Technical skills are those specialized hands-on skills and competences needed to perform specific tasks. The study investigated the potential mismatch between Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) skills acquired in high school and workplace skills needed by Zimbabwean school-leaver migrants in Botswana. A mixed method research design…

The teaching profession can be an extremely rewarding career. It can also be a challenging work and problematic from time to time. Therefore, the aim of this This qualitative research is to reveal problems that teachers encounter in the Turkish educational system and solutions to solve these problems. The data were collected with interview…

Purpose: To describe what researchers are investigating and how they are measuring the constructs of their investigations within the speech-language pathology (SLP) clinical education literature. Method: A scoping review methodology (Arksey & O'Malley, 2005) was employed to develop a picture of clinical education articles which reported a…

Background/Context: In the United States, strengthening the professionalization of teaching and teacher education has received extensive attention. Notably, the educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) has gained traction. Developed by the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, & Equity (SCALE) in 2009, edTPA requires teacher…

We assess the predictive power of two measures of competitiveness for education and labor market outcomes using a large, representative survey panel. The first is incentivized and is an online adaptation of the laboratory-based Niederle-Vesterlund measure. The second is an unincentivized survey question eliciting general competitiveness on an…

This report argues that the education and skills individuals possess have become increasingly important to their overall quality of life. As technology and automation continue to alter the workplace and the nature of work, the ability of individuals to acquire and augment their skills will remain a key challenge. Changes in the nature of work over…

This grounded narrative inquiry study analyzes the self-selection transitional career motivations by California Community College chief fundraising executives when considering the pursuit of a California Community College presidency. A theoretical research framework is an approach that integrates narrative inquiry in the development of the…

The problem addressed by this study was the need in the medical education system for an effective, fully online educational methodology capable of delivering team-based instruction of increasingly extensive and intricate medical knowledge to a more technologically oriented learner population of physician assistant (PA) students. With medical…

The purpose of this explanatory case study was to learn how a designated veteran services office on a university campus supports student veterans preparing to transition into the civilian workforce after their college graduation. This study provided an in-depth understanding of the operations of a nationally recognized veteran services office by…

Graduate health professions students enrolled in master of science in athletic training, master of science in occupational therapy, doctor of audiology, and doctor of physical therapy programs at a health sciences university participated in an interprofessional service-learning project called A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns about Falls…

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine perceptions of factors that foreign language teachers, who have at least five years of teaching experience, identify as having improved or hindered their self-efficacy and highlight what contributed to their retention in the teaching field. Understanding these factors is essential to…

Athletic training students require strong critical thinking skills in order to make decisions for the health and safety of their athletes. Research has shown that these skills are difficult to develop. Simulation learning is often used in healthcare education as a way to build these critical thinking skills. This action research study sought to…

Using data from Lending Club, we analyzed funded loans between 2012 and 2013, the default status of which were mostly known in 2018. Our results showed that both the borrower characteristics and the conditions of the loan were significantly associated with the loan default rate. Results also showed that the sentiment of a user-written loan…

The introduction of paramedical science into universities has led to unprecedented enrolment numbers in Australian undergraduate paramedical science programs. At the same time however, there has been an associated increase in complexity of student learning expectations and requirements. One area of paramedical education that is proving challenging…

The use of emergency certification to fill teaching vacancies has increased in many school districts across the United States. Prior research suggests that teachers' underlying motivations for entering the profession are associated with student outcomes, but very little is known about the motivations of emergency certified teachers who enter the…