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Social Networks and Skills Instruction: A Pilot Study of STEM College Educators and Employers in Wisconsin and New York. WCER Working Paper No. 2018-3
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Benbow, Ross J.; Lee, Changhee; Hora, Matthew T. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2018
Research indicates that teamwork, communication, self-directed learning, and problem-solving skills are strongly linked to individual academic and professional success, yet little is known regarding how college educators and employer trainers learn to better teach or train others in these valuable skills in postsecondary and employment STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Faculty, Employers, Social Networks
Beyond the Skills Gap: Preparing College Students for Life and Work
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Hora, Matthew T. – Harvard Education Press, 2016
How can educators ensure that young people who attain a postsecondary credential are adequately prepared for the future? Matthew T. Hora and his colleagues explain that the answer is not simply that students need more specialized technical training to meet narrowly defined employment opportunities. "Beyond the Skills Gap" challenges this…
Descriptors: College Students, Career Readiness, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
Exploring Making through Mobile Emergent Technologies: Makerspace Education in Rural Communities. WCER Working Paper No. 2021-1
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Nixon, Jessie; Halverson, Erica; Stoiber, Andy – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2021
The Exploring Making Through Mobile Emergent Technologies (EMMET) program sought to disrupt the trajectory from rural high school to factory floor by introducing STEM and computational thinking (STEM+C) skills through mentorship training and hands-on activities involving creative production--often referred to as "making." The program…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education