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van Mens-Verhulst, Janneke; Woertman, Liesbeth; Radtke, Lorraine – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
We explored how frequently academic staff serve as role models for women undergraduate students, how this compares to the family context, and the qualities associated with potential role models in both contexts. Participants were 138 psychology students at a Dutch university. They completed a self-administered, online survey about inspirational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Women Faculty, Females, Role Models
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Fleming, Michele J.; Grace, Diana M. – Educational Research, 2016
Background: Universities in many countries increasingly deliver outreach programmes to raise aspirations and encourage participation in higher education. At the University of Canberra in Australia, these programmes target schools that have been identified as having a large number of students from rural/regional, financially disadvantaged and/or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outreach Programs, Universities, College Students
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Freeks, Fazel Ebrihiam – South African Journal of Education, 2015
The present world is in a moral crisis and it seems as though educational institutions experience both challenges and enormous behavioural problems. Statistics prove that there is a drastic decline in morals, values, standards, ethics, character and behaviour and schools, where colleges and even universities seem to indulge in crisis after crisis.…
Descriptors: Values Education, College Students, Moral Development, Institutional Role
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Aronson, Patricia A.; Bowman, Thomas G.; Mazerolle, Stephanie M. – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2015
Context: The perceptions of athletic training students (ATSs) regarding their clinical education experiences are not fully understood. It is important to investigate ATS perceptions of clinical education to allow athletic training educators to provide educational experiences that will maximize learning. Objective: To determine what ATSs value…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Allied Health Occupations Education, Athletics, College Seniors
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Lerma, Eunice; Zamarripa, Manuel X.; Oliver, Marvarine; Cavazos Vela, Javier – Counselor Education and Supervision, 2015
Through 23 open-ended questionnaires and 8 individual interviews, this phenomenological study explored the experiences of Hispanic men and women (N = 23) who completed doctoral degrees in counselor education. Six themes were identified: family role models, educational support, parental expectations, ethnic identity, acculturation/cultural…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Counselor Training, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty
Tonga, Deniz – Online Submission, 2014
In this study is intended to investigate prospective social studies teachers' role model preferences and the reflections of these preferences to their daily lives. This study was designed as a qualitative study in the form of descriptive model. The participants consisted of 306 prospective social studies teachers enrolled in nine different state…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Social Studies, Role Models, Preferences
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Najafabadi, Maryam Omidi; Zamani, Maryam; Mirdamadi, Mehdi – Journal of Education for Business, 2016
The authors used Ajzen's theory of planned behavior and Shapero's entrepreneurial event model as well as entrepreneurial cognition theory to identify the relationship among entrepreneurial skills, self-efficacy, attitudes toward entrepreneurship, psychological traits, social norms, perceived desirability, social support, and entrepreneurial…
Descriptors: Models, Entrepreneurship, Agricultural Education, Intention
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Joensuu-Salo, Sanna; Varamäki, Elina; Viljamaa, Anmari – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: Entrepreneurial intentions have been extensively studied in student populations, with results suggesting that higher education does not promote formation of entrepreneurial intentions (e.g. Varamäki et al., 2013). However, the gap between intending to start a business and actually doing something to start one remains. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, College Students, Intention
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Dickson, M.; Kadbey, H. – Science Education International, 2014
Government schools in Abu Dhabi, as part of widescale educational reforms undertaken in the whole of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have undergone significant change since 2007 across cycles and across subjects including science. Science had been taught historically in the UAE using fairly traditional "chalk and talk", teacher-centered…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teacher Education, Educational Experience, Preservice Teachers
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Aydin, Aydan – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Problem Statement: Teacher candidates who will soon be responsible for educating the future generations should possess certain characteristics. Specific teacher candidates should have specific characteristics taken into consideration: pre-school and primary teacher candidates should be seen as role models by younger students; psychological…
Descriptors: Humor, Preservice Teachers, Multiple Regression Analysis, Anxiety
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Fluit, Cornelia R. M. G.; Feskens, Remco; Bolhuis, Sanneke; Grol, Richard; Wensing, Michel; Laan, Roland – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2015
Providing clinical teachers with feedback about their teaching skills is a powerful tool to improve teaching. Evaluations are mostly based on questionnaires completed by residents. We investigated to what extent characteristics of residents, clinical teachers, and the clinical environment influenced these evaluations, and the relation between…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Medical School Faculty, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Workplace Learning
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Bowman, Thomas G.; Mazerolle, Stephanie M.; Dodge, Thomas M. – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2013
Context: Preceptors play a vital role in athletic training education as they mentor and socialize athletic training students into their professional role. Exploring the benefits to serving as a preceptor is important to secure appropriate professional role models for students. Objective: To determine the benefits of serving as an athletic training…
Descriptors: Role, Athletics, Undergraduate Students, Peer Evaluation
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Gladwin, Maree; McDonald, Gael; McKay, Jade – Higher Education Review, 2014
What factors contribute most to career success in academia? Using qualitative methods, the study sought information from eighteen full and chaired professors in Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada. Reflecting on factors that contributed to academic success, participants identified: an "inherent" attraction to academic work; ability to…
Descriptors: Success, Career Development, Qualitative Research, Performance Factors
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Edwards, Gail – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
This paper reports on an ongoing research programme designed to investigate the opportunities for, and barriers to, pre-service teachers' growth as practitioners of developmentally appropriate practice for children aged 5-11. The analysis is framed by a Vygotskian cultural-historical perspective and points to personal, cultural and structural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Sociocultural Patterns, Teacher Education Programs
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Spittle, Sharna; Spittle, Michael – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
This study explored the reasons for pre-service teachers choosing to specialise in primary physical education and how these choices related to their motivation. Pre-service teachers who then elected to specialise in primary physical education (n = 248) completed the Attractors and Facilitators for Physical Education (AFPE) questionnaire and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education
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