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International WIL Placements: Their Influence on Student Professional Development, Personal Growth and Cultural Competence
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Gribble, Nigel; Dender, Alma; Lawrence, Emma; Manning, Kirrily; Falkmer, Torbjorn – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2014
In the increasingly global world, skills in cultural competence now form part of the minimum standards of practice required for allied health professionals. During an international work-integrated learning (WIL) placement, allied health students' cultural competence is expected to be enhanced. The present study scrutinized reflective journals of…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Competence, Work Experience, Student Development
Council for the Advancement of Standards Learning and Developmental Outcomes
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Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education, 2008
The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) promotes standards to enhance opportunities for student learning and development from higher education programs and services. Responding to the increased shift in attention being paid by educators and their stakeholders from higher education inputs (i.e., standards and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Student Development, Classification
Enhancing Professional Competencies in Graduate Education.
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Smart, John C.; Hagedorn, Linda S. – Review of Higher Education, 1994
A study of 479 doctoral students at an urban university examined the relationships between 4 educational strategies (divergent, assimilative, convergent, accommodative) of doctoral programs and subjects' perceptions of their gains in 4 domains of professional competence (thinking, decision making, valuing, and acting). Additional variables…
Descriptors: Competence, Doctoral Programs, Educational Strategies, Graduate Students
Outcomes Assessment: How Much Value Does University Education Add?
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Evers, Fredrick T.; Gilbert, Sid N. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1991
Data from two independent Canadian research studies found that university education produced added value on such dimensions of student development as reasoning, time management, and quantitative skills but not on social skills, supervisory skills, conflict management, and creativity. Universities are urged to develop more than mere competence in…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Competence, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Positive Psychology Goes to School: Are We There Yet?
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Clonan, Sheila M.; Chafouleas, Sandra M.; McDougal, James L.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
Implicit within a perspective of positive psychology is the assumption that environments can be promoted to foster individual strengths through a preventative focus and the development of positive institutions. Given that the development of positive institutions has direct implications for school psychology, this paper begins to draw attention to…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Classroom Environment, Individual Development, History
Student Perspectives on Liberal Learning at Alverno College: Justifying Learning as Relevant to Performance in Personal and Professional Roles. Final Report, Research Report Number Seven.
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Much, Nancy; Mentkowski, Marcia – 1982
Student perspectives on learning was investigated at Alverno College. Attention was directed to how students understand and justify learning outcomes, and how they understand liberal learning as relevant to performance in personal and professional roles. The competency-based curriculum at Alverno College defines competencies as developmental,…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Competence, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship