Source:Artificial Intelligence in Vocational Education and Training: Understanding Learner and Teacher Perspectives on the Integration of Generative AI through Participatory Action Research
(2025)
In this first chapter, the background, context (including the unique bicultural Aotearoa NZ setting and its education/vocational education system), and rationale for the book are presented. The book approaches artificial intelligence (AI) from VET practitioners’ viewpoints. In particular, to realise…
Source:Intensive English Programs in Türkiye: Policy, Pedagogy, and Administration
(2025)
This chapter explores the transition from the progressive to the modular system in Intensive English Programs (IEPs) within Turkish state universities. Both systems are examined through their theoretical foundations, practical implementations, and alignment with global English as a Foreign Language …
The rapid evolution of labor market demands, driven by technological and societal transformations, has intensified the need for higher education to foster future-oriented competencies. Frameworks such as Education 4.0 emphasize the development of abilities, skills, attitudes, and values; such as pro…
The tourism industry is increasingly demanding highly adaptable and skilled new graduates who can meet the evolving needs of the sector. As the industry becomes more competitive and customer-oriented, employers seek graduates who possess not only academic knowledge but also practical competencies su…
This study investigated the integration of andragogical and pedagogical strategies in critical thinking training to enhance analytical and ethical decision-making skills among business students at Makerere University Business School (MUBS). While critical thinking is globally recognized as essential…
Today’s food, agriculture, and natural resources (FANR) workforce is constantly evolving. Lifelong learning is no longer a lofty goal but is now a necessity. Colleges of agriculture at land-grant universities have the potential to meet the lifelong learning needs of the FANR workforce. In this artic…
Source:2025 10th International Conference on Distance Education and Learning, ICDEL 2025
(2025)
This study addresses key contradictions within the vocational education curriculum system - namely technological generation gaps, fragmentation of the curriculum resource ecosystem, and insufficient dynamic adaptability. We establish an optimization framework for vocational education large models ba…
Source:Wellbeing Literacy: Theory and Practice Through Multidisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Lenses
(2025)
This chapter examines wellbeing’s position in vocational taxonomies, focusing on wellbeing as a potential skillset and wellbeing literacy (WBL) as a mechanism for wellbeing skill acquisition. Vocational taxonomies-hierarchical structures of knowledge, skills, abilities, work styles, values, and task…
Source:Global Midwifery Mentorship: Building Capacity Through Connection
(2025)
In this chapter, as a way of introduction to the midwifery context in Belgium, we provide a brief overview of midwifery in Belgium. The chapter is then divided into two sections. The first section discusses Belgium as a country and the organisation of midwifery care. In this section, we outline the …
Source:Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy
(2025)
This article provides a capabilities analysis of the financial behaviour of United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean senders of international remittances to Zimbabwe. It elaborates an expanded analytical framework of financial capability to investigate the effects of remitting on the financial capabilities o…
