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Academic Networks and Career Trajectory: 'There's No Career in Academia without Networks'
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Heffernan, Troy – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Academic networks have been found to play a significant role in career trajectory via employment opportunities, publishing openings, or being alerted to prospects not widely advertised. These results are reflective of Bourdieu's notion that social capital can see an individual's position within a field (in this article the field of academia)…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Career Development, College Faculty, Higher Education
Youth Transitions: Creating Pathways to Success
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Hughes, Deirdre; Smith, Graeme – Education Development Trust, 2020
Around the world, young people face considerable challenges. Even before the disruption of the Covid-19 crisis, policymakers were seeking to respond to rapid technological advances, climate change and -- in some countries -- an ageing population and workforce. While children and young people worldwide generally have high aspirations and ambitions…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Change, Education Work Relationship
Reshaping Teacher Education through the Professional Continuum
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McMahon, Margery; Forde, Christine; Dickson, Beth – Educational Review, 2015
The current policy gaze on teacher quality is resulting in significant shifts in how teacher education is conceptualized, designed and delivered. Traditional approaches to teacher preparation and continuing professional development (CPD) are being challenged, and often displaced, by new models that expedite the process and experience of becoming a…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Curriculum, Educational Change, Curriculum Design, Educational Practices
Proceedings of the Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE) International Pre-Conference (64th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 15-17, 2015)
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Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.; Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2015
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: International Education, Adult Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Students
Moving Forward--Shaping a Career Development Culture: Quality Standards, Quality Practice, Quality Outcomes
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McMahon, Mary – Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training, 2004
This paper represents the second of two papers written as part of the National Standards and Accreditation of Career Practitioners project. The first, a scoping paper titled Shaping a career development culture: Quality standards, quality practice, quality outcomes (McMahon, 2004), provided information for and guided discussion at the National…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Career Guidance, National Standards
Scoping Paper--Shaping a Career Development Culture: Quality Standards, Quality Practice, Quality Outcomes
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McMahon, Mary – Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training, 2004
This project on national standards and accreditation of career practitioners is set against a background of unprecedented interest by governments nationally and internationally in the provision of career guidance services. Currently more is known about the policy and delivery of career guidance than at any other time in history. There is growing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Career Guidance, Standards