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Whitfield, Toni Selena; Hickerson, Corey – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
This study, based on a survey of graduate students seeking employment, examines the categories and levels of preparedness of new professors/instructors as they enter academe. Preparedness was examined in several ways--specifically knowledge about higher education requirements and their preparation for teaching, advising, and service in the field…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Communications, Employment Qualifications, Job Skills
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Wolstenholme, Janet Z-K.; Evers, Fred – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2009
"Transition from school to work" courses are an excellent way to help fourth-year university students as they complete their studies and prepare for the world of work. In this paper we present "The Bases of Competence" (Evers, Rush, & Berdrow, 1998), a model of the advanced skills used by university graduates in the…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Portfolios (Background Materials), College Seniors, Models
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Amerman, Tracy; Carr-Jones, Janmarie – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2006
As a statewide initiative, New Jersey has been hosting teen leadership conferences for students with disabilities. The focus of the conferences is to address skills necessary to be successful in school and for transition to life after high school. The conferences are held throughout New Jersey at universities and colleges. Students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Conferences (Gatherings), Transitional Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
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Booth, Alan – Teaching History, 2005
What does it mean to be good at history? At certain times during their formal education students seem to be required to adjust their understanding of what studying history entails. Alan Booth writes from the viewpoint of a university tutor. He has collated "student voice" on the experience of studying history at university and contrasted…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Educational Experience