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Childs, Ruth; Lieberman, Lauren J. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2021
Physical education is the perfect place to learn self-advocacy skills. Through the practice of self-advocacy, children will find and utilize their voices in the classroom and beyond. Self-advocacy teaches students how to speak up, make life decisions, gather information, find those who will support them in their journey, know their rights and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Skill Development, Training, Self Advocacy
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Musonda, Innocent; Okoro, Chioma – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2021
Purpose: The role of skills development in attaining productivity and competitiveness in industry and global level cannot be overemphasized in the construction sector. The study aims to evaluate the critical skills needed in the construction industry. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative study was conducted, and data were collected using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construction Industry, Job Skills, Skill Development
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Noor-i-Kiran Naeem; Christine Phiri Mushibwe – Discover Education, 2025
In the evolving landscape of digital education, fostering digital resilience among students navigating social media platforms has become crucial. This scoping review, guided by the revised Arksey and O'Malley protocol, aims to identify and evaluate strategies employed by students to develop digital resilience within educational contexts on social…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Resilience (Psychology), Higher Education, College Students
Borba, Michele – Educational Leadership, 2022
To prepare students for a tech-intensive future, educators cannot hold on to 20th-century learning practices. They must reimagine education and cultivate an updated skill set. Lessons led by caring educators will continue to help students be strong learners and critical thinkers; but "human" skills will equip them to handle an uncertain…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Skill Development, Role of Education
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Roupnel, Servane; Rinfre, Natalie; Grenier, Jennifer – Journal of Leadership Education, 2019
In order to respond to the many challenges that confront them, organizations must assist their leaders to develop their personal and professional strengths. The development of leaders and leadership involves more than just the development of knowledge and must become an integral part of the organizational culture so as to also develop know-how and…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Coaching (Performance), Mentors, Experiential Learning
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Robiul Islam; Happy Kumar Das – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2024
This study investigates the role of English literature in fostering essential soft skills necessary for employability in the context of Bangladesh's educational system. This paper employs qualitative methods, including interviews with faculty members and senior students from tertiary-level colleges affiliated with the National University. The…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Literature, Soft Skills, Skill Development
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Nodeland, Brooke; Craig, Jessica M.; Meitl, Michele Bisaccia – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2020
Team-based learning (TBL) is a non-traditional method of instruction that utilizes permanent teams working together to solve problems and make decisions. The authors extend the prior TBL criminal justice literature through a detailed explanation of the use of application-focused activities in the classroom. Specifically, application-focused…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Criminology, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
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Haley M. Johnson; Kelsey L. Hall; Benjamin Scow – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2023
This study compared four horseless and seven traditional horse participants from Washington County 4-H in Utah for horse knowledge gained and for the development of 10 life skills from Hendricks's Targeting Life Skills Model: leadership, teamwork, self-responsibility, personal safety, problem-solving, decision-making, critical thinking, goal…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Skill Development, Animals, Youth Programs
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Demant, Jakob; Schierff, Laura Marie – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2019
Adolescents exhibit a high rate of use of alcohol and illicit drugs. Effect studies rarely describe the actual content of the interventions in detail. Less is known about what was actually done in the prevention than about their effects.Aim: This study is a review study grouping the qualitatively different content components of the various…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Prevention, Adolescents
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Virtanen, Anne; Tynjälä, Päivi – Teaching in Higher Education, 2019
Although generic skills have received widespread attention from both policymakers and educationalists, little is known regarding how students acquire these skills, or how they should best be taught. Hence, the aim of this study was to identify what kinds of pedagogical practices are behind the learning of eight particular generic skills. The data…
Descriptors: College Students, Basic Skills, Skill Development, Constructivism (Learning)
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Hazen, Timothy A. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2019
This review examines the Model United Nations (MUN) program at the collegiate level and provides useful information for advisors that are leading MUN for the first time.
Descriptors: Political Science, Simulation, International Organizations, Role Playing
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Benson, Gregory E.; Chau, Ngan N. – Marketing Education Review, 2017
Conflict occurs naturally in all marketing related activities. When such conflict is handled well through proper negotiation, it helps solve problems and build stronger, deeper relationships between the negotiating parties. Nevertheless, many students feel uneasy about negotiating, yet they know it is a crucial skill that needs to be developed.…
Descriptors: Marketing, Conflict Resolution, Problem Solving, Skill Development
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Rallón, Ana Olga; Peñaloza-Rallón, Anna Carolina – HOW, 2021
In this pedagogical proposal, we utilized Feminist Pedagogy and narratives to reveal women's skills that they had silenced in their cover letters for employment. Five females' narratives were analyzed using aspects of the grounded theory method to answer the question: "What do women's narratives reveal about their personal skills otherwise…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Writing (Composition), Feminism
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Deaner, Kat; McCreery-Kellert, Heather – Childhood Education, 2018
Design thinking is a methodology that emphasizes reasoning and decision-making as part of the problem-solving process. It is a structured framework for identifying challenges, gathering information, generating potential solutions, refining ideas, and testing solutions. Design thinking offers valuable skills that will serve students well as they…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, STEM Education
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Ramos, Adolfo; Esslinger, Keri – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2016
In today's physical education classroom, many teachers feel starved for fresh, innovative activities to teach. This article presents team handball (TH) as one such activity. Although TH is not a new activity (it was first played toward the end of the 19th century in countries such as Denmark, Germany and Sweden), for many students in the United…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Team Sports, Athletics, Psychomotor Skills
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