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Ben Erwin; Tom Keily; Lauren Peisach – Education Commission of the States, 2024
In recognition of the importance of education attainment to individual economic mobility and state workforce development needs, state leaders are advancing policies to support access to pathways into postsecondary education, training and the workforce. Although college and career readiness has long been a priority for policymakers, a growing…
Descriptors: State Policy, Labor Force Development, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Claudia A. Medlin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Online learning continues to grow at unprecedented rates. K-12 had more than 275,000 students enrolled in full-time virtual schools in 2011--2012 and over 2 million participating in at least one online course. Despite this growth, there is little research on model formation and model validation for online learning. Two research-based models were…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Case Studies, Faculty Development, Kindergarten
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Strydom, Mariette; Kempen, Elizabeth – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the business operations of informal clothing manufacturing micro enterprises (CMMEs) and identifies ways to support owners to achieve economic sustainability. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach applying a case study design was used to study the business operations of 13 informal CMME owners…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Business Relationship, Sustainability, Case Studies
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Cavanagh, Jillian; Meacham, Hannah; Cabrera, Patricia Pariona; Bartram, Timothy – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2019
In this study, we argue that effective workplace education and training is critical to support workers with intellectual disability (WWID) at work. Moreover, we contend that it is workplace learning that prepares WWID for future career development and opportunities to enrol in and gain vocational education and training (VET) qualifications.…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Intellectual Disability, Intervention, Workplace Learning
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Nisula, Anna-Maija; Metso, Sari – Journal of Education and Work, 2019
The present paper proposes a conceptual model in which both personal and perceived workplace-related factors affect vocational students' workplace learning success in real workplace environments, with workplace learning success constituted by students' professional learning and satisfaction. We empirically tested the proposed model in two survey…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Workplace Learning, Work Environment, Student Satisfaction
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Morland, Kate V.; Breslin, Dermot; Stevenson, Fionn – Learning Organization, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to examine multiple learning cycles across a UK housebuilder organization following changes made to their quality management routine at the organizational level, through to subsequent understanding and enactment at the level of the individuals involved. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a qualitative case study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Learning, Feedback (Response)
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Belkhamza, Zakariya; Bin Abdullah, Muhammad Madi – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2019
Despite the emerging development of information technology which has significantly contributed to the learning organization enhancement, many organizations still find a great challenge to fully optimize the use of e-learning by their employees in order to enhance their individual performance. The objective of this article is to investigate what…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Online Courses, Self Determination
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Lee, Jae Young; Yoo, Sangok; Lee, Yunsoo; Park, Sunyoung; Yoon, Seung Won – Vocations and Learning, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of individual and organisational factors on knowledge workers' perceptions of the effectiveness of informal learning. Because most studies on informal learning have been conducted at the individual level, studies empirically examining the influence of individual and organisational factors…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Workplace Learning, Informal Education, Outcomes of Education
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Phusavat, Kongkiti; Hidayanto, Achmad Nizar; Kess, Pekka; Kantola, Jussi – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2019
Purpose: This study aims to develop a pedagogy which would help a school become a workplace for learning and professional development. Essentially, this objective addresses the following critical question. How can a school become an attractive workplace where learning and professional development of teachers positively contribute to better…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Instructional Effectiveness, Faculty Development
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Field, Laurie – Learning Organization, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to use critical theorist Jürgen Habermas's conceptualization of the relationship between knowledge and interests to better understand the role of common and competing interests during organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach: The paper draws on critical accounts of work and learning, and on Habermas's…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Power Structure, Conflict of Interest, Workplace Learning
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Small, Janet; Deacon, Andrew; Walji, Sukaina; Jaffer, Tasneem; Jawitz, Jeff – Open Praxis, 2019
Our research explores the experience of adults looking for flexible online learning opportunities that intersect with university study. We interviewed 58 people living in 14 African countries who have taken a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) developed by the University of Cape Town. The interview data reveals diverse uses of MOOCs in workplace…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Adult Education, Adult Students, Foreign Countries
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Matsimbe, Jabulani – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
Industrial attachments were added to the engineering academic curriculum at the Polytechnic to ensure students are industry-ready when they graduate. The question that arises is how effective are these industrial attachments to the students. Present study seeks to address this question through a survey questionnaire utilizing a Likert Scale with…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mining, Computer Software, Foreign Countries
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Aprile, Kerry Therese; Knight, Bruce Allen – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
Work-integrated learning (WIL) has assumed life as a central feature of higher education curriculum design in a wide range of disciplines with the ultimate goal of producing work-ready graduates. Under recent Australian government initiatives affecting teacher education, placement forms of WIL have been touted as the panacea for perceived problems…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
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Völker, Juliane – Journal of Intelligence, 2020
This study investigated correlative, factorial, and structural relationships between scores for ability emotional intelligence in the workplace (measured with the Geneva Emotional Competence Test), as well as fluid and crystallized abilities (measured with the Intelligence Structure Battery), carried out by a 188-participant student sample.…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Knowledge Level, Verbal Ability
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Lim, Doo Hun; Ryu, Hyunok; Jin, Bora – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2020
Accelerated aging trend has become a serious issue in meeting workforce demand in many developing and developed countries. Various workplace interventions have been sought to address this issue. The purpose of this study is to examine the extent that there is a typology of older workers whose skill proficiency and skill utilization are influenced…
Descriptors: Adults, Work Environment, Intervention, Foreign Countries
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