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Direct linkBajada, Christopher; Trayler, Rowan – Education & Training, 2013
Purpose: A modern business graduate is expected to have strong disciplinary skills as well as the soft skills of communication and team work. However today's business graduate needs to be more than the traditional "I-shaped" graduate of the past and more of the "T-shaped" graduate employers are looking for. Many…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Business Administration Education, Educational Change, Curriculum Design
Sendall, Marguerite C.; Domocol, Michelle L. – Education & Training, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to understand reflective journalling in a first year Public Health practice unit. Design/methodology/approach: This research uses pure phenomenography to interpret students' descriptions of reflective journalling. Data were collected from 32 students enrolled in PUB215 Public Health Practice in the School…
Descriptors: Health Education, Public Health, Foreign Countries, Reflection
Neely, Pat; Tucker, Jan – Education & Training, 2013
Purpose: Simulations are designed as activities which imitate real world scenarios and are often used to teach and enhance skill building. The purpose of this case study is to examine the decision making process and outcomes of a faculty committee tasked with examining simulations in the marketplace to determine if the simulations could be used as…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Competence, Evaluation, Business Administration Education
Harris, Margaret; Chisholm, Colin; Burns, George – Education & Training, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual viewpoint which proposes the use of the post graduate Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) approach to learning in undergraduate education and practice-based training. Design/methodology/approach: This is an examination of the KTP approach and how this could be used effectively in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training, Undergraduate Study, Higher Education
Broadbent, Robyn; Cacciattolo, Marcelle; Papadopoulos, Theo – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: Career programmes within secondary school curriculum can impact on a young person's sense of direction and meaning in life. The purpose of this paper is to report on an evaluation that was conducted in 2009 of the careers programmes in one secondary college in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Design/methodology/approach: The research…
Descriptors: Evidence, Urban Schools, Student Attitudes, Focus Groups
Renganathan, Sumathi; Karim, Zainal Ambri Bin Abdul; Li, Chong Su – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: An important aspect of an academic curriculum in higher learning institutions for technical disciplines is the industrial internship programme for students. The purpose of this paper is to investigate students' perception of the effectiveness of an industrial internship programme offered by a private technological university in Malaysia.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Education, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Sligo, Frank – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges faced by tutors who were providing remedial literacy support to New Zealand apprentices. Design/methodology/approach: As part of a wider, triangulated study of employers, tutors, apprentices, and industry training coordinators, the author undertook a qualitative analysis of ten…
Descriptors: Role Conflict, Figurative Language, Foreign Countries, Tutors
Edwards, Louise-Jayne; Muir, Elizabeth J. – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to argue that evaluations of enterprise education need to develop beyond the economist viewpoint of business start-up and business growth and promote the notion that evaluations of enterprise education should encompass prime pedagogical objectives of enterprise education, enabling students to grow and develop…
Descriptors: Graduates, Entrepreneurship, Universities, Evaluation
Kasturiratne, Dulekha; Lean, Jonathan; Phippen, Andy – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how enterprise education was adapted from a UK higher education institution (HEI) setting into an international context through collaboration with two Sri Lankan universities. It demonstrates the value of enterprise education in different cultures, and presents learning from the challenges faced by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Blended Learning, Teaching Methods
Harte, Victoria; Stewart, Jim – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the proposal that curriculum designed for and about enterprise education can be sustained via a cyclical model of evaluation. Such an approach takes into consideration an important aspect of enterprise education which is "context," a significant aspect overtly linked to the differing subject…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Intellectual Disciplines, Evaluation Methods, Entrepreneurship
Balan, Peter; Metcalfe, Mike – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: Entrepreneurship education particularly requires student engagement because of the complexity of the entrepreneurship process. The purpose of this paper is to describe how an established measure of engagement can be used to identify relevant teaching methods that could be used to engage any group of entrepreneurship students.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Expertise, Weighted Scores, Entrepreneurship
Smith, Erica; Smith, Andy – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether the availability of qualifications through work-based traineeships in Australia assists social inclusion. Design/methodology/approach: Industry case studies, of the finance and cleaning industries, were undertaken as part of a national research project on quality in traineeships. The two…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Jones, Paul; Miller, Christopher; Pickernell, David; Packham, Gary – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The objective of this paper is to examine the initiation of the University of the Heads of the Valley Initiative (UHOVI) project and evaluate the development of its focus, materials and structure. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology employs interviews with a purposive sample of local employer stakeholders. The rationale for this…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Skill Development
Clargo, Paul; Tunstall, Richard – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: This paper analyses entrepreneurial activity within existing organisations. Research tends to limit entrepreneurial behaviour to owner-managers, corporate senior and middle managers and frequently presents intrapreneurship as a positive phenomenon. This paper seeks to broaden the focus of studies of intrapreneurship and corporate…
Descriptors: Employees, Entrepreneurship, Case Studies, Employee Attitudes
Bulla, Francisco Javier Matiz; Hormiga, Esther – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand why high-skilled immigrants from a developing country (Colombia) are returning to their home country to create businesses instead of starting up in their host country (Spain). Design/methodology/approach: A case study methodology was used to present the experiences of three high-skilled…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Methods, Immigrants
