Education + Training: Volume 63 Issue 2

The acquisition of teamwork skills in university students through extra-curricular activities

Elena de Prada Creo, Mercedes Mareque, Iago Portela-Pino

This study aims to determine whether university students are successfully acquiring or improving skills related to teamwork through a variety of extra-curricular activities, such…

Sense of belonging of sexual minority students participating in work-integrated learning programs

Maureen T.B. Drysdale, Sarah A. Callaghan, Arpan Dhanota

This study examined sexual minority status on perceived sense of belonging and compared sexual minority students and exclusively heterosexual students as a function of…

Pedagogical innovation in higher education and active learning methodologies – a case study

Andreia Carvalho, Sergio Jesus Teixeira, Leonilde Olim, Sancha de Campanella, Teresa Costa

The aim of this study is to obtain a broader knowledge of innovative pedagogical practices in higher education, by analysing the particular case of the Higher Institute of…

Assessing entrepreneurial competences: insights from a business model challenge

Daniela Bolzani, Elena Luppi

While the number of entrepreneurship education programmes offered around the world is on the rise, research into the assessment of entrepreneurship education programmes is still…

Attitudes towards entrepreneurship among the students of Thailand: an entrepreneurial attitude orientation approach

Bahadur Ali Soomro, Maqsood Memon, Naimatullah Shah

The present study predicts attitude towards entrepreneurship among the students of Thailand through the entrepreneurial attitude orientation (EAO) model.

Internship assessment in professional program accreditation: a 10-year study

Diane Bender

Professional program assessment is necessary in an accreditation process, in order to ensure educational quality and public accountability. One avenue of assessment is through an…

Government institutions, entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship education programmes in Malaysia

Kim Hoe Looi, Alex Maritz

This study aims to examine the status of entrepreneurship education (EE) in Malaysia and entrepreneurship education programmes (EEPs) offered by Malaysian public and private…

Applying vocational education and training pedagogy in business English courses for China's English major undergraduates

Qing Xie

In light of university business English pedagogical innovation, this study reports an empirical study with 66 English major participants.

The apprentice experience: the role of interpersonal attributes and people-related generic skills

Joe Pagnoccolo, Santina Bertone

This research explores the training experiences of Australian apprentices in the workplace with a focus on workplace relationships and their link to interpersonal attributes and…