Source:Career Choice in Management and Entrepreneurship: A Research Companion
(2007)
1 Mustafa F. Özbilgin and Ahu Tatlı INTRODUCTION At the intersection of education and work, work placement is often considered a route to careers in many industries. Therefore the process and the content of work placement can be studied in terms of future career opportunities and prospects. However,…
Source:Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education
(2007)
The purpose of this research was to assess the job satisfaction perceived by United States secondary hospitality teachers. A structured survey instrument form, Job Satisfaction Survey for Hospitality Teachers (JSSHT), was developed to collect data and a census survey was used. A total of 213 usable …
Source:Auto Mechanics: Technology and Expertise in Twentieth-Century America
(2007)
The history of automobiles is not just the story of invention, manufacturing, and marketing; it is also a story of repair. Auto Mechanics opens the repair shop to historical study-for the first time-by tracing the emergence of a dirty, difficult, and important profession. Kevin L. Borg's study spans…
Source:IMSCI 2007 - International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics, Proceedings
(2007)
In an increasingly e-literate society, new technologies are being developed and traditional teaching approaches are challenged to meet new requirements. Other aspects such as teamwork and knowledge exchange are also becoming more important. Collaborative work methods are more dominant in the network…
Source:Rites and Passages: The Beginnings of Modern Jewish Culture In France, 1650-1860
(2007)
In September 1791, two years after the Revolution, French Jews were granted full rights of citizenship. Scholarship has traditionally focused on this turning point of emancipation while often overlooking much of what came before. In Rites and Passages, Jay R. Berkovitz argues that no serious treatme…
Source:Grading Student Achievement in Higher Education: Signals and Shortcomings
(2007)
A lot hangs on the summative grades that students are given. A good degree opens doors which otherwise might remain closed. Yet, as higher education is now a mass rather than an elite system, what is expected of its graduates is different from the expectations of previous generations. Students are e…
Source:Globalisation and Pedagogy: Space, Place and Identity, Second edition
(2007)
With different pedagogic practices come different ways of examining them and fresh understandings of their implications and assumptions. It is the examination of these changes and developments that is the subject of this book. The authors examine a number of questions posed by the rapid march of glo…
Source:American Educational History: School, Society, and the Common Good
(2007)
American Educational History: School, Society, and the Common Good is an up-to-date, contemporary examination of historical trends that have helped shape schools and education in the United States. Author William H. Jeynes places a strong emphasis on recent history, most notably post-World War II is…
Source:International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation
(2007)
The paper presents mobile learning as an alternative for competence development in logistics for students already employed in industry world-wide. Discusses why today’s knowledge-driven economy requires lifelong learning especially in logistics/Supply Chain Management. Discusses using the internet f…
Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2007)
This paper examines the changing use of policy levers in the English postcompulsory education and training system, often referred to as the learning and skills sector (LSS). Policy steering by governments has increased significantly in recent years, bringing with it the development of new forms of a…
