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Behnam Soltani; Karsten E. Zegwaard – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2024
To understand graduate employability, this paper uses a landscape of practice (LofP) lens, and methods including narrative frames, observations, and interviews to interpret capability development and identity construction of learners in a work-based learning masters program. It argues that learners enhance employability, capabilities, and…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Communities of Practice, Masters Programs, Ability
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Baltaoglu, Meltem Gökdag; Güven, Meral – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2020
This study aims to reveal the views of prospective teachers, who study at the faculty of education, on learning responsibility. This study is performed on the basis of the basic qualitative research method. The study group of the research is composed of a total of 48 prospective teachers whose views are received on a voluntary basis and who are…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Study Skills, Student Responsibility
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Senbayrak, Mürüvvet; Ortaçtepe, Deniz; Trimble, Kimberly – TESOL Journal, 2019
This study investigated attitudes toward self-access centers (SACs) and readiness for autonomous language learning among Turkish learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). It also explored whether learners' attitudes toward the SACs and their readiness for autonomy were related to frequency of SAC use. The study was carried out with 250…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Readiness, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
Jacobs, George M.; Lawson, Nimrod Delante – Online Submission, 2017
Creativity makes life more enjoyable and successful, both for students and people generally. The complex elements of society require that people be creative in order to guide humanity forward. Thus, educators often strive to promote creativity among their students and themselves. The present paper offers a broad definition of creativity and then…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Creativity, Creative Development, Definitions
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Janakiraman, Shamila; Watson, Sunnie Lee; Watson, William R. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2018
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are offered on diverse topics in an attempt to reach global audiences. MOOCs have helped address limitations to educational access, yet the dropout rates are notoriously high. Many argue that high attrition in MOOCs is because the instructional design often does not align with the needs of adult learners. Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Large Group Instruction, Online Courses
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Grounds, Patricia E.; Moore, Caroline – Research-publishing.net, 2017
In this qualitative study, we analyze postgraduate students' perceptions of strategic behaviors they developed during their online studies and their ability to extend this behavior to their own praxis. Findings suggest that strategic behavior centers around the development of four core skills: engaging in self-directed thinking; fostering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Skill Development
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Filipova, Anna A. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2015
This study examines the impact of thought self-leadership education on graduate students' perceptions of ethics and competencies in the execution of cognitive strategies (beliefs and assumptions, self-talk, and mental imagery) in a graduate public administration program's health care administration law course. The results obtained from Wilcoxon…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Ethics, Competence
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Campos-Sanchez, Antonio; Martin-Piedra, Miguel-Angel; Carriel, Victor; Gonzalez-Andrades, Miguel; Garzon, Ingrid; Sanchez-Quevedo, Maria-Carmen; Alaminos, Miguel – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2012
Two questionnaires were used to investigate students' perceptions of their motivation to opt for reception learning (RL) or self-discovery learning (SDL) in histology and their choices of complementary learning strategies (CLS). The results demonstrated that the motivation to attend RL sessions was higher than the motivation to attend SDL to gain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Students, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Mahasneh, Randa; Tawalbeh, Aisheh; Al-Smadi, Rana; Ghaith, Souad; Dajani, Rana – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2012
The main aim of this exploratory study is to test "Service Learning" as a teaching and learning strategy in Jordanian universities by integrating service learning into a counselling course at the Hashemite University. After providing a 12-h service at 10 service locations, a 16-item questionnaire was administered to 60 senior counselling…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Learning Strategies, Service Learning, Social Responsibility
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Gallant, Tricia Bertram, Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2008
The historical examination of academic integrity in this monograph demonstrates that student academic conduct has always been strongly connected to faculty work, institutional structures, context, and organizational pressures. Student affairs professionals, faculty, and other campus constituents who have struggled with reducing academic misconduct…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Cheating, Learning Strategies, Integrity
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Rafferty, Anna N., Ed.; Whitehill, Jacob, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Cavalli-Sforza, Violetta, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods, Information Retrieval, Data Processing
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Macready, Tom – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2009
Vygotsky regarded the site of learning to be within a matrix of relational action. From this perspective, learning social responsibility will involve a focus on the learning environments that are made available in schools. Adapting the concept of restorative justice to a school context, restorative practice offers a range of relevant learning…
Descriptors: School Culture, Social Justice, Social Responsibility, Educational Environment
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Kanbar, Nancy – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2012
The population growth together with the unsustainable consumption pattern is putting increasing stress on the planet's natural resources. The increasing realisation that humans are harming the environment is taking the form of a global movement intended to change behaviour towards sustainability, now recognised as a framework that links humans to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Arabs, Business Administration Education
Martino, Louis R. – Executive Educator, 1993
Research shows that peer tutoring is more cost effective than many other instructional strategies. Parsons (Kansas) High School grants credit for tutoring and being tutored. Participating juniors and seniors enroll in regularly scheduled elective course that meets daily. Tutors work with partners on everything from solving quadratic equations to…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, High Risk Students, High Schools, Learning Strategies
Lee, Jihyun; Shute, Valerie J. – Educational Testing Service, 2009
This paper identifies three noncognitive domains relevant for academic achievement in K-12-- student engagement, behavioral learning strategies, and school climate. The paper also documents empirical findings that show relationships between these three noncognitive domains and academic achievement, especially in the areas of reading and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Student Participation
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