Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 12 Issue 5

Academic's perceptions of work-integrated learning in non-vocational disciplines

Gabrielle A. Lloyd, Bonnie Amelia Dean, Michelle J. Eady, Conor West, Venkata Yanamandram, Tracey Moroney, Tracey Glover-Chambers, Nuala O'Donnell

Work-integrated learning (WIL) is a strategy that enhances student learning and employability by engaging students in real-world settings, applications and practices. Through WIL…

“Seeking meaning in self: the dialogical process of storytelling and educating the professional practitioner”

David Higgins

The paper seeks to illustrate the impact, a narrative based approach to learning in practice could have in relation to management education, where reflexive critiques may provide…

Work values: a latent class analysis of Korean employees

Jinju Lee, Yunsoo Lee, Soo Jung Kim, Ji Hoon Song

The purpose of this study is to identify latent classes of work values that influence the career choices of Korean workers through a person-centred approach. Because work values…

Students' perspectives on why they drop out and possible retention strategies

Yang Huo, Rachel Anna Messenger, Doug Miller

This paper aims to address the issue of why students want to drop out from a course and suggests appropriate strategies to enhance student retention.

A transnational comparative study of preservice teachers’ critical thinking skills and metaliteracy self-efficacy

Florent Michelot, Sébastien Béland, Bruno Poellhuber

While training students to new literacy and critical thinking has been recognized for several decades, it seems even more crucial today as education is presented as a lever to…

Service learning in Indonesia: developing undergraduate students' leadership during COVID-19 pandemic

Sandi Ferdiansyah, Ahmad Winarno, Zally Ardhita

This phenomenological case study reports how 16 participating students built their leadership skill through a community-based service-learning project as a part of their…

Exploring the effects of learning abilities, technology and market changes on the need for future skills

Hanan Gouda

The study investigates the effects of learning abilities, market changes and technological development in the field of the need for future skills.

Implementing a strategic campus-wide approach to authentic assessment: considerations and recommendations for implementation

Melanie Brown, Milton Nomikoudis, Frederique Bouilheres, Clara Nkhoma, Mohammadreza Akbari

This article addresses the experience of academic developers and academic staff during the transition of assessment practices in an English-speaking international university…

Applying an interactive learning approach provided by an academic coach in a graduate-level accounting course

Lei Wen, Yingqi Wang

The paper makes a significant contribution to the accounting education literature by examining the impact of using online meetings with an academic coach on student-perceived…

Moderating effects of Covid-19-related psychological distress on the cognitive process of entrepreneurship among higher education students in Vietnam

Cong Doanh Duong, Ngoc Thang Ha, Thi Loan Le, Thi Lan Phuong Nguyen, Thi Hong Tham Nguyen, Thanh Van Pham

This study aims to achieve two objectives: First, to investigate the moderating influences of Coronavirus-19 (Covid-19)-related psychological distress on the process of…

A proposed model to design MOOCs through the lens of addressing graduate skill gap

Md. Nahin Hossain, Md. Yahin Hossain, Yukun Bao, Nilesh Kumar, Md. Rakibul Hoque

The purpose of this study is to understand the mediating role of psychological need and immersive experience on graduates' skill gaps on massive open online courses (MOOCs…

Hackathons: what do engineering educators think about it?

Neha Mehta, Siddarth Singh Bist, Priya Shah

With past studies indicating a lack of skill development in engineering education, there is a need for new pedagogical tools that are application and skill-oriented. Hackathons…