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Kelly LaPlante – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explores the perceptions of employed MBA students regarding the value of optional micro-credentials and their impact on skill enhancement, career advancement, and personal growth. Utilizing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), the research involved semi-structured virtual interviews with 15 participants, complemented by…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Graduate Students, Microcredentials, Student Attitudes
Alexandra Miletta – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2024
"Teach with Confidence" aims to inspire new teachers to trust their ability to reflect and grow and have an improved sense of their own agency in managing dissonance. The exploration of domains weaves in stories and research from practitioners and scholars to show how beliefs, knowledge, and skills in building relationships are critical…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Professional Autonomy, Classroom Techniques, Faculty Development
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Kara Dadswell; Stjepan Sambol; Zali Yager; Nina Van Dyke; Michaela Pascoe; Clare Dallat; Claire Brown; Alexandra G. Parker – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2024
Design thinking is often proposed as an educative strategy to enhance growth mindset, problem solving, and creativity, but there are very few evaluations of the impact of experiential design thinking programs. The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether an online design-thinking workshop provided to outdoor education staff could…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Program Evaluation, Teacher Workshops, Faculty Development
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D. Joel Whalen; Charles Drehmer; Andrew Cavanaugh – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2024
This My Favorite Assignment (MFA) article features 11 teaching innovations first presented at the 2023 Association for Business Communication Annual International Conference held Denver, Colorado, USA. These assignments are designed to boost students' writing, persuasion, crisis management skills, and personal and professional development.
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Writing Assignments, Business Communication, Persuasive Discourse
Lesley Powell, Editor; Adam Cooper, Editor; Trent Brown, Editor; Simon McGrath, Editor – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2024
This edited volume explores how youth and informal sector workers in the global south are pioneering learning and livelihoods that exist at the intersections of, and beyond, the boundaries of the state, market, and other formal institutions. Underpinned by research undertaken in the global south, this book discusses how we might better theorise,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Vocational Education, Informal Education, Foreign Countries
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Judith A. Alamprese; Kees Hoogland – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2025
Adults' development of literacy and numeracy skills that can enable them to navigate the demands of contemporary life and be prepared for the future is central to their economic, social, and personal well-being and the functioning of society. This article discusses the role of literacy and numeracy in adult learning and education, beginning with…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Literacy, Numeracy, Skill Development
Glenn Zenny McGinnis Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Education is one of the most important professions in our society, instilling knowledge of our past and securing our future. As educational leaders leave the profession, there is a growing demand for qualified educational leaders to fill the vacancies created. The quantitative research study aimed to determine if a correlation existed between…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Correlation, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Qualities
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Garcia, Consuelo; Badia, Antoni – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2023
Teachers as mentors have a great impact on shaping the identity of future teachers and how they will behave in the classroom. However, mentoring roles in many countries receive little, if any, training and guidance. The dialogical self theory offers a comprehensive theoretical framework for studying student teachers' mentor's identity. The main…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mentors, Self Concept, Teachers
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Daniel Thomas Page; Stephanie Hanrahan; Lisa Buckley – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
South African university students (n = 18; aged 21-28) participated in the LifeMatters train-the-trainer (TTT) workshop. Ten trained participants (n = 10; aged 21-23) then implemented the program as youth facilitators at three local schools. The study aimed to describe changes in participants resulting from the TTT and implementation experience.…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Individual Development, College Students, Self Efficacy
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Lexis, Louise; Weaver, Debbi; Julien, Brianna L. – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2023
Some empirical case studies provide support for using LinkedIn as a 21st century career development tool; however, little is known about the long-term impact on students' use of LinkedIn. A LinkedIn assignment was implemented in a third-year subject taken by students in non-specialist science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Networks, STEM Education, College Students
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Angela Bate – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2024
The Labour Party's manifesto aims to reform further and higher education by integrating business, training providers and unions within a governmental effort to ensure a highly trained workforce. Skills England will align training with labour market needs, empower local leaders and enhance support for job seekers. However, the focus on young people…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Higher Education, Adult Education
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McGrath, Robert E. – Journal of Education, 2022
This article summarizes issues in defining character education (CE) that are relevant to program development and evaluation. No authoritative definition exists for CE, but several features seem prominent. These include a focus on enhancing civic, moral, self-regulatory, and/or intellectual virtues; and (at least implicitly) prioritizing the…
Descriptors: Values Education, Citizenship Education, Moral Values, Program Content
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Leda Stawnychko – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2024
University leaders navigate a complex and dynamic environment, balancing the diverse expectations of students, faculty, policy makers, and governmental bodies. Proficiency in these roles requires deep academic understanding, contextual knowledge, and effective management and leadership skills. This study explored how faculty members serving as…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Role Theory
Isaiah Drone III – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how young adult participants, who completed the Inspire-High School Program offered through a parochial school, describe the influences that their internal and external environments had on their ability to complete the program in the southern United States. This study used…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Youth Programs, Prosocial Behavior, Individual Development
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van Asdonck, Tim – Childhood Education, 2022
What comes to mind when you think about skateboarding? Depending on your age (wink), your initial thoughts might range from "kid's toy" to "action sport," or from "thrilling" to "dangerous" or even "annoying noise." Although skateboarding bore the reputation of a rebellious counterculture in its…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Athletics, Individual Development, Socialization
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