Education + Training: Volume 57 Issue 4

Learning capability and performance in later working life: towards a contextual view

Debora Jeske, Christian Stamov Roßnagel

The authors contribute to the literature by contrasting the cognitive with a contextual view on learning and development to address preconceptions about aging in order to broaden…

How do Finnish teacher educators implement entrepreneurship education?

Jaana Seikkula-Leino, Timo Satuvuori, Elena Ruskovaara, Heikki Hannula

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain how the people who train Finnish teachers implement entrepreneurship education in the guidance they provide. The authors show how…

Development of students’ commercial awareness within the curriculum of professionally accredited courses: A case study of property courses

Joanna Poon, Michael Brownlow

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of students’ commercial awareness within the curriculum of professional accredited courses. The targeted area of study is…

Overconfidence of vocational education students when entering higher education

Mark P. Bowden, Subhash Abhayawansa, John Bahtsevanoglou

There is evidence that students who attend Technical and Further Education (TAFE) prior to entering higher education underperform in their first year of study. The purpose of this…

An exploratory study of factors that affect the research progress of international PhD students from the Middle East

Fatemeh Khozaei, Sivabala Naidu, Zahra Khozaei, Nor Aini Salleh

Despite the critical issues involving Middle East countries such as war and a drop in currency exchange rates, a large number of students leave their country to pursue a higher…

MOOCs: meaningful learning tools for public administration education or academic simulacra?

Arthur J. Sementelli, Terence M. Garrett

– The purpose of this paper is to explore and critically assess the potential value and effectiveness of massive open online courses (MOOCs) for public administration education.