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Meghan McGlinn Manfra; John Hensley; Elizabeth A. Shaver – Social Education, 2023
The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework continues the long tradition of inquiry-based learning in the social studies by merging disciplinary and critical inquiry approaches. Using the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), an instructional design tool, teachers guide students through a series of formative tasks to address supporting questions. By…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Inquiry, Active Learning, Critical Theory
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Cooper, Katelyn M.; Auerbach, Anna Jo J.; Bader, Jordan D.; Beadles-Bohling, Amy S.; Brashears, Jacqueline A.; Cline, Erica; Eddy, Sarah L.; Elliott, Deanna B.; Farley, Elijah; Fuselier, Linda; Heinz, Heather M.; Irving, Madison; Josek, Tanya; Lane, A. Kelly; Lo, Stanley M.; Maloy, Jeffrey; Nugent, Michelle; Offerdahl, Erika; Palacios-Moreno, Juan; Ramos, Jorge; Reid, Joshua W.; Sparks, Rachel A.; Waring, Ashley L.; Wilton, Mike; Gormally, Cara; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and otherwise nonstraight and/or non-cisgender (LGBTQ+) have often not felt welcome or represented in the biology community. Additionally, biology can present unique challenges for LGBTQ+ students because of the relationship between certain biology topics and their LGBTQ+…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, At Risk Students, Science Instruction, Biology
Miller, Andrew; Sorenson, Brian – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2017
As trained leaders for whom accountability and a strong work ethic are second nature, Chicagoland veterans are uniquely equipped to meet the demands of today's jobs. That veterans typically possess the skills and character needed to excel in the civilian workplace makes reports on the state of veteran unemployment more troubling. Through the…
Descriptors: Veterans, Clubs, Accountability, Work Ethic
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Sardeshmukh, Shruti R.; Smith-Nelson, Ronda M. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2011
Entrepreneurship as a career option has become increasingly desirable, and there is a real need to develop an opportunity-oriented entrepreneurial mindset among tertiary students. Current entrepreneurship education heavily relies on the linear process of business planning and rarely encourages the complex and non-linear thinking patterns necessary…
Descriptors: Careers, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, College Students
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Eros, John – Arts Education Policy Review, 2011
Teachers' careers are often considered to consist of two parts: pre-service and in-service. In-service refers to the entire time between a teacher's entry and exit from the profession. Recent research suggests teachers' careers actually consistent of several parts, known as phases or stages and, collectively, as the career cycle. This further…
Descriptors: Careers, Music Teachers, Professional Development, Music
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Richardson, Mary Sue – Counseling Psychologist, 2012
Counseling for work and relationship is a social constructionist perspective, informed by feminist and social justice values, and responsive to radical changes in contemporary lives, that fosters a shift in vocational psychology from helping people develop careers to helping people construct lives through work and relationship. The first and major…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Career Counseling, Family Work Relationship, Constructivism (Learning)
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Lo Presti, Alessandro – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2009
Major global changes during the last decades have influenced the individual's work-life and career. As a result of globalisation, increasing societal complexity and flexibility, careers have lost their linearity and predictability. Traditional models of career development no longer provide a comprehensive explanation for an adequate career…
Descriptors: Careers, Change, Career Development, Models
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Eaton, Denise – Education in Science, 2011
This article is designed to help teachers feel more confident in their work with STEM Ambassadors to further enhance enrichment activities. Skills shortages in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths (STEM) and the Built Environment are well documented, and will continue to be an issue whether people are in a period of recession or recovery. The…
Descriptors: Careers, Enrichment Activities, STEM Education, Course Selection (Students)
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Seifer, Sarena D.; Blanchard, Lynn W.; Jordan, Catherine; Gelmon, Sherril; McGinley, Piper – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a national membership organization that promotes health equity and social justice through partnerships between communities and higher education institutions. In response to faculty concerns about the institutional barriers to community-engaged careers in the academy, CCPH embarked on a series of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Access to Health Care
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Zikic, Jelena; Franklin, Mark – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2010
CareerCycles (CC) career counseling framework and method of practice integrates and builds on aspects of positive psychology. Through its holistic and narrative approach, the CC method seeks to collaboratively identify and understand clients' career and life stories. It focuses on their strengths, desires, preferences, assets, future…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Career Counseling, Counselors, Careers
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Jackson, Z. Vance; Wright, Stephen L.; Perrone-McGovern, Kristin M. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2010
Men are choosing to enter nontraditional careers with greater frequency. In this article, the authors examine nontraditional career choices made by men and review current empirical literature relevant to this topic. Gottfredson's (1981, 1996) theory of circumscription and compromise and Holland's (1997) career choice theory are used as frameworks…
Descriptors: Careers, Nontraditional Occupations, Career Choice, Sex Role
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Doerschuk, Peggy; Liu, Jiangjiang; Mann, Judith – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2011
If we are to attract more women and minorities to computing we must engage students at an early age. As part of its mission to increase participation of women and underrepresented minorities in computing, the Increasing Student Participation in Research Development Program (INSPIRED) conducts computing academies for high school students. The…
Descriptors: Role Models, Females, Student Participation, High School Students
Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2010
The Business-Higher Education Forum's (BHEF's) Securing America's Leadership in STEM Initiative has broken new ground in addressing one of the nation's most critical challenges--increasing the number of students who are interested in and pursue careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics, the so-called "STEM" fields. The…
Descriptors: Careers, Majors (Students), Undergraduate Study, College Graduates
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Sullivan, Sherry E.; Arthur, Michael B. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
Although there has been increased interest in the boundaryless career since the publication of Arthur and Rousseau's book (1996), there is still some misunderstanding about what the concept means. This article examines the boundaryless career and presents a model that attempts to visually capture Arthur and Rousseau's suggestion that the concept…
Descriptors: Careers, Evolution, Physical Mobility, Publications
Gribben, Carolyn A.; Keitel, Merle A. – 1992
While previous studies have correlated career indecision with state and trait anxiety in college students, most researchers have examined the relationship between anxiety and career indecision without considering other variables. This paper, incorporating previous research on career indecision, profiles a study of a causal model of career…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Careers
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