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Susan Mattingly – ProQuest LLC, 2024
With the rapid changes in technology at the beginning of the 21st century came a call from Education and Business leaders to strengthen learning opportunities for students in what were called 21st Century or Workplace Transferable Skills. These leaders collaborated globally to define and prioritize these skills in a variety of frameworks.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, 21st Century Skills, High School Teachers, Job Skills
Carmen Baumeler; Nadia Lamamra – Journal of Education and Work, 2024
This paper aims to determine what motivates small firms to offer apprenticeship training. The current state of research provides various indications. While research focusing on the specificity of small firms identifies the important role of the owner and their personality, values, attitudes and experiences, economic research mainly refers to the…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Motivation, Apprenticeships, Career and Technical Education
Jodi L. Smith; Jamie Mullins; Lisa Ingram; Brenda Pruett; Allison Nichols; Carole Scheerbaum; Lorrie Wright; Amanda Johnson – Journal of Extension, 2024
We examined the impact of 4-H participation on workforce readiness skill development, including personal, work, communication, and problem solving/decision-making. The study examined two levels of 4-H activities: county-level and state-level. The online survey instrument contained questions about demographics, skill development and 4-H…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Job Skills, Skill Development, Program Effectiveness
Fullick-Jagiela, Julia; Kelly, Patricia S.; Paros, Amy K. B.; Awudu, Iddrisu; Riello, Susan – Information Systems Education Journal, 2023
While industries compete to hire capable employees, it is essential that business education curriculum delivers graduates who can solve complex problems and implement multifaceted solutions. This approach to curriculum design focuses on developing project management skills to deliver an integrated, student-centered methodology across multiple…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Schools, Student Centered Learning, Curriculum Design
Nathan Sick; Amanda Briggs; Jincy Wilson – Urban Institute, 2023
Many students in postsecondary education programs face challenges navigating pathways to good jobs. In particular, students who face barriers to success need accessible pathways to economic mobility, but low income and low tolerance for debt present challenges. These students stand to benefit from strategies at all levels of education (and after…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Occupational Aspiration, Career Development
Basnet, Neha; Timmerman, Margaretha C.; van der Linden, Josje – Journal of Education and Work, 2023
Young people's choices and decisions during their education to work transition reflect their perceptions about work. Empirical studies of these perceptions of young rural-urban migrants are limited. This article explores the perceptions of young rural-urban migrants working at call centres in Kathmandu and the way these perceptions are associated…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Social Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Beliefs
Kurtzke, Simone; Setkute, Justina – Journal of Marketing Education, 2021
As marketing continues to be transformed by technology and the explosion of big data, academic research has identified a significant need for analytics skills in marketing education. However, it is unclear whether current curriculum approaches to marketing analytics equip students with the skills employers need and prepare them effectively for…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Use, Decision Making, Marketing
Stelina Chatzichristou; Vlasis Korovilos; Jasper van Loo – UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2025
This publication is the fourth in a series of practical Cedefop skills anticipation guides for policymakers, analysts, and expert professionals. The three previous guides presented a rich mosaic of conventional and emerging methods for identifying technological change and its impact on skills. They assessed the merits and challenges of using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Labor Market, Job Skills
Haviland, Sara; Robbins, Steven – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
Workforce development and career and technical education (CTE) have long provided reliable pathways to middle skill jobs and a gateway to the middle class. Given recent changes in middle skills jobs, the education landscape, and federal policy priorities, the role of CTE in the U.S. educational landscape is evolving more rapidly, encompassing a…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Technical Education, Skilled Workers, Educational Research
Mason, Claire M.; Chen, Haohui; Evans, David; Walker, Gavin – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how skills taxonomies can be used in combination with machine learning to integrate diverse online datasets and reveal skills gaps. The purpose of this study is then to show how the skills gaps revealed by the integrated datasets can be used to achieve better labour market alignment, keep educational…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Artificial Intelligence, Data Collection, Data Analysis
Theresa K. Green – ProQuest LLC, 2021
One goal of undergraduate engineering education is to prepare students with the knowledge, skills, and decision-making strategies that are necessary for success in engineering practice. One proposed method to teach students these skills is to incorporate habits of mind into K-12 and undergraduate curricula. Habits of mind are the intelligent,…
Descriptors: Engineering, Technical Occupations, Undergraduate Study, Engineering Education
Kepir Sávoly, Dursun Didem; Tuzgol Dost, Meliha – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2020
This study examined the effectiveness of a school-to-work transition skills program on the career adaptability and career optimism of senior year university students in Turkey. For this purpose, a career intervention program was adapted from one developed in the USA. Results indicated that participants in the intervention group (N = 16) had higher…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Program Effectiveness, Skill Development, Job Skills
Van Laarhoven, Toni; Carreon, Adam; Bonneau, Wendy; Lagerhausen, Ashli – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The purpose of this study was to compare mobile technologies with universally-designed prompting systems to improve the independent vocational performance of four adolescents with ASD and/or ID in school-based employment settings. Specific aims were to (1) compare the effectiveness of universally-designed prompting systems presented on iPads and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Handheld Devices
Welch, Vivian; Mathew, Christine; Marins, Luciana M.; Ghogomu, Elizabeth T.; Dowling, Sierra; Abdisalam, Salman; Madani, Mohamad T.; Murphy, Emma; Kebedom, Kisanet; Ogborogu, Jennifer; Gallagher-Mackay, Kelly – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimated that approximately 9% of current jobs within OECD member states are threatened with automation and digitalization--all significant successes and advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and computer science. With such global changes and forecasts, in the labor…
Descriptors: Skill Development, International Organizations, Automation, Unemployment
Washington, Benjamin Andrew – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The focus of this research study examines the perspectives of professional development and related experiences of K-12 school administrators. Three research questions were designed to investigate the most useful components of professional development and experiences of school leaders. The methodology for data collection involved using a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Administrators, School Administration, Elementary Secondary Education