scholarly journals Preparing Graduate Students for a Changing World of Work: Editor’s Introduction

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. i-ix
Author(s):  
Bethany J. Osborne ◽  
Sara Carpenter ◽  
Megan Brunett ◽  
Carol Rolheiser ◽  
Cynthia Korpan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Canadian Journal ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Advanced Degree ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Work And Employment

This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Higher Education represents the growing recognition of changes in the career paths and trajectories of graduate students as well as the deepening interest in the support and development of professional knowledge and skills in advanced degree holders. Geographer Andrew Ross described today’s ‘geographies of livelihood’ in terms of the changing demands of work and employment in a globalized knowledge economy.

scholarly journals The information society: does it need the information professions?

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (104) ◽  
pp. 3-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Feather
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
The Body ◽  
Formal Training ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Body Of Knowledge

A profession is constituted by a group of people with a shared body of knowledge and skills, based on formal training and well defined criteria. But the knowledge and skills which characterise the information profession, as defined by CILIP in the Body of Professional Knowledge and other documents, are no longer confined to those who describe themselves in this way, or feel any attachment to the information profession as traditionally defined. The paper discusses how this group do, can and should contribute to the so-called 'information society'. It challenges the idea that information society is in itself something new, and focuses more on the concept of the 'knowledge economy' in which information (and therefore information workers) have a key role. The challenge for the profession is to go beyond its own recognition of its knowledge, skills and insights, and to persuade others of the contribution it (and they) can make.

scholarly journals Igromodelirovanie v sisteme podgotovki obuchaiushchikhsia 4 kursa KGUFKSiT po distsipline "Pedagogika fizicheskoi kul'tury"

2021 ◽  
pp. 113-121
Author(s):  
Natalia Aleksandrovna Ambartsumian
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Physical Culture ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Effectiveness Of Training

The modern period in the development of modern higher education is characterized by the wide introduction of various types of practice into the process of training teachers, and the reorientation of the entire learning process to the specific activity of a specialist [2]. The purpose of the study was to develop and scientifically substantiate a model based on the formation of professional knowledge and skills among students of KSUFKST in the discipline “Pedagogy of physical culture”. According to the results of the conducted psychological and pedagogical experiment, it can be argued that the effectiveness of training can be increased by introducing new content of programs in the disciplines into the educational process, and in particular the discipline “Pedagogy of Physical Culture”.

scholarly journals A Comparison of the General Knowledge and Skills Displayed by Students Participating in International Geopolitical Competitions

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
Piotr L. Wilczyński
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Material Good ◽  
The Subject

Three years ago, the Polish Geopolitical Society began an initiative focused on students, PHD candidates and interested academic societies, who wished to co-operate in popularizing the subject area of geopolitics. This initiative sought to serve as a forum for such groups and individuals to compete with other interested colleagues and groups from around the world. During the process, students strive to prove their level of professional knowledge, while their teachers assist them in preparing for their best presentations. All participants then meet during the final stages of the competition in order to exchange their experiences. This, in turn, benefits the development of general approaches and methods of study regarding the discipline of geopolitics. The question addressed in this paper then, is how such international competitions can improve the overall skills and knowledge of the subject area at hand among those participating. The importance of this question is underscored by various initiatives undertaken that attempt to measure the quality of higher education. The research presented in this article, then, is based upon interviews with both participants and organizing committee members, which attempt to gauge the experiences and results achieved during such competitions. The results show both the positive and negative aspects of organizing such gatherings. Most certainly, one could draw the conclusion that such events are the most attractive to the most ambitious of students and teachers, who consider education a privilege and as a process, which continues throughout one’s lifetime. Adversely, for those who place education in the same category as a material good, to be bought and sold, such competitions have little appeal especially when focused upon a narrow field of study.

The Role of Higher Education in Supporting Sustainable Rural Entrepreneurship

2019 ◽  
pp. 294-315
Author(s):  
Maria Claudia Diaconeasa ◽  
Florentina Constantin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Rural Entrepreneurship ◽  
Set Up

This chapter refers to an empirical research that aims to analyze how the knowledge and skills acquired during undergraduate studies have been perceived by the graduate students and also how the higher education contributes to the development of entrepreneurship in rural areas. The research method identified as being more appropriate was a quantitative research based on an online survey established in accordance with the objectives set up. The participants in the research were the graduate students of the Faculty of Agri-food and Environmental Economy within The Bucharest University of Economic Studies. The findings are based on participants' open statements that could be important arguments to be taken into consideration for improving the decision making in higher education which would lead to the professional development of the graduates.

scholarly journals A Conversation with Sharan Merriam: Globalization and Adult Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Gene Saudelli ◽  
Dolana Mogadime ◽  
Nancy Taber
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Impact

On September 22, 2011, Sharan Merriam visited Brock University to give a Distinguished Speaker Lecture entitled "Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities for Adult Education." Based on her research about the future of adult education within a global context, Merriam’s lecture sets the tone for this special issue on the impact of globalization for adult education and higher education. Merriam (2010) unpacked the phenomenon of globalization, connected it to the knowledge economy, and situated it within a contemporary, political, social, cultural, and educational context. Merriam (2010) highlighted the need for consideration of the trends and trajectories in adult education related to globalization as "adult education does not occur in a vacuum" (p. 408). She emphasized the need to consider research on lifelong learning that has been impacted by global education. Merriam’s work further highlighted the need for the sharing of knowledge among international educators in a global context.

scholarly journals Current Employability Scenario of Indian Graduates (Engineering, MBA & Other Streams): A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 01-09
Author(s):  
Rajashree K. Gethe ◽  
◽  
Mahesh S. Hulage ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Or Management ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Remedial Actions

Every Graduate Student dreams for a job with good salary once he receives Engineering and/or Management degree. But many of the graduates are not able to get an employment and those students who are getting the jobs they are being paid with less salary even after investing a lakh of money on their higher education. The general reason found behind this situation is a gap between what skills the industry/employers are expecting and what the skills graduate students are having with them. Today’s Employers are looking for those candidates who are possessing wide range of Knowledge and Skills apart of conventional Degree. The present research paper discusses about the issues, concerns related to the Employability of Engineering and Management graduates. Paper also suggests some remedial actions to resolve the employment problems of the same students and promote the concept of Entrepreneurship where students will become ‘Job giver’ than ‘Job seeker’. Keywords: Employability skills, Engineering and MBA Graduates, Job market, Professional World.

scholarly journals Investigating Graduate Level Research and Statistics Courses in Schools of Education

10.28945/2111 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 093-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Leech ◽  
Carolyn A. Haug
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
The United States ◽  
Advanced Degree ◽  
Schools Of Education ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
Credit Hours ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
Statistics Courses

Instruction in research methods, particularly statistical training, is an essential requirement for most higher education advanced-degree students. However, results from the institutional survey reported here demonstrate that many faculty in schools of education still do not require or offer a variety of research and analysis courses to provide this training. This article will explore graduate-level requirements for research methods and data analysis courses in schools of education across the United States. Two surveys, one asking questions about research methods courses and one about statistics courses, were distributed through listservs to faculty at institutions of higher education. Twenty-eight responses, representing 28 institutions, were collected for the research course survey and 19 responses, representing 19 institutions, were collected for the statistics course survey. The number of courses offered and required and the number of credit hours for them are presented for Master’s, Ed.D., and Ph.D. students. From this study, it is evident that several universities do not offer or require many research methods or statistics courses for education graduate students. The authors intend that this information will assist faculty in rethinking what coursework is necessary to educate successful graduate students.

Identify This…

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Rebecca Bloom ◽  
Amanda Reynolds ◽  
Rosemary Amore ◽  
Angela Beaman ◽  
Gatenipa Kate Chantem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life History ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
Readers Theater ◽  
Creative Pedagogy ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Selection Of

Readers theater productions are meaningful expressions of creative pedagogy in higher education. This article presents the script of a readers theater called Identify This… A Readers Theater of Women's Voices, which was researched, written, and produced by undergraduate and graduate students in a women's studies class called Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender. Section one of the article reproduces the script of Identify This that was based on life history interviews with a diverse selection of women to illustrate intersectional identities. Section two briefly describes the essential elements of the process we used to create and perform Identify This.

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