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Kara Dadswell; Stjepan Sambol; Zali Yager; Nina Van Dyke; Michaela Pascoe; Clare Dallat; Claire Brown; Alexandra G. Parker – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2024
Design thinking is often proposed as an educative strategy to enhance growth mindset, problem solving, and creativity, but there are very few evaluations of the impact of experiential design thinking programs. The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether an online design-thinking workshop provided to outdoor education staff could…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Program Evaluation, Teacher Workshops, Faculty Development
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Lowe, David; Goldfinch, Tom; Kadi, Anthony; Willey, Keith; Wilkinson, Tim – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
The professional formation of new graduates and their ability to perform well at the start of their career depends on the development of both technical skills and professional competencies. Whilst the latter aspects have become increasingly considered within engineering programs, they are often learnt within an academic context rather than a…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Graduates, Competency Based Education, Skill Development
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Nielsen, Mark; Mushin, Ilana; Tomaselli, Keyan; Whiten, Andrew – Child Development, 2016
This study explored how overimitation and collaboration interact in 3- to 6-year-old children in Westernized (N = 48 in Experiment 1; N = 26 in Experiment 2) and Indigenous Australian communities (N = 26 in Experiment 2). Whether working in pairs or on their own rates of overimitation did not differ. However, when the causal functions of modeled…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Young Children, Cultural Differences
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Carroll, Christine Leanne – Research Studies in Music Education, 2020
This article explores the perceived disconnect between informal and formal musical knowledge, through a focused case study which aligned students' informal knowledge with aspects of the formal curriculum. The upper high school or senior secondary student participants had a background in the creation and performance of popular and contemporary…
Descriptors: Correlation, Prior Learning, Music Education, Course Descriptions
Covacevich, Catalina; Mann, Anthony; Santos, Cristina; Champaud, Jonah – OECD Publishing, 2021
The aim of the OECD Career Readiness project is to identify patterns of teenage attitudes and activities that are associated with better transitions into employment by analysing multiple national longitudinal datasets. This paper looks for further evidence of the link between teenage activities, experiences and career-related thinking and adult…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Adults
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Goodwin, Kim – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2019
Building a sustainable career in the creative industries is a challenging proposition. Creative workers face high levels of employment insecurity and limited career development opportunity. Those working in the sector must build discipline-oriented career self-management skills, while also finding ways to cope with the psychologically demanding…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Development, Job Security, Positive Attitudes
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Mate, Susan; Ryan, Maureen – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2015
Some professionals have a conscious purpose-driven "professional identity" and others forge an identity over time and through various work experiences. This research draws on the narratives professionals at different life and career stages shared about their professional development. The findings highlight the importance attributed to…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Work Experience, Personal Narratives, Professional Development
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Shariati, Saeed; Armarego, Jocelyn; Sudweeks, Fay – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2017
Aim/Purpose: The research investigates the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Iranian refugees' settlement in Australia. Background: The study identifies the issues of settlement, such as language, cultural and social differences. Methodology: The Multi-Sited Ethnography (MSE), which is a qualitative methodology, has…
Descriptors: Refugees, Land Settlement, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
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Fordyce-Voorham, Sandra P. – Health Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to test an hypothesis that teachers' personal orientations toward food preparation, nutrition and environmental issues would be related to their perceived importance of food skills. Design/methodology/approach: Little research has been conducted on home economics teachers' views on the importance of the food…
Descriptors: Home Economics Education, Food, Teacher Competencies, Hypothesis Testing
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Coates, Hamish – Journal of Education and Work, 2015
Helping students develop the employability skills and professional capabilities they will need to transition into graduate roles is one of the most important mandates for university study. With this context in mind, this paper analyses the nature and implications of Australian university students' participation in paid work during study. The paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Undergraduate Students, Student Employment
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Bitsika, Vicki; Sharpley, Christopher F.; Mailli, Rebecca – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2015
The influence of gender, age, Psychological resilience and family interaction factors upon generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) was investigated in 75 non-autism spectrum disorder (NASD) siblings who had a brother or sister with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). GAD and MDD were much more prevalent than in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Gender Differences, Resilience (Psychology), Adolescents
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Jackson, Denise; Chapman, Elaine – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The need for "job-ready" graduates has catalysed the development of non-technical skills in higher education institutions worldwide. Continued criticism of business school outcomes has provoked this examination of non-technical skill deficiencies in Australian business graduates. The purpose of this paper is to compare findings…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Job Skills, Achievement Gap, Skill Analysis
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Teo, Stephen T. T.; Segal, Naomi; Morgan, Adam C.; Kandlbinder, Peter; Wang, Karen Y.; Hingorani, Anurag – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine variables explaining students' positive and negative experiences of groupwork and connect country of residence with the perception of generic skills development and self-reported satisfaction with groupwork. It also aims to examine the effect of prior training in groups from the perspective of…
Descriptors: Business Education, Satisfaction, Assignments, Group Activities
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McMahon, Graham – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This study examined the relationship between students working in a technology-rich environment and their development of higher order thinking skills. Based on a PhD thesis, which examined a greater range of relationships than can be reported here, this article focuses on developing critical thinking skills within a technology-rich environment.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment, Thinking Skills
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Stephenson, Jennifer; Carter, Mark; Wheldall, Kevin – Australian Journal of Education, 2007
Perceptual motor programs (PMPs) are used widely in Australian schools. This study reports on an analysis of the information about the uses and the rationales for these programs drawn from the websites of Australian schools. Wide-ranging claims are made for the benefits of these programs for students with difficulties and for typically developing…
Descriptors: Evidence, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Perceptual Motor Coordination
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