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Andrew M. Robinson; Robert Kwame Ame – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2024
This study assesses the extent to which a medium-term international service learning (ISL) project led by a Canadian university in partnership with sub-Saharan African universities achieves five objectives with respect to the interns: increasing local and global community engagement, activating leaders, developing global citizens, personal and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Programs, Service Learning, Citizen Participation
Nicole Campbell; Mohammed Estaiteyeh; Isha DeCoito; Amy Robinson – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
This paper outlines the design, development, and implementation of a new Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (MSc IMS) program at Western University in Canada. The course-based program focuses on interdisciplinary education and experiential learning with a goal to foster students' academic, professional, and personal skill…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Graduate Study, Professional Development, Individual Development
Machado, Jessica; Courneya, Jocelyn; Idrees, Afrah; Morsillo, Rebecca; Richards, Nordia; Panitch, Melanie; Wehbi, Samantha – About Campus, 2023
Along with a host of higher education institutions (HEI), Ryerson University has championed social innovation in its programming for the past several years, culminating in the development of the Office of Social Innovation (OSI). They define social innovation as the practice of using creative and collaborative approaches to challenge historical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Innovation
Terenko, Olena – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2019
Types of non-formal adult education in the USA and Canada are singled out. Non-formal adult education in the United States and Canada is subdivided into basic adult education, education for professional development, education for personal development, specialized adult education, education for the development of civil society (constituents of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education, Adult Education, Professional Development
Ingersoll, Marcea; Sears, Alan; Hirschkorn, Mark; Kawtharani-Chami, Lamia; Landine, Jeff – Global Education Review, 2019
Within the research literature and in public discourse on higher education, attention has focused on the need for new graduates to develop 21st century skills for success in an increasingly globalized world. Calls for institutions of higher education to support student mobility abound, with intentions that some have categorized as neoliberal and…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers, Individual Development
Dust, Thomas J. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2006
Motivational influences on the decision to pursue graduate studies in secondary music education were investigated. The population of secondary music education graduate students in one large Canadian university (N=13) completed a survey that included both open-ended and closed-ended response items. The greatest motivational influences to pursue…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Graduate Study, Music Education, Student Surveys

de Rosenroll, David; And Others – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1987
Developed a noncredit course for entering master's level counseling students: "Seminar on Personal/Professional Growth, Development and Integration." Shared specific information, then participants cooperatively developed a general format for the support group. Pre-post questionnaires indicated that the students were accepting of the…
Descriptors: Counseling, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Leithwood, Kenneth – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2006
Leadership is a hot-button issue these days. Reformers depend on it. The public believes that it is what schools need more of. And private sector CEOs think they know exactly what it is and are anxious to share that knowledge with the "poor unwashed masses" of educational leaders. It is not surprising, then, that so many people are…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Leadership Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, Foreign Countries
Wright, Ruth L. – 1984
Effective professional development of teachers is a critical concern that must be viewed holistically, considering equally the needs of the jurisdiction, the school, and the individual. A review of recent literature suggests four distinct types of teacher development: preservice training, curriculum related inservice, jurisdictional issue related…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle – 2001
The role of professional and local-personal networks as a source of knowledge development in the new knowledge-based economy was examined in a 15-month study that focuses on people working in the multimedia industry in Montreal, Quebec. The study focused on the modes of exchange and learning, collaborative work, and management and development of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Competence, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics
Stanley, Dale – 1983
This book of objectives, one of a series designed to provide a competency-based analysis of employment categories in human services, deals with core competencies necessary for human service workers as a group. Addressed in the individual sections of the volume are the following skill areas: client interactions, service delivery, personal and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Caseworkers, Communication Skills
Herdin, Terry; Stanley, Dale – 1982
This book of objectives, one of a series designed to provide a competency-based analysis of employment categories in human services, deals with the core competencies necessary for child care counselors. Addressed in the individual sections of the volume are the following skill areas: parenting skills, child care methodology, working relationships,…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives
Braundy, Marcia – 1997
This combination curriculum guide and resource book was developed in response to recommendations made by the instructors who attended the Women in Trades and Technology (WITT) conference of June 1986. It assists in the design and delivery of exploratory trade and technology courses that are responsive to the special needs of women learners…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavioral Objectives, Building Trades, Career Choice