Career transitions are often studied from the perspective of changing from one career to the next. Missing from this definition, however, is that transitions can take place within a career. In the case of teacher education and academia, these transitions are often seen as well laid out with an accepted view of 'success' and those taking an…

This article reports on an intervention based on a new approach to career counselling in the Anthropocene era. The research aimed to examine the determinants of the changes that occurred in the research participant rather than just the changes themselves. A gifted 17-year-old male (clarifying his career choice) was conveniently and purposively…

The outdoor industry is growing in the U.S., and its economic impact has been well documented. One pathway toward employment in the outdoor industry has been undergraduate training in an outdoor academic program (OAP). Undergraduate OAPs require significant financial support, access to outdoor spaces, and specialized faculty training.…

This research explores programs designed to support the mentorship of online instructional designers in higher education. The study investigated the characteristics of mentorship within institutions as well as professional development opportunities offered through external providers. Mixed-methods data was collected from instructional design…

This reflection provides a new perspective on the transition from public sector practitioner to academic faculty in order to illustrate how the VUCA and VUCA Prime frameworks may be used by academic developers to support faculty in transitions. First, the VUCA framework is used to describe the context and characteristics of the transition…

Academic careers have always been competitive, but Europe's higher education sector now faces numerous challenges such as demographic shifts and funding cuts, precarious contracts and working conditions. As European higher education institutions navigate this evolving landscape, this publication presents five key principles for their efforts to…

This study aimed to explore the developmental journey of an emergent language teacher educator (LTE) as she navigated the construction of her identity and enactment of her agency in the context of virtual teacher training sessions. Through personal reflections across a 3-year period, the author unpacks her transition from a dependent LTE, who was…

Career development promotes the development of key life skills, allows students to discover opportunities, connects school to work, encourages collaboration, and is instrumental in preparing students for postsecondary success. Despite this, many elementary educators struggle to seamlessly integrate career development activities into curricula.…

From the approach based on human rights, the psychosocial factors that facilitate entrepreneurial competences are encouraged for the career and communitarian development. The proper consideration of social cohesion among communities creates some facilitation for a better approach for people. We used a qualitative methodology applying 25 open-ended…

The research landscape in higher education is changing rapidly, with new challenges and opportunities emerging that require researchers to be adaptable and willing to learn new skills. The study reported in this article explored how Tanzanian universities can support the development of researchers. The study was guided by Linda Evans' conceptual…

Technology is an increasingly omnipresent and rapidly changing component of today's world. As a result, there is an urgency to develop talent in the field of computer science (CS). The purpose of this article is to examine ways that educational systems can develop students' talents to fill the need for skilled CS professionals. We provide an…

There is a need to ensure graduates are prepared to succeed in a professional environment. The purpose of this study was to describe students' participation in professional development (PD) experiences at Oklahoma State University in the Ferguson College of Agriculture. The theory of planned behavior (TPB) and student involvement theory guided the…

Purpose: Measurable results of efforts to teach empathy to engineering students are sparse and somewhat mixed. This study's objectives are (O1) to understand how empathy training affects students' professional development relative to other educational experiences, (O2) to track empathy changes due to training over multiple years, and (O3) to…

This study investigates how instructional designers perceive their professional futures and what factors shape their priorities at different career stages. Through the best possible self exercise, we analyzed the professional outlook of 197 instructional design graduate students from a Midwest university, identifying eight main themes:…

Adults who work with youth beyond school hours, beyond the school year, and outside of classroom settings play an essential role in young people's development. They hold jobs in a range of settings, including school- and community-based afterschool programs, summer learning programs and camps, sports, library and museum programs, youth employment…