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Employability Skill Development in Work-Integrated Learning: Barriers and Best Practice
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Jackson, Denise – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
Work-integrated learning (WIL) is widely considered instrumental in equipping new graduates with the required employability skills to function effectively in the work environment. Evaluation of WIL programs in enhancing skill development remains predominantly outcomes-focused with little attention to the process of what, how and from whom students…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Skill Development, Integrated Activities, Barriers
The Use of Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) within a Constructivist Learning Environment to Develop Core Competencies in Social Work
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Fire, Nancy; Casstevens, W. J. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2013
Achieving foundation-level practice behaviors to develop social work core competencies involves integrating learning across a curriculum. This article focuses on two phases of foundation-level course redevelopment aimed to support graduate students in accomplishing this outcome. The first phase involved restructuring the course to become a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Skill Development, Social Work, Competency Based Education
Making Inclusion Work: Autism Spectrum Australia Satellite Class Project
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Roberts, Jacqueline M. A.; Keane, Elaine; Clark, Trevor R. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2008
The Autism Spectrum Australia Satellite Class Project features small specialist classes for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) within general education schools. The program incorporates individual education goals within timetable based on the general school curricula, in conjunction with a schedule of integrated activities. The aim of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Integrated Activities, Autism
Using the Classroom as a Group to Integrate Knowledge, Skills, and Supervised Practice.
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Hulse-Killacky, Diana – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1996
Presents ways that counselor educators can use their class meetings to help students integrate knowledge, skills, and supervised practice in an introductory group course. Sample observation and reflection forms are appended. (Author/LSR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Counselor Educators
The Social Studies Curriculum and Middle School Education in America.
Peters, Richard – 1986
The middle school grades are a period of transition: a time in the formal educational process when immature children develop into young adolescents who are better prepared for the rigors of higher education and life itself. In order to help children master the sophisticated social studies concepts and skills necessary for higher secondary…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Curriculum Design, Integrated Activities
The Tapestry of Language Learning: The Individual in the Communicative Classroom.
Scarcella, Robin C.; Oxford, Rebecca L. – 1992
The analogy of a tapestry is used to provide instructional techniques and practices to help teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) "weave" together environmental factors (classroom interaction, input) and learner cognitive, affective, and social characteristics (learning styles, strategies, motivation) according to the needs of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness
Eliminating Fear of the Blank Page: A Thematic Approach, aka Squeezing the California Department of Education's 1992 ESL Model Standards for Adult Education Programs into One Tidy Package.
DesRoches, Diane – 1995
An approach to teaching integrated language skills in adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction is described. The technique uses a combination of classroom drama and role-playing, writing about the event, revision, publication, and follow-up activities to develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Eight stages are defined…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques