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Simon Pietsch; Hugh Riddell; Carolyn Semmler; Nikos Ntoumanis; Daniel F. Gucciardi – Educational Psychology, 2024
SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timed) are advocated as the gold standard for goal setting. However, goals which are non-specific and exploratory, referred to as 'open goals', may be preferred in specific circumstances. In this pre-registered experiment, we compared SMART goals, compared to do-your-best (DYB), and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Goal Orientation, Student Educational Objectives
Stephen Evans; Corin Egglestone – Learning and Work Institute, 2024
Learning and skills have important economic, social and individual benefits. Yet for decades the United Kingdom (UK) has lagged behind comparator countries, particularly for intermediate skills. This is first report of Learning & Work's Ambition Skills programme which looks at where the UK is on track to be by 2035 and explores the changing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications, Employment Potential
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Anas Hajar; Ali Ait Si Mhamed – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This paper explores eight Kazakhstani postgraduate students' reflections of their international educational experiences in the UK after their immediate re-entry into Kazakhstan. Special focus was on their language identity development after their one-year stay in the UK. It was informed by Benson et al.'s ([2013]. "Second Language Identity in…
Descriptors: Native Language, Self Concept, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning