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Lydia Bellaouane; Jewel James; Sally Darwiche; Aaron Williams; Ian Piper; Karen Whiting; Ahmed Elbediwy – New Directions in the Teaching of Natural Sciences, 2024
Transferable skills are embedded within assessments throughout Higher Education such as organisation, timekeeping and working as part of a team (during groups assessments) amongst some of the skills. Despite this, there is little evidence to suggest that students are fully aware of the importance of reflective practice upon their personal…
Descriptors: Skill Development, College Students, Reflection, Individual Development
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Burnley, Stephen; Wagland, Stuart; Longhurst, Phil – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2019
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method of assessing the environmental impacts of the manufacture and use of a product or provision of a service such as waste management. LCAs are based on quantitative science, but softer skills are also required in interpreting the results. Therefore, LCA provides an ideal opportunity for students to develop and…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Engineering Education, Skill Development, Sustainable Development
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Griffith, Emma; Butler, Catherine; Csecs, Jenny; Davis, Cara – Psychology Teaching Review, 2018
Problem-Based learning (PBL) is a widely used teaching method in UK Clinical Psychology training. This study considers the experience of using PBL as part of the University of Bath's Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Questionnaire and focus group analyses suggest PBL was predominantly experienced as useful by trainees when completed during the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Clinical Psychology, Doctoral Programs
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Williams, Dylan P.; Handa, Sandeep – New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 2016
The perceptions of transferable and workplace skills development of year one and two chemistry undergraduate students at the University of Leicester were measured using two questionnaires. This group of students is taught by a variety of approaches including Problem and Context Based Learning (C/PBL). Over 60% of respondents agreed that all…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Student Attitudes, Transfer of Training, Employment Potential
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Wang, Minjuan; Poole, Melissa; Harris, Bruce; Wangemann, Paul – Educational Media International, 2001
Describes a project conducted in England and Scotland that engaged teenagers in using Internet-based tools to collaborate in problem-based learning. Explains Motorola Expeditions, designed to help young people develop skills in using new network technologies to work together in teams to solve real world problems. Results showed a significant…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Internet, Online Systems
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education