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Pretti, T. Judene; Parrott, Patricia; Hoskyn, Katharine; Fannon, Anne-Marie; Church, Dana; Arsenault, Christine – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2020
This study explored the ways that work-integrated learning (WIL) influences the development of entrepreneurs. Seven alumni from Canada and the United Kingdom, who experienced differing forms of WIL during their degree, participated in qualitative in-depth interviews and provided rich pictures. A "rich picture" is a pictorial…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Entrepreneurship, Alumni, Cross Cultural Studies
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Almeda, Ma. Victoria; Baker, Ryan S. – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2020
Given the increasing need for skilled workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), there is a burgeoning interest to encourage young students to pursue a career in STEM fields. Middle school is an opportune time to guide students' interests towards STEM disciplines, as they begin to think about and plan for their career…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Predictor Variables, STEM Education, Science Careers
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Segarra, Verónica A.; Vega, Leticia R.; Primus, Clara; Etson, Candice; Guillory, Ashley N.; Edwards, Ashanti; Flores, Sonia C.; Fry, Catherine; Ingram, Susan L.; Lawson, Mark; McGee, Richard; Paxson, Stephanie; Phelan, Laura; Suggs, Kirsta; Vuong, Elizabeth; Hammonds-Odie, Latanya; Leibowitz, Michael J.; Zavala, MariaElena; Lujan, J. Luis; Ramirez-Alvarado, Marina – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Diversity-focused committees continue to play essential roles in the efforts of professional scientific societies to foster inclusion and facilitate the professional development of underrepresented minority (URM) young scientists in their respective scientific disciplines. Until recently, the efforts of these committees have remained independent…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Inclusion, Travel, Scientists
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Pérez-Macías, Noemí; Fernández-Fernández, José- Luis; Rúa Vieites, Antonio – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
There is a scarcity of research on the influence of structural -network ties (NT)-, cognitive -shared languages (SL) and shared visions (SV)- social capital (SC) dimensions on online students' entrepreneurial intentions (EI). This paper, drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), examines this influence on a sample of 302 Spanish online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Capital
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Caballero, Gloria; Álvarez-González, Paula; López-Miguens, María Jesús – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
One of the challenges that today's universities face is to ensure that their graduates find employment in line with their attributes. University students' employability capital depends on many personal factors in individuals such as human capital, social capital, cultural capital and psychological capital. However, there is no consensus on how to…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Graduate Students, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Gaftandzhieva, Silvia; Doneva, Rositsa – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2020
Nowadays, social networking is becoming a more and more powerful tool for students for communication, sharing of information and discussions on various topics. The study presented in this article investigates the extent to which teachers from different European countries use social networking sites in their teaching practice for different purposes…
Descriptors: Social Networks, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Social Media
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Little, Sabine – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
Migration, global mobility and language learning are well established as independent and interrelated fields of study. With nearly one fifth of children in British primary schools classed as speakers of English as an Additional Language (EAL), there remains much to explore in the field of heritage language research. This paper reports on a survey…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Heritage Education, Language Usage, Self Concept
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Li, Yue; Krasny, Marianne E. – Professional Development in Education, 2020
Professional development programs provide an opportunity for environmental educators to develop networks to exchange ideas and practices in professional learning communities. This study investigated how diverse educators develop professional networks for exchanging information through online and face-to-face professional development activities. We…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Environmental Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Teacher Collaboration
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AlDahdouh, Alaa A. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
Emotion has long been a question of great interest in a wide range of fields. As a general rule, emotions are categorized as positive, which we seek, and negative, from which we turn away. However, empirically-backed connectivists claim that even negative emotions produce positive effects on student performance. What is less clear is how this…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Learning Theories, Social Networks, Student Behavior
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Alwafi, Enas Mohammad – Online Learning, 2022
This study investigated the impact of using a discussion strategy with learning analytics on the level of student cognitive presence and interaction. The study used a quasi-experimental design with control and experimental groups. The experimental group applied open-ended discussion and elaborated feedback with learning analytics while the control…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Computer Mediated Communication, Learning Analytics, Interpersonal Communication
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Eddy, Pamela L.; Hao, Yi; Iverson, Ellen; Macdonald, R. Heather – Community College Review, 2022
Objective/Research Question: This paper reports on data collected in a multi-year National Science Foundation grant project involving a professional development (PD) model built to support community college faculty as change agents (CAs). The research question was: How do disciplinary communities of practice (CoP) emerge among community college…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, College Faculty, Science Teachers, Community Colleges
Schiel, Jeff – ACT, Inc., 2022
High school students' optimism pertaining to future life outcomes, such as having a career they enjoy, owning a home, and having a better life than their parents had, might have been influenced negatively by recent events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been particularly stressful for students. Using data from a sample of current high…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Pandemics, COVID-19
Derek Behnke; Jais Brohinsky; Jeremy Stoddard – Grantee Submission, 2022
In the United States, political polarization has increased markedly since 2000, with consequences for local governments and state-level policymaking. Redistricting, and the role of social media as the dominant source of information for many in the U.S. has contributed to state and national legislatures that reflect more extreme political views. A…
Descriptors: State Policy, Political Attitudes, Local Government, Policy Formation
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Lindsey Kingston; Esma Karakas – International Journal of Human Rights Education, 2022
Armed conflict and political repression have created a refugee crisis in higher education, interrupting many students' university educations or blocking young people from beginning their studies in the first place. This article outlines preliminary research findings from an ongoing project centered on improving displaced students' access to…
Descriptors: Refugees, Higher Education, Access to Education, College Students
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Codd, Jon; Hewitt, Olivia – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Background: Transition to adulthood is an important time for young people and may be a particularly challenging time for people with intellectual disabilities. However, there has been little research in the UK regarding the experiences of parents who have son or daughter with an intellectual disability transitioning to adulthood. Method: The study…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Parent Attitudes
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