Opening Doors for Career Advancement

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-54
Author(s):  
Edward C. Fletcher ◽  
Johanna L. Lasonen ◽  
Victor M. Hernandez-Gantes
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Program Impact ◽  
Decision Making Factors ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Unique Program

The purpose of the study was to: 1. uncover the decision making factors which potential adult learners consider in their determination to enroll in a graduate program; 2. explore their unique program experiences; and 3. identify anticipated outcomes. The following themes were uncovered: Reasons for Enrollment, Nature of Program Experiences: Transformations, Outcomes: Broader Outlook on Program Impact. Findings demonstrated the impact masters’ programs could have on students in terms of intellectual, employability, and marketability capacities. It also suggests students’ decision making in terms of pursuing a master’s degree might not be as well thought out and calculated as the literature suggests.

scholarly journals Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration –Agrammatic Primary Progressive Aphasia:Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos José Ariza Galindo ◽  
José Manuel Santacruz Escudero ◽  
María Juliana Lozano Rengifo ◽  
Ana Isabel Segura Valencia
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Primary Progressive ◽  
Master’S Degree

We present a case of a 57-year-old male architect with a master’s degree in economics who ran his own business and gave lectures until 2016, with a clynical picture of 16 years of evolution which began with anxiety symptoms, excessive concern about trivial events, as well as difficulty in planning and decision making. In the last 3 years, there is evidence of social isolation, difficulty in finding words and decreased verbal fluency; he omits connectors in the grammatical composition in association with ritualistic, stereotyped and perseverative behavior (makes several paintings from the same photograph).  

scholarly journals A Student's Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristoffer Klevjer ◽  
Per Pippin Aspaas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Experimental Psychology ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Open Science ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Education Project ◽  
Replication Studies ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Master’S Degree

In this episode, we are exploring a student's perspective on open science – and specifically replication studies. Kristoffer Klevjer recently finished his Master’s degree in psychology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and has now taken on a PhD. But already as a master student, Klevjer was involved in replication studies. In his experience, replication studies can be benefitial to the student, the supervisor, and the scientific community at large. Furthermore, Klevjer argues that replications can be well suited for students at Bachelor level as well. In the interview, Klevjer refers to several publications and projects, including - The Collaborative Replications and Education Project - Kool, W., McGuire, J. T., Rosen, Z. B., & Botvinick, M. M. (2010). Decision making and the avoidance of cognitive demand. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 139(4), 665–682. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020198 - Psychological Science Accelerator The replication Klevjer did for his Master's degree can be found here First published online March 9, 2020.

scholarly journals Employability-Oriented Curriculum: Strategies and Tools to Train Young Graduates. The PRIN EMP&Co. Project

2018 ◽  
pp. 411-424
Author(s):  
Gaia Gioli
Keyword(s):  
Master's Degree ◽  
Research Protocol ◽  
Work Transitions ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
Design Planning ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This paper focuses on the impact of employability-oriented modules on the design, planning, and implementation of work transitions. It takes its lead from the PRIN EMP&Co project developed by the University of Florence in 2014-2017, and how its research protocol allows a mapping of the construction of employability during the Master’s Degree Course

scholarly journals The impact of content knowledge on the adoption of a critical curriculum model by history teachers-in-training

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Parra-Monserrat ◽  
Carlos Fuertes-Muñoz ◽  
Elvira Asensi-Silvestre ◽  
Juan Carlos Colomer-Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Curriculum Model ◽  
School Teaching ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis work analyses the impact of disciplinary training on future Primary and Secondary School teachers’ decision to adopt a critical approach for teaching history. To do this, we will use a two-phase mixed methodological approach (quantitative and qualitative) to analyse the relationship between their previous training and the use of epistemological and psycho-pedagogical objectives and paradigms as outlined in a critical curriculum model. As regards data collection in the first phase, a closed questionnaire was created and validated, using a Likert-style (1–5) evaluation scale. The data was codified using the statistical package SPSS v.26.0 for subsequent analysis. The selected sample included 215 students from a Spanish university on the following courses: Degree in Primary Education (n = 145) and Master’s Degree in Secondary School Teaching specialised in history and geography (n = 70). They were all in the last stage of their initial training. In the second phase, we selected some of the students to participate in discussion groups, where they were able to go into more depth with their answers. In this way, we could better understand the link between their disciplinary training and the adoption of a determined model of history education. To do this, we separated them into three groups with different profiles: students taking the Degree in Primary Education unrelated with History (n = 8), students taking the Degree in Primary Education specialised in arts and humanities (n = 8) and students taking the Master’s Degree in Secondary School Teaching specialised in history and geography (n = 8). The data was gathered using an open coding procedure, based on several categories, which allowed us to compare the different questionnaires. The results reveal significant differences between the different groups. As such, we can conclude as to the importance of mastering epistemological disciplinary knowledge to break with certain traditions which impede innovation and make the adoption of a critical educational model more difficult.

Does an MBA degree advance business management skill or in fact create horizontal and vertical mismatches?

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gazi Mahabubul Alam ◽  
Morsheda Parvin ◽  
Ahmad Fauzi Bin Mohd Ayub ◽  
Romana Kader ◽  
Md. Mahfuzur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Job Skills ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mba Graduates

PurposeAn old saying –“Jack of all trades, master of none”– deliberately asserts that the purpose of a master’s degree program is to generate high level job skills in order to improve a nation's economy, while a bachelor degree produces economically productive graduates. Employment of such graduates is fundamentally important for personal and economic development. There is a link between a bachelor’s and master's degree and how these qualifications are linked to the job market. Both horizontal and vertical mismatches are developed which is the central focus of this research.Design/methodology/approachGiven the differentiated nature of research questions, multiple techniques are used to collect the data. However, this research bears the norms of the qualitative method. Both secondary and primary data are used, and meanwhile secondary data are collected by the banks, Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (BANBEIS), University Grants Commission (UGC) and by the institutions sampled. Primary data are gathered from interviews with key people. Data were collected from three institutions of higher education and from six commercial banks and from the Central Bank. The academic results of 21,325 MBA graduates and education backgrounds of 750 executives working in banks served as the basis for establishing our arguments.FindingsThis study discovers that MBA graduates who have studied science subjects achieved much better grades in the MBA compared to their counterparts who studied business from secondary provision to first degree. The market-driven MBA programme has become a “business product”. The major revenue of higher education institutions comes from enrolment in MBA courses. For this reason, a science-friendly MBA program is developed to generate more business. If this continues, the philosophy of the master's program would either be lost or will have to be redefined in the 21st century.Originality/valueWhile a few studies have investigated the area of HE in Bangladesh, none covers the impact of MBA degrees on the job market and its contribution to enhancing job skills.

An Expertise as a Part of Decision-making Training for Educational Management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
М.В. Гончар ◽  
С.В. Усков
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
Separate Type ◽  
Master's Degree Programs ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Master’S Degree

в меняющихся условиях экспертиза на всех уровнях управления образованием становится компонентом процессов принятия решений, все более определяющим их качество. В этой связи экспертная деятельность в образовании получает развитие и обосабливается в отдельный тип профессиональных задач, требующий от субъектов экспертной деятельности овладения специальными компетенциями. Успешная подготовка руководителей и организаторов образования к экспертной деятельности может быть реализована в магистратуре по направлению «Педагогическое образование», а также в рамках направления «Государственное и муниципальное управление» с опорой на андрагогический подход и встраивание экспертных технологий в учебную и исследовательскую работу обучающихся. while uncertainty at all levels of educational management, the expertise increases its influence on the quality of decision-making processes and results. Therefore, the educational expert activity is developing and completed as a separate type of professional tasks. It requires subjects of expertise to master special competencies. Successful training for educational managers to expert activities can be implemented through the master’s degree programs on pedagogy and public administration if it bases on andragogical approach and uses expertise as a part of studying and research.

Organizational Justices and Employees' Demography: Empirical Evidence form Nepalese Employees

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-76
Author(s):  
Ganesh Bhattarai
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
The Impact

In the context of controversial empirical evidences regarding the effect of demographic variables on organizational justices, this study was carried out to measure the (a) employees' perceived organizational justice within the different demographic groups, and (b) the impact of demographic aspects (i.e., sex, tenure, and education) on organizational justices.  Five hundred forty-six employees working in Nepalese commercial banks were taken as the sample.  Perceptual cross-sectional data were analyzed quantitatively using both descriptive and inferential statistics. This study revealed that the average level of perceived justices was more than fifty percentages on five-point Likert-type scales, indicating they did not feel injustice.  Females than males, temporary than permanent, and master's degree holders than bachelor's degree holders perceive less distributive justice.  Likewise, female than male, permanent than temporary, master's degree holders than higher or lesser degree holders perceive less procedural justice.  Similarly, regarding interactive justice, male than female, temporary than permanent, and master's degree holders than bachelor's degree holders feel comparatively less honesty, courtesy, respect, and politeness in their working relationship.  Some empirical and theoretical implications are suggested.

Assessing Student Satisfaction Within Sport Management Master’s Degree Programs

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nels Popp ◽  
Erianne A. Weight ◽  
Brendan Dwyer ◽  
Alan L. Morse ◽  
Amy Baker
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
The United States ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
Master's Degree Programs ◽  
Sport Ethics ◽  
Master’S Degree

This study examined satisfaction levels with graduate sport management programs in the United States. A 26-item graduate degree program satisfaction instrument was developed and administered electronically to a sample of current students and alumni from seven sport management master’s degree programs yielding a 54.31% response rate (N = 302). Respondents generally indicated high levels of satisfaction with their decision to pursue a graduate sport management degree, but were significantly less satisfied with the specific school they attended. Respondents indicated the most beneficial courses included current topics, sport and society, sport marketing, and sport ethics, whereas the least beneficial courses included statistics, international sport, and research methods. Students who earned their undergraduate degree in business were consistently less satisfied with how well their graduate program taught them various sport management skills compared with students with undergraduate degrees in sport management, sport-related studies, or other majors.

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