successes and challenges that this particularly diverse group of students experience when undertaking work placement programs in a variety of…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Work Experience Programs, Practicums, Internship Programs
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Corradini, Erika, Ed.; Borthwick, Kate, Ed.; Gallagher-Brett, Angela, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Languages sit firmly in the skill-set of the 21st-century graduate. In an increasingly multicultural and multilingual job market, monolingual graduates are at a disadvantage: as the recent Born Global report (2016) notes, "multilingualism has now become the new normal". The contributions in this collection are imbued with this idea and…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
The "Research messages" annual series presents a summary of the research-focused reports produced by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) each year. In addition to presenting the research reports published by NCVER during 2016, NCVER has expanded this edition to include other relevant and informative resources,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Research Reports, Educational Research, Productivity
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Reushle, Shirley, Ed.; Antonio, Amy, Ed.; Keppell, Mike, Ed. – IGI Global, 2016
The discipline of education is a multi-faceted system that must constantly integrate new strategies and procedures to ensure successful learning experiences. Enhancements in education provide learners with greater opportunities for growth and advancement. "Open Learning and Formal Credentialing in Higher Education: Curriculum Models and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Student Centered Learning, Open Education
Ananiadou, Katerina, Ed. – UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2013
The essays presented in this publication are complementary to the UNESCO forthcoming volume on global TVET trends and issues in UNESCO's new Education on the Move series. They cover a wide, although certainly not exhaustive, range of current practices, ideas and debates in the field of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). They…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Vocational Education, Social Justice, Secondary Education
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Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia, Ed.; Irby, Beverly J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
Our increasingly globalized world is driven by shared knowledge, and nowhere is that knowledge more important than in education. Now more than ever, there is a demand for technology that will assist in the spread of knowledge through customized, self-paced, and on-demand learning. The Handbook of Research on Innovative Technology Integration in…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Higher Education, Educational Research, Virtual Classrooms