The implementation of industrial training in tertiary education in Malaysia: Objectives,realisations and outputs in the case of foreign language students     

Régis Machart 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2017,63(1):103-122

The large range of jobs that Malaysian undergraduates of foreign languages are often employed in after completion of their studies (education, tourism, banking, business, management, etc.) is not necessarily related to their major field of study. This situation often makes it difficult for lecturers to develop a comprehensive professional training for their benefit. In the early 2010s, unemployment rates of Malaysian undergraduates were increasing, although the job market was quite flexible. In order to improve students’ employability, Malaysian universities decided to restructure their curricula. Industrial training, or Latihan Industri (LI), became a new mandatory requirement for all future undergraduates of the new programmes from 2011. LI aims to match students’ academic training with the needs of the private sector. However, most companies were not prepared to accept the first influx of trainees from all types of programmes (sciences, social sciences or the humanities) in 2014. Consequently, many students could not find an appropriate LI position in the field they were studying, and were placed in positions for which they were poorly prepared. At the end of their LI, students had to submit a logbook of their activities as well as provide a final report in which they were asked to evaluate their experiences. A content analysis of these reports from four foreign language students who did their LI in different sectors (finance, education, industry and retail) provides interesting insights into the different skills required by Malaysian employers, irrespective of their sector of activity. The analysis of the reports raises the question of the adequacy of the academic training of foreign language students for the Malaysian job market, and the transferability of their acquired language skills to their new work environment.  相似文献   

Competencies in Geriatric Nursing: Empirical Evidence from a Computer-Based Large-Scale Assessment Calibration Study     

Roman Kaspar  Ottmar Döring  Eveline Wittmann  Johannes Hartig  Ulrike Weyland  Annette Nauerth  Michaela Möllers  Simone Rechenbach  Julia Simon  Iberé Worofka 《Vocations and Learning》2016,9(2):185-206

Valid and reliable standardized assessment of nursing competencies is needed to monitor the quality of vocational education and training (VET) in nursing and evaluate learning outcomes for care work trainees with increasingly heterogeneous learning backgrounds. To date, however, the modeling of professional competencies has not yet evolved into procedures that would meet large-scale assessment (LSA) standards in VET. To empirically test a proposed structural model for client-directed nursing competence and to estimate psychometric properties of a newly developed video- and computer-based test (CBT) to inform subsequent LSA in nursing VET, 402 final-year nursing students from 24 German schools responded to a 77 item CBT. Multi-dimensional IRT modeling was employed to test the subdomain structure and estimate students’ competencies in geriatric nursing. The standardized CBT measures nursing students’ client-directed care competence with acceptable precision (WLE?=?0.76) and does so across the whole range of observed proficiency levels. Structural validity was supported by substantive contributions of test items from all proposed process-oriented subdomains, practice field scenarios, as well as items with and without reference to emotional demands. However, it was not possible to empirically separate the diagnostic, practical or communicative subdomains, probably reflecting parallel, recursive and hierarchical care processes in complex care situations. On average, students in our sample attained 45 % of the maximum test score so it is a demanding assessment of nursing competence. An extensively piloted, valid and reliable CBT is suggested to assess nursing students’ client-directed care competencies at the end of the third year of the VET program.  相似文献   

以《民办教育促进法》施行为契机依法推动民办教育健康快速发展     

刘玉娥 《当代教育论坛》2003,(9):5-7

《中华人民共和国民办教育促进法》(以下简称《民办教育促进法》)从今年9月1日起正式施行,标志着我国民办教育将步入一个有法可依、依法健康快速发展的新时期.我国民办教育正面临着十分难得的良好的发展机遇.以《民办教育促进法》的施行为契机,依法推动民办教育健康快速发展,这是当前教育面临的一项十分重要而紧迫的任务.现就民办教育发展的有关问题谈点认识.  相似文献   

高职院校内部质量保证体系建设浅析     

谢仁华  管嫦娥  赵凤英  卢毓蓉 《九江职业技术学院学报》2021,(1):4-6

质量是学校的生存之本,建立学校内部质量保证体系,是保障人才培养质量的重要抓手。当前,各高职院校都在积极探索内部质量保证体系建设,但组织体系不够健全、体系建设目标标准不明确、信息化建设滞后、质量文化培育不够和内生动力不足等问题仍然突出。健全组织,形成组织体系;构建切合学校发展的目标链与标准链;培育质量文化,催生内生动力;消除信息孤岛,深化数据应用,成为当前内部质量保证体系建设的主要任务。  相似文献   

Early Childhood Educators’ Perceptions of Their Emotional State,Relationships with Parents,Challenges, and Opportunities During the Early Stage of the Pandemic     

Bigras  Nathalie  Lemay  Lise  Lehrer  Joanne  Charron  Annie  Duval  Stéphanie  Robert-Mazaye  Christelle  Laurin  et Isabelle 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2021,49(5):775-787

Early Childhood Education Journal - This article presents a study about the impact of COVID-19 on childcare center educators in Quebec (Canada). Regulated childcare services were closed...  相似文献   

Physics Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Geometric Optics: Revisited Analysis     

Uwamahoro  Jean  Ndihokubwayo  Kizito  Ralph  Michael  Ndayambaje  Irénée 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2021,30(5):706-718

Journal of Science Education and Technology - In this study, we used a research tool for measuring students’ conceptual understanding in optics, the Geometrical Optics Conceptual...  相似文献   

Family-School Cooperation: An Online Survey of Parents and Teachers of Young Children in Spain     

Otero-Mayer  Andrea  González-Benito  Ana  Gutiérrez-de-Rozas  Belén  Vélaz-de-Medrano  Consuelo 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2021,49(5):977-985

Early Childhood Education Journal - Given the closure of schools due to the global confinement resulting from the COVID-19 crisis, family-school cooperation has become a priority in most...  相似文献   

Educational Interventions to Improve Dental Anatomy Carving Ability of Dental Students: A Systematic Review     

Daniele B. Conte  Milena Zancanaro  André Guollo  Luana R. Schneider  Rafael G. Lund  Sinval A. Rodrigues-Junior 《Anatomical sciences education》2021,14(1):99-109

This systematic review aimed to identify the level of impact of educational strategies for teaching tooth carving on the carving ability of undergraduate dental students. The PubMed-NCBI, Cochrane-CENTRAL, LILACS, Ibecs, BBO, Web of Science, and Scopus databases were searched in May 2019, for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and two-arm non-randomized studies of interventions (NRSI) addressing educational interventions toward the dental carving of undergraduate students. Studies from the year 2000 until the search date, written in English, Portuguese, and Spanish were included. Study screening and data extraction were performed in duplicate and blinded. The data were presented narratively, considering the dental carving ability of students the primary outcome. The risk of bias was assessed using the RoB tool 2.0 and ROBINS-I, and the level of evidence was determined with GRADE. Of 3,574 studies, 6 were included, with 3 RCTs and 3 NRSIs. Very low level of evidence was provided from the NRSIs that flipped classroom (1 study; n = 140) and a student-driven revised module (1 study; n = 264) improved the carving ability of students. Additionally, there was moderate evidence of online complementary material (1 RCT; n = 30) and reinforcement class improving the carving ability of students (1 RCT; n = 29). The replacement of traditional classes by an instructional DVD (1 RCT; n = 73) and assessment of carving projects through digital systems (1 NRSI; n = 79) did not enhance the carving ability of students. Study design, risk of bias, and imprecision downgraded the level of evidence. There was a very low to moderate evidence on the effectiveness of student-driven educational approaches and complementary classes of dental anatomy in improving the dental carving ability of students.  相似文献   

Early tracking and different types of inequalities in achievement: difference-in-differences evidence from 20 years of large-scale assessments     

Strello  Andrés  Strietholt  Rolf  Steinmann  Isa  Siepmann  Charlotte 《Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability》2021,33(1):139-167

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability - Research to date on the effects of between-school tracking on inequalities in achievement and on performance has been inconclusive. A...  相似文献   

Cross-over, thresholds, and interactions between science and technology: lessons for less-developed countries     

Américo Tristão Bernardes  Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque 《Research Policy》2003,32(5):865-885

Presently, science is an important precondition for the economic development of less-developed countries. This paper discusses the specific roles that science has at initial stages of development, pointing to its contributions for the countries’ absorptive capability. Furthermore, this paper specifies the role of science for initiating a positive interaction with technological development, since initial stages of development and during catching up processes. For less-developed countries, neither the linear model of technology nor an “inverted linear model” would take place: a more interactive approach is necessary for development. Using statistics of patents (USPTO) and scientific papers (ISI) for 120 countries (1974, 1982, 1990, and 1998), this paper analyses some evidences on thresholds levels of scientific production to originate an interactive relationship between science and technology. These data also document that the value of this threshold seems to double from one period to another. Although this paper presents tentative results, some policy implications are discussed: scientific institutional building must be seen as a component of modern industrial policies.  相似文献