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Senkpeil, Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2018
To maintain America's status as a global technological leader, there has been a longstanding effort to increase the quality and quantity of engineers in the workforce. Previous research and government reports have called on the education system at all levels to increase enrollment and persistence in college engineering programs. Additionally,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Engineering Education, Engineering, Technical Occupations
Kaminsky, Mick V. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The conceptual model proposed for this study incorporates the characteristics of teamwork, psychological safety and learning behaviors. These characteristics are considered vital to effective interprofessional (IP) collaboration in health care that influences the development of team synergistic knowledge plus enhanced group performance. Team…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Safety, Learning, Behavior
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Metka Kordigel Aberšek; Boris Aberšek; Andrej Flogie – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2018
In a case study conducted in a biology class in Slovenia, six grade students participated in a biology project Writing Versus Typing in a Biology Class. The final task in this project was to write a chapter for a biology textbook with the title Urtica dioica. The task was performed twice: firstly, the text was written by the hand and secondly it…
Descriptors: Office Occupations, Writing (Composition), Foreign Countries, Biology
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Noy, Shiri; Jabbour, Randa – Journal of Extension, 2017
We explored using farmers' egocentric (personal) networks to understand how they seek farming advice and how their advice networks map onto their friendship networks. We examined results from a survey of alfalfa farmers (n = 634) in Wyoming. Farmers reported seeking advice from neighbors and fellow farmers, and most indicated that these people are…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Information Seeking, Sharing Behavior, Social Networks
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Edler, Jessica R.; Eberman, Lindsey E.; Walker, Stacy – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2017
Context: Clinical education is a foundational component of healthcare education by which students acquire, practice, and demonstrate competency in clinical proficiencies through classroom, laboratory, and clinical experiences. Currently, the most common practice of clinical education in athletic training is clinical integration. Objective: The…
Descriptors: Athletics, Clinical Experience, Allied Health Occupations Education, Evidence Based Practice
Ryll, Stefan – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This quantitative research examines the perceptions of culinary arts/management educators and culinary industry practitioners on the future of online culinary arts education. Specifically pertaining to the recommended procedures by educators and chefs to judge and critique the quality of food products in terms sensory modalities, and what the key…
Descriptors: Food Service, Cooking Instruction, Service Occupations, Statistical Analysis
Islam, Kaliym A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The problem addressed in this study was that customer education programs are intended to strengthen customer loyalty; however, research on the effects of customer education on customer loyalty remains insufficient. This phenomenological study investigated how the lived experiences of customers' participating in financial services' customer…
Descriptors: Finance Occupations, Financial Services, Money Management, Phenomenology
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Brendan H. O'Connor; Hannah Kirsch; Nicole Maestas – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
Undergraduate research experiences can have a powerful impact on career aspirations and research skills, particularly among students from historically underrepresented groups. This study explores the conference-going experiences of first-generation, Mexican American undergraduates from migrant/seasonal farmworker backgrounds in the College…
Descriptors: Migrant Workers, Seasonal Laborers, Agricultural Occupations, Mexican Americans
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Jianjun Wang – Grantee Submission, 2024
California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) continues its five-year grant, "An Equitable Pathway to In-Demand STEM Careers," that began in Fall 2021 to facilitate Hispanic students' degree completion and career preparation in STEM fields. In the second year, the grant team has made satisfactory progress in offering summer and winter…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Equal Education, Hispanic American Students, Institutional Characteristics
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Darryll Willem Bravenboer; Mandy Crawford-Lee; Clare Dunn – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: Apprenticeships in England, while defined by level and typical duration, are not quantified regarding the number of learning hours required to achieve the outcomes specified, as with other regulated qualifications and accredited programmes. This paper proposes an approach to ascribe credit to apprenticeships recognising both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Credits, Higher Education
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Liu, Laura B.; Russell, Taylor – Science Education and Civic Engagement, 2022
This study examines farming practices across regions as "funds of knowledge" that may be integrated into K-12 curricula and instruction. "Funds of knowledge," as conceptualized by Moll, Amanti, Neff, and González (1992), include the knowledge students bring from their families and home communities to the classroom, and serve as…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cultural Background, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
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Shen, Wenqin; Liu, Ye; Liu, Yunshan; Huang, Ying – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
This article extends Bourdieu's convertibility of different forms of capital to understand the patterns of study abroad by elite graduates from Peking University, China. We draw upon empirical data from a first-hand survey study involving 1,417 graduates from Peking University. The statistical analyses suggest a pattern of the conversions from…
Descriptors: Reputation, Universities, Selective Admission, Cultural Capital
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Jacobs, Gloria E.; Castek, Jill; Harris, Kathy; Vanek, Jen – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2022
Purpose: This article reports on a critical race theory (CRT) analysis of the perspectives of providers of employer-supported educational opportunities and adult learners, who identified as Black, indigenous or as a person of color, and were employed in service industries. Design/methodology/approach: A review of the literature was used to shape…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Learning, Student Attitudes, Workplace Learning
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Cochrane, Thomas; Narayan, Vickel; Aiello, Stephen; Alizadeh, Mehrasa; Birt, James; Bone, Elisa; Cowie, Neil; Cowling, Michael; Deneen, Chris; Goldacre, Paul; Sinfield, David; Stretton, Todd; Worthington, Tom – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
Mobile learning is well established in literature and practice, but under-evolved from a rigorous learning design perspective. Activity theory presents a sophisticated way of mapping and understanding learning design, but for mobile learning this does not always translate into change in practice. The reported research addresses this by coupling a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Instructional Design, Foreign Countries
Mezza, Anita – OECD Publishing, 2022
Education systems are facing challenges in relation to attracting and retaining excellent teachers. Strengthening teacher professionalism by deriving insights from other sectors is a promising approach in confronting these issues. This paper maps the position of teaching in the changing landscape of professions using a cross-sectoral approach to…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Faculty Development, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Effectiveness
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