scholarly journals Establishment of a School-Based Pathway to Universities of Applied Sciences in Switzerland. Conventions of Higher Education Access in Vocational and General Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaella Simona Esposito ◽  
Regula Julia Leemann ◽  
Christian Imdorf
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
General Education ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Higher Education Access ◽  
Education Access ◽  
School Based ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Universities Of Applied Sciences ◽  
The World ◽  
Type Of School

Abstract How did the upper-secondary specialised school (SpS) establish itself as a school-based pathway to the universities of applied sciences in Switzerland? The sociology of conventions serves to analyse how actors justify and assess this type of school. The analysis of interviews and educational policy documents shows that the specialised school has been a recurring target of criticism from advocates of the VET system. It had to make compromises with the world of work to gain recognition as a pathway to the universities of applied sciences.

Incarcerated Students and the Unintended Consequences of a Technology-Driven Higher Education System

2011 ◽  
pp. 258-268
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Aceves ◽  
Robert I. Aceves ◽  
Shannon Watson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Higher Education Access ◽  
Education Access ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Geographically Dispersed ◽  
Education Delivery ◽  
General Education Courses

This case study outlines the partnership between the Minnesota Department of Corrections and St. Cloud State University. As higher education underwent significant changes in technology and distance education delivery during the 1990s, the print-based correspondence course was rapidly being converted to online delivery, leaving offender students without higher education access or options. The university-corrections partnership created an innovative and unique program through reverse-engineering online general education courses into print-based materials. The inability to use technology to provide cost effective education to many geographically dispersed students indicates that as a society, available technologies cannot yet be trusted to provide offender access to family, education and jobs while providing safety and security for citizens. What will make programs and partnerships like this successful in the future is the openness of corrections, education, and innovative technology partners to reexamine technology’s role and allow for changes in operational procedures that can satisfy the needs of all societal stakeholders.

scholarly journals AGENCY, EXPERTISE AND WORKING LIFE SKILLS - STUDENTS’ CONCEPTIONS OF THE GENERIC COMPETENCES REQUIRED IN THE WORLD OF WORK

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanna Brauer ◽  
Ilkka Ratinen ◽  
Kaisu Kumpulainen ◽  
Outi Kyrö-Ämmälä ◽  
Leena Nikander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Universities Of Applied Sciences ◽  
The World ◽  
Educational Structures ◽  
Generic Competences ◽  
Specific Expertise

Fundamental changes in working life highlight the demands on the co-operation between the educational sector and working life, that should contribute to students’ employability. In addition to discipline-specific expertise, the development of working life skills has received increasing attention when it comes to employment. Drawing on data from Finnish universities of applied sciences (n=5) and universities (n=3), this paper examines how students (n=380) value the generic competences needed in in the world of work. The study is based on European reforms of labour markets and educational structures. This paper adds to current discourses around employability by highlighting differences between students of universities and universities of applied sciences. The implications of this research suggest paying attention to the concepts of agency, expertise and working life skills as outlined in the integrative pedagogy model, as well as emphasising the requirement for soft skills and generic competences needed in working life. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0767/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Higher Education Access and Parity

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-66
Author(s):  
Mneesha Gellman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
College Education ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Correctional Institution ◽  
Marginalized Students ◽  
Higher Education Access ◽  
Education Access ◽  
The World ◽  
Bachelor Of Arts

This chapter presents the educational intervention of the Emerson Prison Initiative, which offers a pathway to a Bachelor of Arts in Media, Literature, and Culture to incarcerated students at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord. A program of Emerson College, the Emerson Prison Initiative serves Emerson's mission to increase educational access for historically marginalized students, including those in prison, and maintains rigorous standards for academic excellence for students and faculty comparable to those at Emerson's Boston-based campus. The Emerson Prison Initiative is rooted in the notion that access to a college education can help transform how people engage in the world.

scholarly journals Creating efficiency model of higher education institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 01047
Author(s):  
Jana Janikova
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Returns To Scale ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Universities Of Applied Sciences ◽  
The World ◽  
Constant Returns To Scale

The paper deals with assessing the efficiency of the faculties of universities of applied sciences. A model based on Data Envelopment Analysis was created, using specifically the CCR alternative. It is an input-oriented method, assuming the constant returns to scale. The model was subsequently validated on an example of a specific university. The results clearly show that the model was able to determine how and to which extent a given faculty is effective. It also provides the assessor with a tool to manage the efficiency of the faculty, as it is able to identify the causes of possible ineffectiveness. Further research focuses on the model´s applicability in the environment of all universities of applied sciences ideally all over the world.

scholarly journals Enhancing social work education’s diversity-oriented perspective by integrating refugees into higher education: Experiences from the ‘refugee crisis’ in Germany

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282110082
Author(s):  
Stefan Borrmann
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Homogeneous Groups ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Global Mindedness ◽  
Universities Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Higher Education Experiences ◽  
Work Education

This note describes how integrating refugees into programs of social work education at universities and universities of applied sciences in Germany influenced the education provided, especially in rural areas where student bodies tend to be homogeneous groups. The refugees enrolled in social work courses changed those mostly homogeneous groups of students not only with their presence but moreover by introducing new perspectives on course content. As the changes prompted shifts in the global mindedness of fellow students and the teaching staff, the quality of the programs was enhanced.

OPTIONAL TRAINING AS A RESOURCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-7

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-96
Author(s):  
K. Askarbekova ◽  
◽  
Z. Kanayeva ◽  
O. Yaroshenko ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Research Competence ◽  
The World

This article examines the essence of the research abilities of students formed in elective classes in biology as a category and factor of personal development. The content of the curriculum in biology is also considered, and activities aimed at achieving learning goals that are related to the development of skills are included. In modern secondary education of Kazakhstan, modernization processes successfully implemented in recent years, is carried out with the aim of its integration into the world educational space and approximation to international educational standards on the approval of standard rules of activity by types of general education organizations for the purposeful formation of research skills of students, which is determined at the legislative level "Research competence in the classification of A.V. Khutorsky is considered as an integral part of cognitive competence, which includes elements of methodological, supra-subject, logical activities, methods of organizing goal-setting, planning, analysis, reflection.

OPTIONAL TRAINING AS A RESOURCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OFRESEARCHCOMPETENCEOFSTUDENTSIN GRADES6-7

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Askarbekova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Research Competence ◽  
The World

This article examines the essence of the research abilities of students formed in elective classes in biology as a category and factor of personal development. The content of the curriculum in biology is also considered, and activities aimed at achieving learning goals that are related to the development of skills are included. In modern secondary education of Kazakhstan, modernization processes successfully implemented in recent years, is carried out with the aim of its integration into the world educational space and approximation to international educational standards on the approval of standard rules of activity by types of general education organizations for the purposeful formation of research skills of students, which is determined at the legislative level "Research competence in the classification of A.V. Khutorsky is considered as an integral part of cognitive competence, which includes elements of methodological, supra-subject, logical activities, methods of organizing goal-setting, planning, analysis, reflection.

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