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An Exploration of Strategies for Facilitating Graduates’ Transition to the World of Work: A Case of Technical, Vocational Education and Training Graduates in Uganda
Denis Kintu,
Kisilu Mashtakh Kitainge,
Ahmed Ferej
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
1-9
Received:
18 January 2019
Accepted:
20 February 2019
Published:
14 March 2019
Abstract: The major role of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is to equip young persons with skills for the world of work. However, studies have shown that TVET graduates in Uganda experience difficulty in their transition to the world of work, implying major labor market entry problems. The study, we set out to identify different strategies for facilitating TVET graduates’ transition to the world of work in Uganda. A qualitative approach was used to collect data, analyze and present findings. Thirty respondents, comprising of employers of TVET graduates, trainers and officials from: skilling Uganda, Uganda employers’ union, Ministry of education officials, and TVET graduates in formal employment were randomly selected and interviewed. The various strategies identified were: use of employment agencies, income generating units at the institutions, institutional-industrial linkages, provision of start-up capital, tools and materials for self-employment, training with production and internship/ industrial attachments programs. It is recommended that an active labour market information system be established at TVET institutions to analyze, collect, evaluate and provide labour market information to identify evolving occupations, skills shortages and areas of skills oversupply and redundancy; that there should be an increase in apprenticeship programs and that TVET institutions adopt approaches such as case studies, project-based learning, real life problem-based learning, and teamwork learning activities.
Abstract: The major role of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is to equip young persons with skills for the world of work. However, studies have shown that TVET graduates in Uganda experience difficulty in their transition to the world of work, implying major labor market entry problems. The study, we set out to identify different strategie...
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Work Ethic in China Changes over Time from 2004 to 2018
Zhaojie Cao,
Roger B. Hill
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
10-15
Received:
3 January 2019
Accepted:
14 February 2019
Published:
26 March 2019
Abstract: Work ethic was a persistent concern in the work place during the 20th century and continues to be important in the 21st century as well. Key components of work ethic include interpersonal skills, initiative, and dependability. This study examined significant changes on the work ethic differences between women and men in two samples of work ethic data collected over a fourteen year period of time. One data set was gathered from 201 working adults in China in 2004 and the other was collected from 248 working adults in 2018. Data was gathered using a Chinese translation of the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory (OWEI) constructed by Petty (1993). Significant differences were measured for initiative between women and men in the 2004 data set, but not in the 2018 data set. No significant differences were detected between women and men for interpersonal skills or dependability in either set of data. A review of literature and discussion is provided to explain changes over time in initiative of Chinese women and men. The findings reveal some interesting insights into the Chinese workforce during a time when the economy has been rapidly developing.
Abstract: Work ethic was a persistent concern in the work place during the 20th century and continues to be important in the 21st century as well. Key components of work ethic include interpersonal skills, initiative, and dependability. This study examined significant changes on the work ethic differences between women and men in two samples of work ethic da...
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Curriculum Gaps of Bachelor’s Business Education in Universities of Bangladesh: An Analysis
Mohammad Shahidul Islam Fakir
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
16-22
Received:
15 February 2019
Accepted:
22 March 2019
Published:
18 April 2019
Abstract: This study investigates about how does a bachelor’s business education curriculum experience different gaps which arise in different phases of curriculum design, development, and implementation process in some selected universities of Bangladesh. This study also proposes a curriculum gap model by defining the different types of curriculum and real-life curriculum gaps. This study conducts a sample questionnaire survey on 155 respondents selected from alumni, employers from different sectors, university faculty members, and students from Jagannath University, ASA University Bangladesh, Jahangirnagar University, University of Dhaka, Dhaka International University through personal contact and interview. Secondary data have been used for this study from different articles, publications, books, speeches in conferences and seminar classes, and from existing master’s and bachelor’s business education curriculum and websites of some selected universities including South China University of Technology, and The University of British Columbia, Canada. This study lists the top most important reasons, such as industry needs are different from university graduation curriculum, there is no connection among university, government, and industry, etc. In Bangladesh, there are no big research projects on industry development and/or business development funded by the companies, conducted by the university, and cooperated by the government. The curriculum gaps also arise while addressing the lessons in the class, there remains a lack of proper sources of information about real life job demand in the context of globalization. This study also lists the top most alternative solutions to minimize curriculum gaps, such as, there should be a thorough study about world-class standard curriculum of different top ranked universities in the world, and employment assessment tests format as per industry needs should be linked with the lessons of university graduation business curriculum, there should be connection among university, government, and industry, etc. This study also proposes a theory by mapping curriculum gap model. These findings and some general comments for improvement have implications to the users of curriculum and decision makers in education sector.
Abstract: This study investigates about how does a bachelor’s business education curriculum experience different gaps which arise in different phases of curriculum design, development, and implementation process in some selected universities of Bangladesh. This study also proposes a curriculum gap model by defining the different types of curriculum and real-...
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Analysis on Classroom Teaching Reform of Cultural Basic Course in Vocational School Based on Training of Vocational Core Competence in China
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
23-28
Received:
18 February 2019
Accepted:
20 March 2019
Published:
6 May 2019
Abstract: The training of practical application skills is not only emphasized in vocational schools of our country, professional culture basic courses are set up to meet the urgent needs of society and enterprises for applied talents. Especially in the new era and new development situation, classroom teaching reform of cultural basis in vocational school based on training of vocational core competence attaches more importance to training the students' ability to transform and apply knowledge, so that they cannot only meet the needs of social development, but also meet the personal learning requirements to the greatest extent under the complete construction of classroom teaching system. At present, there are problems in the cultural basic courses of vocational schools, such as insufficient understanding of value of cultural basic courses, lagging reform of cultural basic courses; lack of close connection with specialized courses, controversy exists in the objectives and orientation of courses, and single teaching evaluation modes. Through the construction of course platform of vocational ability education, teaching display platform, activity development platform, practice entrepreneurship platform, and social platform five major platforms, the classroom teaching reform of the cultural basis in vocational schools can be effectively promoted.
Abstract: The training of practical application skills is not only emphasized in vocational schools of our country, professional culture basic courses are set up to meet the urgent needs of society and enterprises for applied talents. Especially in the new era and new development situation, classroom teaching reform of cultural basis in vocational school bas...
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Knowledge-Attitude-Practice of Medical Students on Expired Drugs
Lou Pengyu,
Wang Wei,
Li Yunwei
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
29-32
Received:
19 March 2019
Accepted:
10 May 2019
Published:
11 June 2019
Abstract: Purpose this study provides reference for solving the problem of drug waste and reforming medical education. Methods Stratified random sampling was employed to recruit 998 Senior students of three medical colleges. The questionnaire included 12 items of basic knowledge of expired drugs, 4 items of attitude towards expired drugs and 3 items of behavior on reducing expired drugs. Results The valid rate of all questionnaires was 83.17%. 43.29% of students knew a large number of expired drugs produced in China every year. Among the basic knowledge items of expired drugs, the awareness rate of toxicity hazards of expired drugs was the highest, and the awareness rate of recycling knowledge of expired drugs was the lowest. 62.52% agreed that the production of expired drugs was inevitable, 74.35% were willing to regulate their own behavior after knowing the harm of expired drugs. The sources of expired drug knowledge were internet (35.57%), university-related courses (30.86%), health education materials (28.96%), TV/radio (28.56%), internship teachers (12.42%), internship unit training (8.52%) and family members (7.52%). Conclusion Three medical college students had low awareness of expired drugs, so it is necessary to adjust the content and mode of pharmaceutical teaching, strengthen the training of social responsibility in the period of internship, introduce service learning theory into social practice activities.
Abstract: Purpose this study provides reference for solving the problem of drug waste and reforming medical education. Methods Stratified random sampling was employed to recruit 998 Senior students of three medical colleges. The questionnaire included 12 items of basic knowledge of expired drugs, 4 items of attitude towards expired drugs and 3 items of behav...
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Empowering Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Recipients
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
33-37
Received:
1 April 2019
Accepted:
15 May 2019
Published:
11 June 2019
Abstract: Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a federal program available to expectant and post-partum women of low economic status. The WIC program provides education, nutritional supplements, and provides health and social referrals to recipients. The overall purpose of this study was to create a program that would inform, educate, and empower recipients so they could utilize the WIC EBT card to its full potential by obtaining all items covered and available to them. A descriptive, pre-experimental, one group pretest -posttest design was utilized. Additionally, the researcher administered survey questions to determine what challenges recipients experience, comfort level using the voucher, and other information pertinent to successful use of the WIC EBT card. Consequently, two 45 minutes educational sessions were provided to recipients regarding the approved foods with an emphasis regarding brands and sizes. Following the in-service classes, significant changes were noted in staff knowledge (n=8) regarding WIC approved items (95% confidence interval and a significant value of.029). This indicated there was a change in knowledge when comparing the number of correct responses selected on the pre-test to the correct responses selected on the post-test. After a thorough analysis, the investigator discovered that Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) recipients were comfortable utilizing their WIC EBT card; however, there was a need for additional education on the products covered by the WIC EBT card.
Abstract: Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a federal program available to expectant and post-partum women of low economic status. The WIC program provides education, nutritional supplements, and provides health and social referrals to recipients. The overall purpose of this study was to create a program that would inform, educate, and empower recipients...
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Influence of Teachers’ Experience on the Teaching of Technical Drawing in Technical Colleges in Edo and Delta States, Nigeria
Patrick Sunday Oyaimare Uddin,
Samuel Chukwuemeka Nwachokor
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2019
Pages:
38-42
Received:
15 May 2019
Accepted:
18 June 2019
Published:
11 July 2019
Abstract: Technical drawing is the foundation for technical subject, it implies that it must be taught properly so that the students interest in any of the technical courses won’t be dash to the ground. This study pointed out the value of an effective teacher and its importance to our educational system. Effectiveness of a teacher comes with updated experience of teacher to meet the demand of the 21st century, instabilities of government policies causes more harm to our educational system. One research question was formulated and also a null hypothesis was used to test the level of significance at level of 0.05. A structured questionnaire was developed and used for data collection. Copies of questionnaire were administered to 35 respondents to collect data. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t- test statistics to test the null hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that for a teacher to be effective in teaching he or she must have experience, but every teacher must update their experience acquired so as to meet up with the 21st century. The study also recommended that seminars should be organized for teachers also there should be training and retraining of teachers so that they can meet up to the demand of teaching in the 21st century.
Abstract: Technical drawing is the foundation for technical subject, it implies that it must be taught properly so that the students interest in any of the technical courses won’t be dash to the ground. This study pointed out the value of an effective teacher and its importance to our educational system. Effectiveness of a teacher comes with updated experien...
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