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de Boer, Peter; Bordoloi, Prantik – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the degree of variance in work value preferences espoused by university students based on whether the students are in possession of work experience and experience abroad. Vocational identity development (VID) was used as a theoretical lens to explore the extent to which being in possession of…
Descriptors: Work Experience, Study Abroad, Student Attitudes, Preferences
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Michelle J. Eady; David Drewery; Monica Burney; Wincy Li; Kimberley Livingstone – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2025
Purpose: In light of the expanding prominence of work-integrated learning (WIL), the pedagogical model that integrates work experiences into an academic curriculum, this paper presents a systematic review that uncovers little-explored students' reflections of quality (RoQ). Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on the concept of wayfinding rocks…
Descriptors: College Students, Work Experience Programs, Student Attitudes, School Business Relationship
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Ha, Nguyen Thi Ngoc; Duong, Nguyen Van – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2022
This article explores employability content that should be integrated in work-integrated learning (WIL) curricula in Vietnamese universities. An exploratory sequential mixed-methods design was employed that included 15 in-depth interviews and three focus groups with key WIL stakeholders: university department leaders, company leaders, lecturers,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Experience Programs, Employment Potential, Curriculum Development
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Viana, Lazaro; Rampasso, Izabela Simon; Pavan Serafim, Milena; Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves; Leal Filho, Walter; Anholon, Rosley – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: Junior enterprises have been gaining increasing attention in the Brazilian Higher Education Institutions. In addition, these companies are contributing to enhance the training of future professionals. Improvements in future professionals' training must consider education for sustainability. In this context, this paper aims to critically…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Delphi Technique
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Young, Karen; Cardilini, Adam; Hermon, Karen – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2021
This paper discusses the outcomes of an action-research project designed to consider whether a compulsory foundational work-integrated learning (WIL) subject within a faculty at an Australian university could make an impact on three key outcomes: 1) student awareness of employability; 2) student perceptions of WIL approaches to enhance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Outcomes of Education, Required Courses
Jacqueline L. Horgan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Science education has maintained a longstanding goal of enhancing societal interest, values, and understandings of science. Despite a series of public education reforms and efforts by scientific researchers, scientific literacy and passion remain sparse across the American public. In fact, many students demonstrate a lack of interest in the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Attitudes, Museums, Graduate Study
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Nghia, Tran Le Huu – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
The number of students who enrol in Master's programmes has significantly increased in recent years; however, their learning motivations have not been adequately investigated, especially those from developing countries. This article reports a two-phased study that investigated Vietnamese students' learning motivations for attending Master's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Student Attitudes
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Okolie, Ugochukwu Chinonso; Nwajiuba, Chinyere Augusta; Eneje, Beatrice; Binuomote, Michael Olayinka; Ehiobuche, Christian; Hack-Polay, Dieu – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
This study explores how Nigerian higher education institutions can facilitate industry involvement in the design of programmes and activities that enhance the development of students' knowledge and skills for business start-ups, leading to job creation. Using interview and focus group methodologies, the researchers obtained rich information from…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Mentors, College Seniors, Industry
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Ding, Ning; Bakker, Diederich; English, Tim; Bonsing, Thierry – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2019
A business student's overseas internship is a unique place to investigate what knowledge/skills or personal traits that are important for their future career. This research consists of two stages: (1) First, we qualitatively analyzed students' internship reports to explore what knowledge or skills and what personal traits are perceived to be…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, International Trade, Internship Programs
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Mahony, Linda; Disney, Leigh; Griffiths, Sara; Hazard, Helen; Nutton, Georgie – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
This study explored the lived experiences of 20 Australian early childhood preservice teachers while on practical experience placement and examined the factors that informed their pedagogical experiences when working across both prior-to-school and school settings. Transcripts from interviews were analysed using grounded theory-informed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Experience, Student Attitudes
Corenthal, Eugene J., Ed.; Gold, Faye, Ed. – 1969
The basic goal of the Correlated Curriculum Program (CCP) is to upgrade the education of the "general" or nonacademic student. Since the students have not responded to traditional teaching methods, emphasis is placed on "learning by doing." To attain this objective the students explore career opportunities through skill-tryouts for clusters of…
Descriptors: Business Education, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Opportunities
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Alenchikov, I. N. – Russian Education and Society, 1993
Contends that education for work means more than simply a worker with a diploma; it requires a person who thinks creatively and is economically literate. Argues that students in the United States, by participating in the economy through part-time jobs, are prepared for life in a free enterprise economy. (CFR)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Economics
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Turner, Christopher; Williams, Michael – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1992
A study investigated the prior employment background of students in a British graduate teacher education program, and the impact of their background on student attitudes and experiences in an experiential learning component which places secondary school teacher trainees in industrial, commercial, and community service contexts. (MSE)
Descriptors: Business Education, Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Harris, Jules – 1991
The Youth Work Skills Program provided basic skills remediation, support services, and subsidized or unsubsidized work placement to out-of-school, economically disadvantaged youth aged 16-21 with demonstrated reading scores at or below the fifth-grade level. The program had three phases: basic education/vocational and career exploration, basic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Exploration, Curriculum Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Johnson, Gerald – 1976
An evaluation was conducted of the fourth year of Project Future, implemented in the Bremerton (Washington) School District. The project objective was to provide pilot class students at four grade levels (grades 3, 6, 9, and 12) with career education learning experiences which used commercial and teacher created classroom activities and materials,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
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