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Vocational Identity of At-Risk Emerging Adults and Its Relationship with Individual Characteristics
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Keijzer, Rineke; Admiraal, Wilfried; Van der Rijst, Roeland; Van Schooten, Erik – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2020
Vocational identity is a prerequisite for enhancing societal inclusion of at-risk emerging adults. School curricula and rebound programs need insights into individual differences of these youths to effectively foster their vocational identity. Identifying three aspects of vocational identity, a questionnaire study among at-risk emerging adults in…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Foreign Countries, Young Adults, At Risk Persons
The Effect of Personality Traits on Households' Financial Literacy
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Pinjisakikool, Teerapong – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2017
This article aims at finding the relationship between households' personality traits and their financial literacy level. The data in this research are from the household survey which can represent the population in Dutch. Using the Big Five personality traits and economic locus of control--extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Correlation, Money Management, Literacy
Towards an Empirically Substantiated Professional Development Programme to Train Lead Teachers to Support Curriculum Innovation
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Groothuijsen, S. E. A.; Prins, G. T.; Bulte, A. M. W. – Professional Development in Education, 2019
The aim of this study is to establish an empirically substantiated professional development programme for teachers to become lead teachers who are able to support professional development of peers in times of curriculum innovation. The design of a professional development programme, participants' learning outcomes and their interrelatedness are…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Leadership, Curriculum Development, Teacher Collaboration
Networked Individualism and Learning in Organizations: An Ego-Network Perspective on Informal Learning Ties
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Schreurs, Bieke; Van den Beemt, Antoine; Moolenaar, Nienke; De Laat, Maarten – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the extent professionals from the vocational sector are networked individuals. The authors explore how professionals use their personal networks to engage in a wide variety of learning activities and examine what social mechanisms influence professionals' agency to form personal informal learning networks.…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Workplace Learning, Social Networks, Learning Activities