Source:Journal of Geography in Higher Education
(2001)
Learning journals are used to help advanced-level undergraduate students construct a personal understanding of Gaia Theory. In this context, students like the journal technique and consider it appropriate to the course. They also agree that writing journals contributes to promoting subject learning,…
We investigate the sources of supply of several core skills, using an innovative approach to skills measurement that involves adapting a job analysis methodology and applying it in a survey context. We then estimate the determinants of skills supply using a production function model. The main findin…
Source:Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness
(2001)
Two multiple baseline designs were used to evaluate a two-stage model for training four young adults with visual and cognitive impairments to shop for groceries. General case methods of choosing training exemplars and canvassing the skill performance of individuals without disabilities were the base…
The aim in this article is to examine the ingredients of 'success' in the small enterprise development experience of Africa. More specifically, it seeks to review and selectively highlight issues of the successes of the African small enterprise development experience and to identify the key factors …
Source:Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery
(2001)
Over the past 5 years, an innovative portfolio of degrees in complementary therapies has been developed at the University of Westminster. Most of the degrees were the first of their kind in the UK, and the provision is now the widest range of complementary therapies courses in Europe.With an intake …
Source:Innovations in Education and Teaching International
(2001)
Action research with international Masters in Business Administration students reported here builds on action research carried out at Anglia Polytechnic University to better enable international postgraduate students develop learning and research strategies and research methods to succeed in their s…
The purpose of this study was to examine differences in career development among four ethnic groups and two age groups of community college students in regard to their career goals, career preparation actions, and the number of job seeking strategies utilized. Data were obtained from the Beginning P…
Source:Asia-Pacific journal of public health / Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health
(2001)
We have carried out case based comparative studies in Japan, US and Korea with special reference to the medical education programme using standardized patients (SPs). The schools in US we have visited are still in the process further reforming interactive medical education. In Daegu, Korea, five med…
This study addresses the question "Do school-to-workprograms, as embodied by career academies, facilitate postsecondary education?" The author conceptualizes postsecondary education as a series of steps through the university and examines the high school career academy's influence on entrance into, …
