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Meacham, Deborah, Ed. – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2019
When the Model Work Standards were first crafted more than two decades ago, they were built on the premise that quality child care jobs are the cornerstone of high-quality services for children and families. The intent of these standards is to make it possible for those who choose teaching young children as a career to reasonably and responsibly…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers, Standards, Fringe Benefits
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Scartabello, Thomas; Abate, Marie; Slimak, Louis – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2018
Self-assessment is important in student and professional development. This study evaluated the impact of a structured electronic portfolio program that provided primarily global feedback on pharmacy students' self-assessment skills related to five general outcomes over a two-year period. The self-assessed outcomes, common to many academic…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Electronic Publishing, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Currey, Judy; Sprogis, Stephanie K.; Burdeu, Gabby; Considine, Julie; Allen, Joshua; Oldland, Elizabeth – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2018
In tertiary education, generic professional skills should be developed along with discipline-specific knowledge and skills. Team-Based Learning (TBL), an active learning strategy, creates deep learning and enhanced student engagement; however, its effects on the development of generic learning outcomes are unknown. The aim of this study was to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, Active Learning
Laraway, Melissa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Orientation programs on college campuses across the United States exist to serve the needs of new students to transition and thrive in their new setting. Some students may arrive on campus for even more specialized programs beyond traditional orientation programs, such as athletic practice, that focus on academic courses or involve a wilderness…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Self Efficacy
Todd, Anne W.; Algozzine, Bob; Horner, Robert H.; Preston, Angela I.; Cusumano, Dale; Algozzine, Kate – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2019
We report here the type of problems and solutions that 38 school teams reported during a randomized wait-list controlled trial of one problem-solving approach (Team Initiated Problem Solving [TIPS]). The experimental results from that analysis are reported elsewhere. The purpose of this article is to summarize companion descriptive data from this…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Educational Environment, Randomized Controlled Trials, Elementary School Teachers
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Nghia, Tran Le Huu – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2017
Developing generic skills (GS) for students has become central in many higher education curricula in recent times. However, there is still a lack of studies regarding how these skills are developed for students, especially in developing countries. Drawing from a PhD study, this paper reports the contribution of extra-curricular activities in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Extracurricular Activities, College Students
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Karatas, F. Ö.; Bodner, G. M.; Unal, Suat – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
A study was conducted on the views of the nature of engineering held by 114 first-year engineering majors; the study built on prior work on views of the nature of science held by students, their instructors, and the general public. Open-coding analysis of responses to a 12-item questionnaire suggested that the participants held tacit beliefs that…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
Smith, Charles; McGovern, Gina; Peck, Stephen C.; Larson, Reed; Hillaker, Barbara; Roy, Leanne – Forum for Youth Investment, 2016
The Social and Emotional Learning Challenge was designed to identify promising practices for building skills in six areas: emotion management, empathy, teamwork, initiative, responsibility, and problem solving. The Challenge was a partnership between expert practitioners delivering exemplary programs in eight unique communities, a team of…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Self Control
Charles Smith; Gina McGovern; Reed Larson; Barbara Hillaker; Stephen C. Peck – Forum for Youth Investment, 2016
The Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Challenge was designed to identify promising practices for building skills in six areas: (1) emotion management; (2) empathy; (3) teamwork; (4) initiative; (5) responsibility; and (6) problem solving. The SEL Challenge selected eight top out-of-school programs that not only make a commitment to SEL, but have…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Educational Practices, Partnerships in Education, Youth Programs
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Spring, Robin; Yang, Fang – Journal of Advertising Education, 2019
Ethnic diversity in the advertising industry could be a solution for culturally insensitive advertising. Insights from advertising professionals, obtained via in-depth interviews, reveal minorities are hindered by bias, resulting in low hiring ratios and lack of retention. Large segments of minorities may not consider advertising for a career.…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Cultural Pluralism, Advertising, Personnel Selection
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Bowden, John A.; Green, Pamela J. – Understanding Teaching-Learning Practice, 2019
This book focuses on integrity throughout the PhD journey and beyond, and is organised around two main themes: (1) integrity in relation to the capabilities developed by doctoral candidates for professional practice; and (2) integrity and coherence at the PhD system level. The working methods of key participants such as PhD candidates,…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Integrity, Doctoral Students, Student Research
Rosen, Rachel; Molina, Frieda – MDRC, 2019
Currently, one of the foremost questions many in the career and technical education (CTE) field are asking is: How can the design and delivery of CTE programs promote equity? CTE is currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity with policymakers and practitioners, and its proponents want to avoid repeating the history of vocational education,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Equal Education, Barriers, Access to Education
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Suprapto, Edy; Fahrizal; Priyono; Basri, K. – International Education Studies, 2017
This research is to apply and develop a strategy of problem-based learning to increase the ability of higher order thinking skills of senior vocational schools students. The research was done due to a fact that the quality of outputs of the senior vocational schools has not met the competency needed by the stakeholders in the field, that has made…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Thinking Skills, Vocational Education, Vocational Schools
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Hay, M. Cameron – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2017
Undergraduate student learning focuses on the development of disciplinary strength in majors and minors so that students gain depth in particular fields, foster individual expertise, and learn problem solving from disciplinary perspectives. However, the complexities of real-world problems do not respect disciplinary boundaries. Complex problems…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Undergraduate Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Global Approach
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Bush, Sarah A.; Friedel, Curtis R.; Hoerbert, Lindsey R.; Broyles, Thomas W. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
With an evolving and expanding agricultural industry, it is crucial to provide future professionals with valuable experiences and skills in problem solving, communication, and teamwork. Agricultural summer programs for secondary students, which provide cooperative learning experiences with a focus on group work and problem solving, aim to help…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning, Peer Evaluation, Secondary School Students
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