scholarly journals Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Professional Skills Development Program: The Case of Concordia University’s GradProSkills

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-53
Author(s):  
Vivek Venkatesh ◽  
Jihan Rabah ◽  
Laurie Lamoureux-Scholes ◽  
Ildiko Pelczer ◽  
Kathryn Urbaniak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Administrative Structures ◽  
Workshop Evaluation

The Graduate and Professional Skills (GradProSkills) program is an initiative developed and run by Concordia University’s School of Graduate Studies and the university’s Office of the Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies. This paper presents a case study in which we describe the development, implementation, and evaluative components of the GradProSkills program. Drawing on data from a rigorously validated workshop evaluation tool and from attendance figures spanning a period of a little over two and a half years, we provide a picture of how Concordia’s graduate students are benefiting from the GradProSkills program. We present the results of both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses run on a pilot group of registrants who provided evaluation data (n = 3,292). Our case study contributes an empirically derived model of extracurricular programming, with contextualizing details of administrative structures, curriculum-development initiatives, and partnership efforts that have been used in operating the GradProSkills program.   

scholarly journals O desenvolvimento de competências por meio da extensão universitária: o caso da Global Jr. ESPM-SP na formação do diplomata corporativo

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Bonaldo Coelho ◽  
Raphael Almeida Videira
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Positive Impacts

The paper presents the debate over the relevancy of university extension as a source of academic and professional skills development in undergraduate students of International Relations. For the investigation it was used a specific model of extensionist activity, the junior company, through the case study of Global Jr. from ESPM-SP. The results which were observed suggest positive impacts of the enterprise both in education and in employment of the students, corroborating with studies conducted by Terrim et al (2015) and Barbosa et al (2016).  

Academic motivation and professional skills development in the Specialty of Social Sciences and Tourism at a public university [Motivación académica y desarrollo de competencias profesionales en la Especialidad de Ciencias Sociales y Turismo de una universidad pública]

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Ana Cecilia De Paz Lazaro ◽  
Jessica Luz Palomino Collantes
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Public University ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Competencias Profesionales ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of the research is to determine the relationship between academic motivation and the professional skills development in the specialty of Social Sciences and Tourism. The study is quantitative and the design is non-experimental correlational translational. The results indicate that there is a high level relationship (0.914) between the independent academic motivation variable and the professional competences development in the Specialty of Social Sciences and Tourism. In conclusion, motivation is directly related to the professional skills development in the specialty of Social Sciences and Tourism. The research results conclude that there is a high relationship between the variables.

Actor Relations in Interregional Cooperation Policy Dynamics Case Study: The Banjar Bakula Metropolitan Area Development Program in South Kalimantan Province

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Taufik Abrain
Keyword(s):  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Policy Dynamics ◽  
Interregional Cooperation ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Area Development ◽  
Cooperation Policy

Several studies have shown that the success of interregional cooperation may be influenced by coordination, commitment, participation, variance of cooperation, structure, format of cooperation, and political will. Nevertheless, these factors do not stand alone since actor relations as a determining aspect is capable of driving those factors effectively. This article aims to examine the aspect of actor relations as a contributing factor that determines successful cooperation among regions. This is a qualitative research with the policy of inter-regional cooperation of the Banjarbakula Program, South Kalimantan Province from February 2017 to February 2018, set as its object of study. The result of this study states that the success of inter-regional cooperation is influenced by the relationship of actors in development factors as suggested by previous experts. The actors involved in the inter-regional cooperation examined in this case had become triggers of coordination, commitment, and participation toward success and failure, as well as the effectiveness of regional cooperation policy. Structural obstacles, ego-centric character, minimum budget availability, and non-visionary planning could be overcome as long as actor relations were properly managed.

STUDENT’S PROFESSIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT BY OUT-OF-CLASS DISPATCHING CONTROL TASKS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Наталья Ленмировна Бацева
Keyword(s):  
Educational Program ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Dispatching Control

В статье представлен опыт реализации внеаудиторной самостоятельной работы студентов по дисциплине «Оперативное управление в энергетике» образовательной программы «Цифровая энергетика». На примере показано, какие компетенции могут быть развиты при выполнении профессионально-ориентированных задач. The author presents the experience of out-of-class student’s work implementation for dispatching control course. This course belongs to the educational program “Digital Energy”. Using the example, the list of developed skills is demonstrated when a student takes on the professionally oriented out-of-class tasks.

SMALLHOLDERS' AND COOPERATIVES' READINESS ANALYSIS IN OIL PALM SMALLHOLDERS' PLANTATION REPLANTING PROGRAM (Case Study of Farmers in Ophir, West Pasaman Regency, West Sumatra Province)

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-182
Author(s):  
Rizki Amalia ◽  
Ratnawati Nurkhoiry ◽  
Zulfi Prima Sani Nasution ◽  
Ambar Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Good Faith ◽  
Readiness Assessment ◽  
Oil Palm Plantation ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Research Objects

The study of replanting models for smallholding oil palm plantation analysis is focus on smallholders and cooperatives' readiness assessment involves in replanting and business development program. The research objects are four oil palm plantantion cooperatives (KPS) in Ophir, West Pasam: KPS Perintis, KPS Indah, KPS Maju and KPS Makmur. Smallholders readiness in replanting and business development program was assessed through three criterias, which are ability to repay of debt, good faith to join community, and cooperative capacity. The results showed that smallholders in KPS Ophir are basically ready and feasible in obtaining financing and follow the oil palm replanting program, but access to financing and regulations that requires avalis become constrains for the smallholders.

scholarly journals Objective Evaluation of Drivability in Passenger Cars with Dual-Clutch Transmission: A Case Study of Static Gearshift Condition

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Wei Zhou ◽  
Xuexun Guo ◽  
Xiaofei Pei ◽  
Chengcai Zhang ◽  
Jun Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Dual Clutch Transmission ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
Denoising Method ◽  
Fuzzy Matrix ◽  
Predictability Score

This paper is aimed at the problem that the subjective drivability evaluation by experienced test drivers is limited in time efficiency and is of high cost and poor repeatability. In this article, an intelligent drivability objective evaluation tool (I-DOET) for passenger cars with dual-clutch transmission (DCT) is developed and verified by real vehicle testing. First, the signal denoising method and its key parameters, which are suitable for drivability evaluation, are selected based on analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). Besides, combined with the uncertainty characteristics of subjective judgment, a mathematical model of the objective drivability evaluation FARODE (fuzzy AHP-RS based on objective drivability evaluation) is proposed by using the fuzzy comprehensive assessment (FCA) method. The AHP and rough set (RS) method are used to calculate the subjective and objective weights of the drivability evaluation, respectively, and the proportion of subjective and objective weights is determined by the principle of minimum relative information entropy. The fuzzy matrix is built by membership function of the evaluation indexes. Finally, the static gearshift condition focused on by the subjective evaluation experts is taken as a case study. The predictability score is obtained by combining the drivability quantization lever vector, comprehensive weight, and fuzzy matrix. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method is applicable for objective drivability evaluation in passenger cars with DCT.

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