The transforming landscape of education and employment in the United States makes it more difficult for workers to maintain living wage jobs with benefits, threatening their livelihood and future employment prospects as previous skills become obsolete. Employers are also struggling to hire and retain skilled workers. Regardless of long-term…

This study examined the impact of Personalization for Academic and Social Emotional Learning (PASL), a school based social emotional reform implemented in the Broward County Florida Public Schools. Taking advantage of a phased roll out of PASL, we analyzed data collected during the first implementation year (2017-18) and compared 205 9th grade…

This article is a concise, comprehensive overview of the history of sustainability and sustainable design. The goal is to provide a ready-made lesson plan on the history of sustainability in its many forms: development, conservation, energy, manufacturing, design, agriculture, business, cultural/societal, and environmental science. The articles in…

Fieldwork education is a critical piece to professional development and competency in occupational therapy. As part of their core curriculum, all students enrolled in accredited occupational therapy programs must complete full-time fieldwork experiences under the direct supervision of a licensed occupational therapy practitioner. This component of…

This brief describes the participatory action research by the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL)--built on the findings of an initial evaluation study of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) program review process--toward the development of an equity-centered rubric to advance learning and support for the state's…

This design case focuses on the design, development, and management of an online student center. In order to bridge and build community among a population of master's students in an online program, an online student center was developed to become a one-stop-shop. This center houses vital program information and helps to foster relationships among…

This action research study explores the impact that a nonverbal communication intervention could have on confidence levels of women with a mental diagnosis during the job interview process. The subjects of the pilot intervention were six women who were associated with the organization and who volunteered to participate in the study. These six…

This research investigated the impact of media and information literacy (MIL) on education faculty students' acquisition of the skills needed to detect fake news. A one-group experimental design was employed with a randomly selected sample of 100 Jordanian undergraduate students. The participants completed one pre-test and two post-tests, each of…

This paper examines service-learning case studies in Argentina, Mexico, and the United States. It analyzes whether Andragogy, the study of how to teach adult learners, is equally applicable and effective in different country contexts. First, we argue that service-learning is the most natural and appropriate teaching technique that aligns with the…

In a time where social-emotional learning (SEL) and best-practice initiatives can be found plastered over any and all education-related resources, how can one ensure that school librarians are living up to those expectations? School librarians are tasked with helping students to build a positive relationship with their library spaces and see the…

According to health care reports, more than 250,000 deaths annually are attributed to medical error, prompting interprofessional education (IPE) initiatives as one way to improve healthcare delivery. The problem is that little is known about the effect of simulation learning with standardized patients on occupational therapy (OT) and physical…

The paper aims to determine the competitiveness of young people as a digital economy workforce, compile a risk profile, and identify the prospects of risk management of youth employment in the digital segment of the labor market in Central Asia and Russia. The authors assess the competitiveness of young people as a workforce in the digital economy…

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the methods and tools for the formation of key competencies of the innovative economy in the educational process of the university in the context of digital integration. The authors used the following methods when writing the article: praximetric (study of regulatory documents--the national program…

From 1977 to 2015, the Government of Japan provided Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans to the education and human resource development sector totaling US$5.6 billion (600 billion Japanese Yen). This was disbursed in the funding of 88 projects, mainly targeting the Asian region. ODA loans constitute one of Japan's major bilateral ODA…

This chapter is about education in four Central Asian states which were part of the former USSR until 1991. These countries have common legacy, yet, have been evolving with their own trajectories. The chapter provides the demographic information, politics, economy, social system, religion and worldview, followed by the presentation of education…