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Bullock, Neil – Research-publishing.net, 2019
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is often governed by predefined communicative functions and rules within a specific domain. Radio communication between pilots and Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) is one such domain. Mandatory plain language testing, introduced in this domain in 2008, whilst clearly laudable in its safety related objectives, has…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Aerospace Education
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Petrov, Georgy; Southall, Jane; Bolden, Richard – Higher Education Review, 2016
In the past decade successive UK governments have placed a strong emphasis on, and renewed interest in, the role of higher education in skills development. In the light of recent skills policy developments in England and drawing upon the findings of an empirical qualitative study of specific workforce development initiatives and previous research,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Employers, Labor Force Development
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Alnuaimi, Qussay A. B. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
We present Aviation Cost Risk management (CRM) methodology designed for Airlines Company, who needs to run projects beyond their normal. These airlines are critical to the survival of these organizations, such as the development and performance. The Aviation crisis can have considerable impact upon the value of the firm. Risk managers must focus…
Descriptors: Accidents, Air Transportation, Case Studies, Risk Management
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Kim, Hyejeong; Elder, Catherine – Language Testing, 2015
This paper explores the underlying construct of both the English proficiency test for pilot and air traffic controller radiotelephony communication developed and administered in Korea and the ICAO language proficiency testing policy on which the test in Korea is based. It does so by canvassing the opinions of Korean airline pilots and air traffic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational English (Second Language), Air Transportation, Traffic Safety
Boyne, Matthew – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Commercial flight operational safety has dramatically improved in the last 30 years because of enhanced crew coordination, communication, leadership and team development. Technology insertion into cockpit operations, however, has been shown to create crew distractions, resulting in flight safety risks, limited use given policy limitations and…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Handheld Devices, Computers, Safety
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Abdul-Razzaq, Wathiq; Biller, R. Dale; Wilson, Thomas H. – Physics Education, 2015
There is no doubt that integrated concepts inspire students and take learning to a new level. As we fly, we fly through the magnetic field of the Earth. We used the concepts involved in flying to develop an exercise that bonds geology, physics and life sciences.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Magnets, Physics
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Brady, Tim – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study of how a virtual technology burden was created that impacted the professional pilot college student and various colleges/universities that offer professional pilot degree programs. A cascading set of events began as a result of US congressional reaction to a tragic airline accident. The resulting…
Descriptors: Aviation Education, Educational Technology, College Students, Accidents
Kolmos, John A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Older adults face many challenges in the workplace, one being the advancement of technologies both in hardware and software development. The purpose of the study was to understand the learned experiences of older adults integrating advanced technologies into their critical decision-making work experience because of training. Literature claimed a…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Older Adults, Decision Making, Age Differences
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Lin, Xiao-fan; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Hu, Qintai – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
With the increasing importance of adult and continuing education, the present study aimed to examine the factors that influence continuing web-based learning at work. Three questionnaires were utilised to investigate the association of the job characteristics from Karasek et al.'s (1998) job demand-control-support model and the self-regulated…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Metacognition, Web Based Instruction, Professional Continuing Education
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Kim, Hyejeong; Billington, Rosey – Applied Linguistics, 2018
This article explores the issues of pronunciation and comprehension in the English as a lingua franca (ELF) context of pilot--air traffic controller radiotelephony communication, and how these are handled in the proficiency rating scale globally used to assess pilots and air traffic controllers engaging in international flight and air traffic…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Air Transportation
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Wagoner, Cynthia L. – Research and Issues in Music Education, 2015
The purpose of this paper is two-fold: first, to examine the impact of historical sociopolitical events on music education, particularly post 9/11 with the intent of establishing a context for social justice issues; and second, how we might examine the broad implications to further music education research focusing on social justice. Issues of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Music, Music Education, Terrorism
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Lane, W. Brian – Physics Teacher, 2013
Computer simulations continue to prove to be a valuable tool in physics education. Based on the needs of an Aviation Physics course, we developed the PHYSics of FLIght Simulator (PhysFliS), which numerically solves Newton's second law for an airplane in flight based on standard aerodynamics relationships. The simulation can be used to pique…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Computer Simulation, Scientific Principles
Allen, Ronald Timothy – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Automated Logistics Environment (ALE) is a new term used by Navy and aerospace industry executives to describe the aggregate of logistics-related information systems that support modern aircraft weapon systems. The development of logistics information systems is not always well coordinated among programs, often resulting in solutions that cannot…
Descriptors: Administrators, Experience, Automation, Information Systems
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Xiaoqin, Liu; Wenzhong, Zhu – Higher Education Studies, 2016
This paper has reviewed the history of EOP (training) development and then illustrated the curriculum design of cabin service English training from the three perspectives of ESP, CLIL and Business Discourse. It takes the cabin crew English training of China Southern Airlines (CZ) as the case and puts forward an operational framework composed of…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Case Studies, Air Transportation, Curriculum Design
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Park, Moonyoung – ReCALL, 2018
Aviation English proficiency is a core competency in the global air traffic controller profession. There is, however, growing concern about the current ineffective paper-based assessment methods and the severe lack of interactive online testing for such a critical profession, one that should be ideally assessed in an authentic task and situation…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Recall (Psychology)
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