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Elvis Tamale; Irene Atuhairwe; Arnold Ssemwogerere; Brian Muhimbura; Lorna Atimango; Paddy Derrick Malinga; Jonathan Mulungi; Joseph Ssekitto; Josephine Naigaga; Timothy Mwanje Kintu; Kiran Mitha Masood; Victor Ohuruogu; Joseph Ngonzi – Discover Education, 2024
Background: Mentorship is essential for education and career development in health-related fields, yet Sub-Saharan African universities often lack structured programs. To address this, the MedXMentor program was established at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) to provide structured mentorship to undergraduate health sciences…
Descriptors: Mentors, Undergraduate Students, Health Sciences, Foreign Countries
Warren, Sharyn L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
After completing the first-year seminar, this qualitative research study explored traditional first-generation students' lived experiences in their sophomore year. The second year of college is primarily viewed as challenging and difficult for sophomores. Nevertheless, colleges and universities tend to provide less support to sophomore students…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Undergraduate Students, First Year Seminars, Student Experience
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McFarlane, Julie – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper explores the impact of a coach training programme in a UK higher education institution (UKHEI). This paper evaluates the use of coach training to equip undergraduate students with the skills needed to set goals and navigate stressors in personal and professional life. Design/methodology/approach: An interpretivist research…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Training, Undergraduate Students, Intervention
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Mia Sullivan; Kasee Smith; Daniel Foster; Melanie Miller Foster; Laura Rice; Jeremy Falk – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2025
Global citizenship is critical to the development of a globally ready 21st century workforce in food, fiber, and natural resources. The global citizenship model utilized in this study includes domains of social responsibility, global competency and global civic engagement. The knowledge, skills, and dispositions of educators are critical factors…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Agricultural Education, Undergraduate Students, Foods Instruction
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Gupta, Kritika; Grove, Blake; Mann, Georgianna – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2021
Service learning connects theoretical knowledge to community settings. Reflective journals were used to document student service-learning experiences in a Community Nutrition course component. Reflective journal data obtained from students (n=137) during different semesters were analyzed qualitatively. The service-learning partners included…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Program Effectiveness, Student Development, Student Attitudes
Michael E. Wickert – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Utilizing Validation Theory through a social constructivist lens, this phenomenological study explores the ways in which institutional agents, peers, and family members contribute to the academic and interpersonal self-validation of Latine aspiring bilingual teachers who begin their higher education journey in the community college. All…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Bilingual Teachers, Occupational Aspiration, Community College Students
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Patka, Mazna; Bukhash, Maryam Fuad; Jogia, Jigar; Barbato, Mariapaola; Moussa, Mona – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to pilot an undergraduate teaching assistantship for Emirati students, an area of scholarship underexplored in the Middle East. The teaching assistantship was developed to better prepare students for the workforce, amidst the push for Emiratization. Design/methodology/approach: Over the course of one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Program Effectiveness
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Maral Kargarmoakhar; Monique Ross; Zahra Hazari; Stephen Secules; Mark Allen Weiss; Michael Georgiopoulos; Kenneth Christensen; Tiana Solis – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2024
While computing programs in the U.S. are experiencing growth in enrollment trends, they are still grappling with matters related to retention and persistence of computing undergraduates. One construct identified by scholars as having an impact on persistence in computing is computing identity, which is shaped by constructs such as recognition,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Scholarships, Computer Science Education, Self Concept
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Dylan Sullivan; Fernando Zavala; Derek Hidalgo; Jacob Stolle; Rebecca Matte; Christin Monroe – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2024
Despite the adaptive strengths and unique problem-solving skills demonstrated by neurodivergent (ND) individuals, they remain marginalized in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. High unemployment rates among individuals with disabilities emphasize the need for addressing barriers to entry and persistence in the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Students with Disabilities, Undergraduate Students, Student Development
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Prefontaine, Brean; Mullen, Claire; Güven, Jonna Jasmin; Rispler, Caleb; Rethman, Callie; Bergin, Shane D.; Hinko, Kathleen; Fracchiolla, Claudia – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Many undergraduate and graduate physics students participate in some form of public engagement throughout the course of their studies, often through groups supported by physics departments and universities. These informal teaching and learning programs can offer unique opportunities for both participants and facilitators to interact in a way that…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Communities of Practice, Group Membership, Student Development
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Michelle Jarman; Mary Burman; Mary Anne Purtzer; Katie Miller – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2022
This project investigated the learning process and outcomes of a study abroad course in England and France that focused on dramatic social shifts in the world war eras. Well-established adult learning theories provided the course framework, and this study examines the characteristics and elements contributing to transformative learning. Eleven…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience
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Martinez, Nicholas; Sowcik, Matthew J.; Bunch, James Charles – Journal of Leadership Education, 2020
Socially responsible leadership (SRL) is a "purposeful, collaborative, values-based process that results in positive social change" (Komives, Wagner, & Associates, 2009, p. xii).This approach to leadership focuses on creating leaders that are capable of tackling the predicted wicked problems the world will face in the next few…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Extracurricular Activities, Social Responsibility, Student Development
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Kjellberg, Paul; O'Rourke, Michael; O'Connor-Gómez, Doreen – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018
Researchers typically embark on interdisciplinarity after the acquisition of disciplinary expertise. This article explores the possibility of teaching interdiciplinarity to undergraduate students who have not yet mastered or are in the process of mastering a discipline or disciplines. It focuses on junior-year students in the Whittier Scholars…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach, Scholarship
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Rethman, Callie; Perry, Jonathan; Donaldson, Jonan Phillip; Choi, Daniel; Erukhimova, Tatiana – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Physics outreach programs provide a critical context for informal experiences that promote the transition from new student to contributing physicist. Prior studies have suggested a positive link between participation in informal physics outreach programs and the development of a student's physics identity. In this study, we adopt a student-focused…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Outreach Programs, Program Effectiveness, Physics
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Medora, Nilufer; Roy, Roudi Nazarinia; Brown, Tiffany L. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2020
As globalization increases and the international community moves toward greater interdependence, international learning experiences have become a core educational value for many American universities. Although there are various approaches to study abroad programming, the Semester at Sea (SAS) voyage is an understudied global education program.…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Global Approach, Study Abroad
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