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Affinity Spaces, Apprenticeships, and Agency: Exploring Blogging Engagements in Family Spaces
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Lewis, Tisha Y. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2014
This empirical study examines the virtual exchanges between an African American mother and son's engagement in a blog. Using literacy as social practices as a framework, this study describes how blogging was developed and used to create affinity spaces, encouraged apprenticeship models, and shaped agentic roles within their family. Attention…
Descriptors: African Americans, Apprenticeships, Empowerment, Electronic Publishing
National and International Case Studies. Youth Commission Report 4
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Learning and Work Institute, 2019
The Commission on Education and Employment Opportunities for Young People (Youth Commission) aims to find ways to improve education and employment opportunities for England's 16-24-year olds. The Commission's first report (see ED604277) identified five key challenges: (1) Better supporting 700,000 young people not in education, employment or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, Youth Opportunities
Effects of Web-Based Cognitive Apprenticeship and Time Management on the Development of Computing Skills in Cloud Classroom: A Quasi-Experimental Approach
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Wu, Hsiao-Chi; Shen, Pei-Di; Chen, Yi-Fen; Tsai, Chia-Wen – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2016
Web-based learning is generally a solitary process without teachers' on-the-spot assistance. In this study, a quasi-experiment was conducted to explore the effects of various combinations of Web-Based Cognitive Apprenticeship (WBCA) and Time Management (TM) on the development of students' computing skills. Three class cohorts of 124 freshmen in a…
Descriptors: Time Management, Apprenticeships, Quasiexperimental Design, Computer Literacy
Empowering Teachers to Create Educational Software: A Constructivist Approach Utilizing Etoys, Pair Programming and Cognitive Apprenticeship
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Lee, Young-Jin – Computers & Education, 2011
This study investigates whether a visual programming environment called Etoys could enable teachers to create software applications meeting their own instructional needs. Twenty-four teachers who participated in the study successfully developed their own educational computer programs in the educational technology course employing cognitive…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Apprenticeships, Computer Software
Apprentices' and Trainees' English Language and Literacy Skills in Workplace Learning and Performance: Employer and Employee Opinion. Australian Apprenticeships.
O'Neill, Shirley; Gish, Annabelle – 2001
A study investigated ways employers and their apprentices and trainees perceive how these employees' English language and literacy (ELL) skills affect their learning and performance in the workplace in the current context of New Apprenticeships. The research design and methodology involved sending an opinion survey to a stratified random sample of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Attitude Measures, Basic Skills
Enhancing Employee Skills.
1999
This document contains four symposium papers on enhancing employee skills. "The Effect of Study Skills Training Intervention on United States Air Force Aeromedical Apprentices" (John C. Griffith) demonstrates how study skills intervention resulted in a significant increase in the end-of-course scores of a sample of 90 randomly selected Air Force…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Apprenticeships, Auto Mechanics